Xentrix

Xentrix
Xentrix performing in 2014
Xentrix performing in 2014
Background information
Also known asSweet Vengeance (1984–1988)
OriginPreston, Lancashire, England
GenresThrash metal
Years active
  • 1984–1997
  • 2005–2006
  • 2013–present
Labels
MembersKristian Havard
Jay Walsh
Chris Shires
Dennis Gasser
Past membersChris Astley
Sean Owens
Peter Hiller
Steve Hodgson
Mel Gasser
John Brennand
Dave Catchpole
Simon Gordon
Andy Rudd
Paul MacKenzie
Websitexentrix.co.uk

Xentrix (/ˈzɛntrɪks/) are an English thrash metal band from Preston, Lancashire.[1] The band were formed in 1984 under the name Sweet Vengeance.[1] They changed their name to Xentrix in 1988,[2] and released four albums – Shattered Existence (1989), For Whose Advantage? (1990), Kin (1992) and Scourge (1996) – before splitting up in 1997.[2] After briefly reuniting in 2005–2006, Xentrix reunited once again in 2013, and they have since released two more albums: Bury the Pain (2019) and Seven Words (2022). As part of the underground metal scene of the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s, Xentrix have been referred to as one of the "big four" of English thrash metal, along with Acid Reign, Onslaught and Sabbat.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 393. ISBN 0-85112-656-1.
  2. ^ a b "XENTRIX Detail June's 'Bury The Pain' Album; New Single "Bleeding Out"". riffrelevant.com. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ "The 10 UK's best thrash bands according to Acid Reign's H". loudersound.com. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Acid Reign - The Age of Entitlement - chronique". coreandco.fr. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2020.