1990
The band was formed around September/October.
1991
A rehearsal tape was recorded in March. In July
the band entered Sunlight Studios and recorded
the "End Of Life" demo tape which then
led to a deal with Swedish Underground Records.
A new second vocalist and drummer joined. Gigs
around Sweden.
1992
The "Subconscious Lobotomy" CD was recorded
at Sunlight Studios during July and released in
October. Great reviews in the press and the band
made some gigs in both Sweden and Finland.
1993
The second vocalist left the band early that year
and from that date Centinex continued with only
one frontman. A three track promo tape, "Under
The Blackened Sky", was recorded in March
which Wild Rags Records released as a cassette
EP. A second guitarist came into the band but
was kicked out two months later because of personal
problems. Gigs in Sweden, Finland and Poland.
1994
A new second guitarist joined. In June Centinex
entered Unisound Studios to record the "Transcend
The Dark Chaos" cassette EP. The band released
the tape themselves but it was also licensed to
polish Sphinx Records. Gigs in both Sweden and
Finland.
1995
The drummer left Centinex and the band continued
with a drum machine! Three new tracks were recorded
at Abyss Studios. Those, together with the "Transcend
The Dark Chaos" tracks + one track from the
"Under The Blackened Sky" tape, became
the content of the "Malleus Maleficarum"
CD. No gigs during the whole year...
1996
"Malleus Maleficarum" came in April
through Wild Rags Records. One of the tracks was
also released on a split 7" EP with Inverted.
Centinex signed a deal with Danish Emanzipation/Diehard
and the Abyss Studio was booked for October. Gigs
in Sweden and Germany.
1997
The "Reflections" CD was released in
March, later in the year the album was also licensed
to Slovakian Rock Extremum Records for a tape
version. A deal with Spanish Repulse Records was
signed and the band entered Sunlight Studios to
record a new full lenght album. Gigs in Sweden,
Finland and Denmark.
1998
A line-up change took place right after the recording
was finished, a new vocalist and second guitarist
joined. The "Reborn Through Flames"
CD came out in June and later it was also available
on tape through Polish Novum Vox Mortis Records.
Norwegian Oskorei Productions unleashed the "Shadowland"
7" EP, a limited two track vinyl. Gigs in
Germany, Spain, Portugal and Holland.
1999
The "Bloodhunt" MCD was recorded at
Black Lounge Studios. It came out in June through
Repulse and around the same time Oskorei released
it as a limited 10" picture vinyl with one
bonus track. In July a human drummer was taken
into the line-up again. "Subconscious Lobotomy"
and "Malleus Maleficarum" were re-mixed
and edited for a re-release but legal problems
with Underground Records forced Repulse to cancel
the whole release. The "Apocalyptic Armageddon"
7" EP was recorded during October at Black
Lounge. Centinex did two European tours during
the year with gigs in Germany, Holland, Belgium,
France, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
2000
The "Apocalyptic Armageddon" 7"
EP came in February through german Deadly Art.
The "Hellbrigade" album was recorded
at Black Lounge during June and released in September
by Repulse. Soundholic released a Japanese version
which included the "Apocalyptic Armageddon"
7" EP tracks as bonus. The vinyl version
was licensed to italian Nocturnal Music, to be
released in early 2001. The band appeared on several
swedish summer festivals and toured in Finland,
Germany, Belgium, Holland, France, Switzerland,
Spain, Austria and Czech Republic.
2001
The "Hellbrigade" vinyl was released
in January. In April Centinex signed a new worldwide
deal with english Candlelight Records and the
first album for them, titled "Diabolical
Desolation", was recorded at Black Lounge
Studios during July and August. One of the guitarists
left the band after the album was recorded. Licensed
versions of "Hellbrigade" came out on
three different continents, in north America (WW
III Music), south America (Picoroco Records) and
Russia (Irond Records). Centinex did their first
ever show on US-soil as well as summer-festivals
in Sweden and Germany.
2002
A new guitarist joined the horde. "Diabolical
Desolation" was released in Europe on March
11th and in the U.S on April 30th. The vinyl version
was unleashed in December. To support the album
Centinex did selected shows around Sweden as well
as two festival appearances, one in Poland and
one in Czech Republic. During November the band
toured, together with Deicide, through out England,
Belgium, Holland, Germany, France, Switzerland,
Austria, Poland, Czech Republic and Italy.
2003
The first six months of the year were spent writing
and rehearsing for the new fullenght, titled "Decadence
- Prophecies Of Cosmic Chaos". The album
was recorded at Black Lounge studios during July
and August for an early 2004 release. After the
recordings the drummer decided to leave the band,
a new one joined a few months later. In June and
July Candlelight re-released "Malleus Maleficarum",
"Bloodhunt + Reborn Through Flames"
and "Hellbrigade", all with exclusive
bonus material. The band did some summer festivals
in Sweden, Austria and Czech Republic.
2004
"Decadence - Prophecies Of Cosmic Chaos"
was released in Europe and USA in March. Both
the japanese version and the LP-version came in
July through two different licensing deals. A
limited live 7"EP saw the day of darkness
in October. In November Centinex signed a new
worldwide deal with Cold Records/Regain Records.
The band did quite alot shows especially in Sweden
but also a shorter tour in Finland and festival
gigs in England and Italy.
2005
The band started to write material for "World
Declension" in December 2004/January 2005
and spent March and April at Black Lounge studios
recording the album. The disc is expected to hit
the shops in Europe in late June followed by USA
and Japan after the summer. Early in the year
the band did a few selected shows in Sweden and
more dates have been booked for the spring. This
includes several one-off shows, mini-tours and
festivals in Sweden, England and Germany. The
band should hit on a full scale european tour
in the fall.
More to come
.
Line-up:
Johan Jansson - Vocals
Jonas Kjellgren - Guitars
Johan Ahlberg - Guitars
Martin Schulman - Bass
Ronnie Bergerstål - Drums
Website:
www.centinex.org

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