Hyper Martyrium [Import]

Centurion (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 27, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Scarlet Italy
• ASIN: B0000521PI
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #627,293 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Arise Of The Empire

2. Deflagration Of Violence

3. Hyper Martyrium

4. Talis Pater

5. Katerpillar

6. Monolitic Triumphator

7. Into The Arena

8. Stormfront Vanguard

9. Call Of The Blood

10. Riding On The Wind

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Chargin Italian Metal Sure To Please Kreator & P.Fear Fans, December 29, 2002

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The Iced Priest "capn_crunch" (Lackland AFB, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hyper Martyrium (Audio CD)

First and and foremost this band is not the same group as the Danish death metal band. That would be Centurian with an "a". The guys here are an Italian power metal outfit whose style is best described as a crushing Kreator like assault seasoned with a Primal Fear vocal style. The singer here, Germano Quintaba, definitely sounds like a pissed off Ralf Scheepers but one person I know who listened to the record said his style reminds him more of the singer from Destruction. Coincidentally, Germano throws in a healthy dose of deathmetal growling which makes his style somewhat unique. I'll have to add, though, that the growling is good only in moderation. The guy's vocal range is not meant for deathmetal and noticebly cracks several times when he's goin' from high screams to low growls (which he fortunately understood and put aside for his clean vocal style on 95% of the record).

With the American and European metal industry's current facsination with writing riffs in drop tuning, this record is the first recently released power metal offering (at least that I have heard) entirely in STANDARD TUNING!So for all you technical metalheads, despite the growling don't expect anything D-tuned or lower.At the same time, don't worry because there is NO LOSS for heaviness. Centurion bruises away with that compressed, "rectified" E5 tone that solidified the likes of Testament, Exodus, and justice era Metallica back in the day.

Much of the riffing as portrayed by the 2nd track "Deflagaration Of Violence" is reminicent of Mille Petroza's speedmetal writing during Coma Of Souls era Kreator although Centurion opts for a more steady tempo and definitely lets the crunching stand out. A few nice chromatic leads hinting (title track to be exact)of Morbid Angel influence, show up here and there as well. Unfortunately NOT MUCH on this record, including the cover of Judas Priest's "Riding on the Wind" (which I say the vocalist overdid with his "admirable but no cigar" attempts to reach Halford's peaks) really stands out, even after a few visits to the CD player. All in all however, the record is not bad for a debut and a decent change of pace for any Euro metal collection. Highlights include Talis Pater, Monolithic Triumphator, and the "Gladiator" epic, Call Of The Blood.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Power metal, December 12, 2003

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M. T. Chelmowski (Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hyper Martyrium (Audio CD)

I have absolutely nothing to add to the prevous review other than the fact that the Centurian he talks of is in fact not Danish but Dutch and are now defunct.