CENTINEX - Reborn Through Flames CD

Reborn Through Flames is the fourth seal by this underrated band from Sweden. The Centinex style is always bound to the darkness and the violence and so it is even for this release, but with few changes. Like on the previous album, Reflections, the death and the black metal almost clash together to create a truly nasty hybrid that points mostly of the sheer impact of the instruments with just few breaks in which the atmosphere becomes the most important thing.

What’s more, “Reborn Through Flames” is 666 times better than its predecessor. Probably a lot of that is due to the fact that finally CENTINEX got a proper sound back. The death-team resigned from ABYSS and returned to the old house of SUNLIGHT Studios and really got a killer, brutal and crispy production I like. The thing is that unlike ABYSS sound, which was taking so much of the potential from the more than just decent songs, making them sound average – this time the production helps the songs and underlines their aggression, adds to the energy and in result the album shreds.