Centurian
Posted: 06. 04. 2005. 12:32Evo jedan Bend koji se meni svidio na prvo slusanje. Neka mjesavina Powera,Trasha i malo Deatha! Evo dobio sam ovaj album (non plus ultra). Trebate ovo poslusati ako vec niste! Evo mala recenzija albuma sa neta :
They play a tried and tested to the death Power Metal sound with occasional glimpses of Thrash. Not that it is not well played Power Metal but there are a whole host of other bands out there that do it much better. And the albums cover is surely the most absurd I've seen in a long, long time.
Opening track "Maximum Golgotha" kicks off proceedings with an almighty Metal thump. Stuck firmly in 80's Metal the verse riff is just a rip off from The PRIEST'S Painkiller. Vocally the singer strains between Halford and Ripper Owens but not that effectively as he does over do things a bit. "M.A.S." is a good song. It opens with a great, pile driving riff that pounds along but still it's very JUDAS PRIEST a la "Jugulator" period. The title track "Non Plus Ultra" is strong, hard-hitting Metal and fair belts along but doesn't set the world on fire. "Panzer March" (great song title!) opens with a riff straight from METALLICA's "Eye Of The Beholder" and quickly settles down into a SLAYER-ish vocal line. Again nothing sensational but there again I don't think CENTURION are on a quest to change Metal history. The rest of the album delivers standard Metal fare: Crunching riffs and shrilling vocals. "Roma Caput Mundi" has actually got something going for it. A keyboard intro matched with a slow, doomy melodic riff, very CANDLEMASS, which breaks into some gentle acoustic playing. However the vocals are nothing short of appalling and the song suffers all the more for it.
They play a tried and tested to the death Power Metal sound with occasional glimpses of Thrash. Not that it is not well played Power Metal but there are a whole host of other bands out there that do it much better. And the albums cover is surely the most absurd I've seen in a long, long time.
Opening track "Maximum Golgotha" kicks off proceedings with an almighty Metal thump. Stuck firmly in 80's Metal the verse riff is just a rip off from The PRIEST'S Painkiller. Vocally the singer strains between Halford and Ripper Owens but not that effectively as he does over do things a bit. "M.A.S." is a good song. It opens with a great, pile driving riff that pounds along but still it's very JUDAS PRIEST a la "Jugulator" period. The title track "Non Plus Ultra" is strong, hard-hitting Metal and fair belts along but doesn't set the world on fire. "Panzer March" (great song title!) opens with a riff straight from METALLICA's "Eye Of The Beholder" and quickly settles down into a SLAYER-ish vocal line. Again nothing sensational but there again I don't think CENTURION are on a quest to change Metal history. The rest of the album delivers standard Metal fare: Crunching riffs and shrilling vocals. "Roma Caput Mundi" has actually got something going for it. A keyboard intro matched with a slow, doomy melodic riff, very CANDLEMASS, which breaks into some gentle acoustic playing. However the vocals are nothing short of appalling and the song suffers all the more for it.
