{"id":29568,"date":"2019-05-20T15:58:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T13:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dutchmetalmaniac.com\/?p=29568"},"modified":"2019-05-20T15:58:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T13:58:57","slug":"review-xentrix-bury-the-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutchmetalmaniac.com\/2019\/05\/review-xentrix-bury-the-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Xentrix &#8211; Bury the Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The English thrashers\nof Xentrix are back. They formed in 1985, but broke up in 1996. They already\nreturned two times for a short time, in 2005\/2006 and in 2013, but now they\nreturned to full activity since 2017. Xentrix&#8217;s current line-up consists of\nvocalist\/guitarist Jay Walsh, guitarist Kristian Havard, bass player Chris\nShires and drummer Dennis Gasser. With this line-up Xentrix also started to\ncreate a new album, the successor of 1996&#8217;s <em>Scourge<\/em>.\nThis new album will be titled <em>Bury The\nPain<\/em> and will be released in the beginning of this Summer via Listenable\nRecords. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jay Walsh is Xentrix&#8217;s\nnewest band member, he joined Xentrix when the band returned to full activity\nin 2017. So let&#8217;s start with his contribution to <em>Bury The Pain<\/em>, especially his vocals. These sound quite raw, but\nunfortunately also somewhat forced at some moments, like in the title track and\n<em>There Will Be Consequences<\/em>. However,\nmainly his vocals really fit well in Xentrix&#8217;s music, as long as you don&#8217;t\nfocus on the vocals alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, his\nguitar-parts, as well as those of fellow guitarist Kristian Havard, are quite\nstrong. Whether we hear tight riffs, like in <em>Let The World Burn<\/em>, <em>World of\nMouth<\/em> and <em>The One You Fear<\/em> or\nmore roaring guitars, such as in <em>The\nTruth Lies Buried<\/em>, <em>The Red Mist\nDescends<\/em> and the aforementioned <em>World\nof Mouth<\/em>, the guitars on this album all sound very nice and crushing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Truth Lies Buried<\/em> probably is the most different\ntrack compared to the others. Of course it still is thrash metal, but it starts\nwith a much more quiet part, just like <em>The\nOne You Fear<\/em>, with an very nice guitar, does. Besides that <em>The Truth Lies Buried<\/em> also is quite a\nbit more melodic than the other tracks on <em>Bury\nThe Pain<\/em>. This is a track that could perfectly be described as melodic\nthrash. However, for the main part of <em>Bury\nThe Pain<\/em>, Xentrix pounds really hard. To give you an example make sure to\ncheck <em>Let The World Burn<\/em>, a great\ntraining for the muscles in your neck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something else we can\nhear in <em>The Truth Lies Buried<\/em>, but\nalso in, for example, <em>World of Mouth<\/em>\nand <em>There Will Be Consequences<\/em> is\nthat Xentrix also mixes some longer instrumental parts into their thrash metal.\nIn these instrumental parts we can, for example, hear great guitar solos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course a heavily\npounding thrash metal album needs a strong rhythm section, something Chris\nShires and Dennis Gasser for sure are. Dennis Gasser really pounds very hard\nwith his chopping drums, like in <em>The Red\nMist Descends<\/em> and <em>Deathless and\nDivine<\/em>. Chris Shires thumping bass is also very present, like in the title\ntrack, <em>Bleeding Out<\/em> and with his\nbass-line in closing track <em>Evil By Design<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xentrix delivers a heavy and tight, neck-breaking thrash metal album with <em>Bury The Pain<\/em> which isn&#8217;t really bringing something new, but just brings straightforward pounding thrash metal. The only track that is a bit of an exception on this is the more melodic but still thrashy <em>The Truth Lies Buried<\/em>. Jay Walsh&#8217;s vocals might need a bit of time to get used to, but altogether this is a great thrash metal album. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Xentrix Official Website (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xentrix.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Xentrix Official Website<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/xentrixmetal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Xentrix Facebook<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/xentrix_metal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Xentrix Instagram<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xentrixmetal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Xentrix Twitter (opens in a new tab)\">Xentrix Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The English thrashers of Xentrix are back. They formed in 1985, but broke up in 1996. They already returned two times for a short time, in 2005\/2006 and in 2013, but now they returned to full activity since 2017. 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