Biography

1990
The band was formed around September/October.

1991
A reh-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 2nd vocalist and drummer joined. Gigs were done around Sweden.

1992
The ”Subconscious Lobotomy” CD was recorded at Sunlight studios during July, release in October. Great reviews in the press and the band made some gigs in both Sweden and Finland.

1993
The 2nd 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 2nd 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 2nd 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 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…” tracks + one from the ”Under The…” 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 2nd 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 release 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, as support for 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, entitled "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 hit Europe in June and the US in September. Limited vinyl- and tape versions are expected to be released early 2006.
In the early summer Centinex did record a video clip for the track "Synthetic Sin Zero" taken from the above mentioned album.
During the year the band played one off shows and festivals, mostly in Sweden, but also in England, Germany and Finland. The european tour scheduled for October was postponed to January 2006.

More to come….


Present Line-up:

Johan Jansson: Vocals
Martin Schulman: Bass
Jonas Kjellgren: Guitars
Johan Ahlberg: Guitars
Ronnie Bergerståhl: Drums


www.centinex.org

Discography

World Declension

World Declension
Johan Jansson - Vocals
Jonas Kjellgren - guitars
Johan Ahlberg - guitars
Martin Schulman - bass
Ronnie Bergerstål - drums

Playlist:
1. Victorious Dawn Rising
2. Purgatorial Overdrive
3. The Destroyer
4. As Legions Come
5. Sworn
6. Synthetic Sin Zero
7. Flesh Is Fragile
8. Wretched Cut
9. Deconstruction Macabre