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My review of Centinex's new album, With Guts And Glory, written for Heavy Music HQ:

Legendary death metal band Centinex have been dominating the Swedish scene and influencing generations of bands for over three decades. Their first album in five years, With Guts And Glory, takes a slightly different direction from their critically acclaimed Death In Pieces and their earlier works.

What Centinex deliver on With Guts And Glory is a fierce, passionate half-hour of death metal infused with d-beat/punk energy, catchy melodic hooks, and a nod to death ‘n’ roll. It’s a powerful and spirited effort, even if it doesn’t quite rank among the band’s finest releases. Centinex attack mercilessly, groove confidently through infectious riffs, and captivate their listeners with sheer guts and glory amid an apocalyptic battlefield, with an album packed with enough fire and ferocity to please every kind of death metal fan.

Centinex - With Guts and Glory

Old school Death Metal from Sweden

Centinex, the Swedish death metal legends, have returned with their most ferocious and uncompromising offering yet. New Release With Guts And Glory is a raw, high-energy album that ditches the excess and focuses on what matters: unrelenting riffs, d-beats, and thrash-infused aggression. Stripping away atmospheric frills and polished production, Centinex returns to their roots with a sound that combines the ferocity of early death metal with the urgency of punk. “Centinex continues to deliver what only they can: fast, brutal death metal with punk energy that hits like a freight train. If you loved the aggression of old-school death and thrash, this is for you.”

1. Becoming 03:55 2. Your Religion Dies Tonight 03:28 3. Gods of Guilt 03:45 4. I Am the Way 03:08 5. A Masterpiece in Flesh 03:14 6. In My Dreams 03:48 7. Symphony of Screams 04:11 8. Sorrowtears 03:32

Release date: November 7th, 2025 via @blacklionrecordsswe

Originally formed in 1990, Centinex were put on ice in the mid-aughts when bassist Martin Schulman decided to focus on making classic Swedish death metal with Demonical; in 2014 (around the time it became clear that that the modern metal audience has an insatiable appetite for anything "old school"), Schulman put his original band back together with a new line-up, and a noticeably more retro sound. The revived Centinex will release their 12th album, With Guts and Glory, on November 7th through Black Lion Records.

[photo by Susan Wicher]