Centhron – Fylgja (Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: It took three years for master mind Elmar Schmidt to achieve the ninth album of Centhron. The album was written during dark times and has been introduced as a soundtrack for a burning world.
Content: The main characteristic and strength of Centhron is the easy recognizable sound, which remains driven by furious, pumping, kicks and melodic leads with harsh, enraged, vocals on top. There’s no real break, but only full speed tracks. Centhron is a bit hardcore and yet refined with a catchy touch on top.
+ + + : The main strength of Centhron is the sound DNA, which you rapidly recognize among others. They never innovate, but aren’t a new copy of a copy. Both debut songs of the work are pure rage. Violent and merciless Dark-Electro assaults. The world is maybe burning, but dancefloors will be reduced to ashes when discovering the debut of this album. “Divide Et Impera” is another great cut in the end of the album.
– – – : Centhron is easily recognizable, but unfortunately also rapidly predictable. There’s no real variation, but only a sonic bulldozer annihilating all on its way.
Conclusion: Melodic harshness and danceable rage perfectly descrives the sonic experience called Centhron.
Best songs: “Bizarr & Sexy”, “Ajna Chakra”, “Divide Et Impera”, “Volksfeind”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.centhron.de / www.facebook.com/centhron
Label: www.darkdimensions.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Dark-Dimensions-Label-Group/486014725206
About Centhron
Centhron is a German dark electro project driven by Elmar Schmidt, credited on Discogs with vocals, synthesizers, programming and samples. The same source lists Markus Vogler on bass.
The project self-released “Melek Taus” in 2002 and followed it with “Lichtsucher” on Starfish Music in 2003 and “Gottwerk” on Final Dusk Records in 2006. From “Roter Stern” in 2009 onwards Centhron has recorded for Scanner, part of the Dark Dimensions label group, with “Dominator” (2011), “Asgard” (2013), “Biest” (2014), “Allvater” (2017), “Dystopia” (2019) and “Fylgja” (2022). The seasonal release “Krampus” appeared in 2018.
“Einheit C” followed in 2023 and “Liebe Ist Krieg” in 2025, both on Scanner, with the single “Göttin” also issued in 2025.
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