The debut full-length studio album by Serbian Progressive Heavy Metal band.
Healing from Belgrade, Centurion plays traditional Heavy Metal mixed with Progressive Metal elements and traditional Balkan musical motifs, with lyrics in Serbian. The band has existed since 2008, and they made their first studio appearance in 2009.
This album does not bring anything new if we look at it through a genre prism, nor does it push the boundaries of Rock and Roll in Serbia, but this album has quality, great songs and melodies, a great rhythm section and fantastic vocals!
Centurion's debut could be called a collection, in a way, because some of the songs are ten years old ("Odmazda" was included on the band's first demo in 2009), and some are only a year younger ("Ruka Sudbine", "Virtuelno Ognište" and "Hodočasnik" together with "Odmazda" made up the EP "Virtuelno Ognište", released at the end of 2010). The mentioned and other songs from the new record have been wisely put on YouTube one by one in the last year, so it can be said that the audience has already become familiar with the songs. Aside from the fact that Centurion has been considered a concert attraction for a long time, so their fan base is not small either.
"Centurion" is a great album, mature, high quality and deserves your attention. For many, singing in Serbian and ethnic parts will be positive things and what sets Centurion apart from other bands of a similar style. We have a very good and high-quality edition in front of us. The songs are good, memorable, the playing is excellent, the production is also excellent; so all assumptions are made that you can enjoy a good concert. The songs are quite long, but they never get tiring. Everything is varied, and you don't feel like you're listening to a long song at all.
If you haven't bought a CD in a long time, now is the time! Don't download it from the net, don't listen to it on YouTube, buy the physical edition, go straight to the player, turn it up loud, listen and headbang!!
Selfreleased, 2019. Made in Serbia. Pressed in France. First press.
Tracklist:
1. 6. April 1941. 01:34
2. Odmazda 05:54
3. Ruka Sudbine 05:54
4. Hodočasnik 05:51
5. Virtuelno Ognjište 05:58
6. Tragedija Genija 06:05
7. Janjičar 14:35
8. Asistolija 06:37
9. Centurion 04:38
10. Čistilište 11:14
11. Pomračenje Uma 05:03
12. ∞ 03:15
Total playing time: 76:40 min.
Samples: https://centurionserbia.bandcamp.com