Xentrix
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| Also known as | Sweet Vengeance |
| Origin | Preston, England |
| Genres | Thrash metal |
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| Website | http://www.xentrix.co.uk/ |
| Members | Kristian Havard Chris Astley Chris Shires Dennis Gasser |
| Past members | Dacaw Hough Sean Owens Peter Hiller Steve Hodgson Mel Gasser John Brennan Dave Catchpole Simon Gordon Andy Rudd Paul MacKenzie |
Xentrix (pronounced "zen-tricks") are an English thrash metal band from Preston, Lancashire. Formed in 1985 as Sweet Vengeance, Xentrix were one of the leading lights of the British Thrash movement. They had music videos for their cover of Ray Parker, Jr's "Ghostbusters" as well as the songs "Crimes", "For Whose Advantage?" and "The Order of Chaos", which had regular air time on Headbangers Ball. Although Xentrix never gained global notoriety, they had many underground performances with audiences of over 2,000 to 5,000 people in attendance. By 2006, Xentrix had sold over 500,000 records worldwide.
The band gained notoriety when its demo sparked interest with a 5 star rating from Kerrang! magazine. Roadrunner Records then contacted the band asking them why they had not been sent a copy, and arranged an audition with the band. After the audition, the band was signed to the label and recorded their first album Shattered Existence in the summer of 1989 and toured with Sabbat to support the album.
In 1990, the band faced a small bit of controversy/publicity surrounding the release of their cover of Ray Parker, Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" theme, in which the original artwork for the single had an unauthorized use of the Ghostbusters logo (with the ghost flicking a V Sign). The single was subsequently re-released using a different cover. The track was originally recorded for the BBC Radio One Friday Rock Show along with several others which remain unreleased.
The band also reached new heights when they opened for Bay Area thrash metal band Testament. Later that year they recorded their second album For Whose Advantage? which gained them yet more interest and their first music video for the album's title track. The Sweden Rock magazine said that songs "For Whose Advantage" and "Questions" were thrash metal classics. To promote For Whose Advantage? they toured with thrash metal band Sabbat.
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