Following the recording of a demo, the band’s manager invited A&R from powerhouse independent metal label Roadrunner who signed the band – with one caveat – they had to lose the name and so Sweet Vengeance became Xentrix. Filling the ranks were Kristian Harvard on guitar, drummer Dennis Gasser and bassist Paul MacKenzie and they gigged the local area initially covering Metallica tunes. Formed in Leyland in the north west of England of the United Kingdom, the quartet was the school band of vocalist/guitarist Christ Astley and went by the name of Sweet Vengeance. Britain had a considerable amount of thrash bands – and some unique ones at that and in terms of contenders for international greatness, there is no question that Xentrix should have been counted in that number. ![]() The UK did not make as much of an impact on the world stage as it should have done but it was not for the lack of trying. ![]() The US had San Francisco’s Bay Area and the “Big 4”, whereas Europe – in particular Germany – had their own Teutonic titans with bands such as Kreator, Sodom and Destruction. ![]() ![]() During thrash metal’s 1980s heyday, it was the United States and Europe that made the biggest international splash.
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