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Press Quotes
"Death metal that is technical, infectious"
Metalsucks.net
"Ten songs of brazen technical death metal, augmented by subtle, sometimes showy melodies that pull everything together nicely...A bit more accessible than Cosmogenesis, Side Effects Expected is in fact, the better album of the two, even with OBSCURA's jaw-dropping pedigree and technical pedigree. We're now in another technical metal renaissance (and we're not counting the recent CYNIC, BELIEVER, and ATHEIST reformations), and Centaurus-A might be the biggest sleeper in the bunch. Totally recommended;
Blistering.com
"Here we have the remembrance of when things were different...there's life in the old school yet. And yet...it's new, it's not the same as it was, it has something extra and it shines through the entire album...Believe me, it'll make you smile again and look at death metal with a new set of eyes. It's technically sharp, brilliantly put together, and well worth the expense of finding!"
ExplicitlyIntense.com
"A unique album full of great tracks. Their decision to not take their sound in completely one direction gives their music a more diverse and unexpected feel than other bands"
MetalCrypt.com
"A solid display of technical death metal and thrash that should raise a few eyebrows on the extreme metal scene...though it took nearly two years to finalize Side Effects Expected, the results were worth the wait...With Side Effects Expected, Centaurus-A have thrown their name into the technical death metal sweepstakes"
Seaoftranquility.org
"Blows us away with their debut album...If I had to pick a favorite song in this album, I would not be able to do this, since all of them are excellent"
InfernalMasquerade.com
"The elite of technical death metal...completely stuns the genre, leaving metalheads of all types with the chills...Keep a close eye on these guys. Already at such a high and respectable level in their musicianship, I believe Centaurus A is going to change the future of metal and add new outlooks upon the genre for others to follow. I have a feeling these guys are going to be big in a matter of time, so spread the word!"
All About the Music webzine
"Really aggressive/catchy technical death metal like the early gods of the '90s (CYNIC, GORGUTS)"
Minacious webzine
"Centaurus-A like to mix melodic death, sci-fi and prog elements all into one sound that is much more their own than most...PAIN OF SALVATION mixed with GOJIRA...If you're a fan of SOILWORK or earlier IN FLAMES, this will make you very happy. If this is the future of death metal, then is see a very bright one indeed"
Absolute Zero Media webzine
Biography
CENTAURUS-A was formed in 2000 by Maik Matanovic (guitar), Patrick Schroeder (drums) and Michael Ahlgrimm (bass/backing vocals) in Cologne, Germany. After releasing two demos, the band..s line-up was completed in 2003 with guitarist Hernan Martinez and vocalist Johannes Henke. This was a great leap forward and CENTAURUS-A continued to develop their unique mix of technical death/thrash metal.
A lot of time and effort was put in writing new songs which were released on the first studio-recorded demo "Narcotic" and earned positive feedback and reviews from fans and the metal press. In the following years, the band played numerous gigs all over Germany and achieved an excellent reputation as an energetic live-band.
Having created a potent blend of aggressive and melodic songs, CENTAURUS-A was ready to enter the Hansen Studios (Denmark) in April 2007 and start recording their debut album Side Effects Expected. Working with producer Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Hatesphere, Raunchy) CENTAURUS-A laid down an album with 10 unique and outstanding songs of technical death/thrash metal with an appropriate modern and aggressive straight-in-your-face sound.
CENTAURUS-A signed a worldwide record deal on LISTENABLE RECORDS and in March 2009, Side effects expected hit the metal scene with all its force, demonstrating the songwriting strengths and diverse musicianship of the band and taking fans and critics by surprise.
Since the release of Side effects expected CENTAURUS-A has played numerous club shows in Europe with bands like Gojira and Hatesphere as well as some big summer festivals (Metal Camp, Legacy Fest) and is going to become an established act of today's tech death metal scene.
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