{"id":22172,"date":"2014-10-22T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=22172"},"modified":"2014-10-22T12:24:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T12:24:34","slug":"album-review-centinex-redeeming-filth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-centinex-redeeming-filth\/","title":{"rendered":"CENTINEX – Redeeming Filth (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CENTINEX
Redeeming Filth<\/strong><\/span>
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\nAgonia (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ferocious dogs of war Centinex are back! It\u2019s been eight years since any activity as the Swedish group disbanded in 2006, but now they have broken out from their musty coffins to batter us once again, and what a welcome return it is.<\/p>\n

Redeeming Filth<\/em> offers ten brutal death metal outbursts showcasing the talents of founding bassist Martin Schulman (Demonical, Interment), who is joined by drummer Kennet Englund (Interment, Dellamorte) \u2013 originally a member of Centinex between 1999 and 2003 \u2013 and new acquisitions; vocalist Alexander H\u00f6gbom (October Tide, Spasmodic, Vulturyon) and guitarist Sverker Widgren (Demonical, Diabolical).<\/p>\n

Redeeming Filth<\/em> is the ninth episode in the career of Centinex, and it\u2019s an album that is keen to transport us back to the old school death metal scene. The press release for this album states that the record is \u201cinfluenced and inspired by the early 90s classic Florida scene\u201d<\/em> and \u201cpicks up the spirit from the 1992 debut Subconscious Lobotomy\u201d<\/em>, and I\u2019d tend to agree with this bold statement.<\/p>\n

This is very much heavyweight death metal of varying pace, but comfortable in whichever guise it takes. With the opening track \u2018When Bodies Are Deformed\u2019 it\u2019s a case of battening down the hatches and prepare for all that aggression that has been pent up for so long. Alexander H\u00f6gbom gives the impression that he\u2019s been with Centinex for a long time; his loose, phlegm-ridden cough is one that barks in belligerent fashion over the sturdy axe-work and juddering drum jolts.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, this is death metal that doesn\u2019t exist by ripping off the old gods, but instead it makes a hefty nod. I\u2019m also relieved that in spite of being Swedish that the quartet hasn\u2019t simply resorted to aping that old chainsaw-styled Entombed guitar sound; so what we get are faster moments of rancid gloom melted with equally foetid slower segments of damp doom. This is nowhere more apparent than on the ghoulish strains of \u2018Moist Purple Skin\u2019 which revels in its slower aches of sickness and sin, ballooned by that juggernaut guitar sound and thunderous drum quake before returning back to that effortless shudder of pacey groove.<\/p>\n

The short but effective \u2018Death Glance\u2019 begins in typical old school death metal fashion with that lumbering air of menace before upping its tempo in sickly fashion to become bolstered by that foundation of booming drum and dense riffage. And this is the theme which Centinex follows throughout; a formula which has worked for so many over the years in that combination of mouldy mid-tempo madness and groovier, aggressive streaks.<\/p>\n

Of the ten tracks spat out, one can hardly ignore the devastating chug of \u2018Stone Of Choice\u2019 with its gravelly vocal delivery, while \u2018Bloodraze\u2019 approaches with aching gloom before finally finding its pace of choice of raging drums and frantic guitar melody, all the while being splattered by those barking orders.<\/p>\n

Of course, there is still that Swedish element to all of the tracks but it doesn\u2019t handicap the band or make them in any way generic. While hordes of bands are suffering at the hands of originality these veterans are merely doing what they\u2019ve always done; churning out top-notch death metal that reaches its vile peak with the brooding darkness of \u2018Dead, Buried And Forgotten\u2019 and album closer \u2018Eye Sockets Empty\u2019, which goes for the throat as a monstrous groove from the grave.<\/p>\n

For those of you who doubted that Centinex could return with a vengeance, Redeeming Filth<\/em> is proof that the old ones are the best.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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