While not the most famous Polish Death
Metal band out there,
Centurion has been around since 1998 released their debut in 2002 and, yes, took another ten years to deliver a sophomore release after some line-up changes. Initially inspired by the likes of
Deranged or
Angelcorpse,
Centurion is all blast-beasts and devastating Death
Metal.
Likewise early
Krisiun,
Serve no One delivers full blasting from head to toe with very little room for breathing fresh air, hence the final result of ten unforgiving tracks not even peaking at the 30 minutes mark! So yes, the all-blast thing has already been done by other bands like the aforementioned
Krisiun,
Angelcorpse or
Infernal War and yes again it’s probably going to be hard for
Centurion to stand above those already established legends but the effort is more than commendable.
First of all, despite the constant aggression and the relatively short duration of the songs,
Centurion manages to go in all sorts of direction. From time to time, songs will have a distinct early
Deicide flavor, sometimes they’ll be reminiscent of early
Morbid Angel and sometimes they’ll feel 100% Polish a la
Vader Art of
War style. Cut The Throat, for instance, starts off as a renegade copy of
Lord Of All Fevers and Plague, with similar riffing and vocal delivery.
If I had to pick the band closest in sound to
Centurion, I’d say go for an all blasting version of
Lost Soul, who happen also to feature a distinct early
Morbid Angel influence. This is also certainly due to the fact that the guys at
Centurion do not only blast and impale riffs upon riffs but they also have great melodic soli like
Lost Soul. Except it’s much faster overall, except maybe on the longer track
Gateways To Condemnation whose intro is about the only breather in the whole album and accessorily is a killer track played live as it works towards a momentum of pure brutality.
So, as I wrote, don’t expect the album that’s going to top High On
Blood or
Exterminate. Expect rather an album whose varied songwriting and pure mayhem of aggression will certainly please you if you’re a fan of the genre and looking for something fresh.
And even if you’re not that kind of fan since the main turn off for such bands is the lack of variety which clearly is not showing in
Centurion's sophomore release. Buy this.
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