» Xentrifuge review on Side Line

"Quite possibly one of the top debut albums of this year! Xentrifuge comes out of the gates of hell hard and fast with a perfect blend of noise and terror EBM. A very dark soundtrack leaning more towards rhythmic noise with it's pounding distorted kicks and accompanying basslines. The structure of the synthlines and demonic vocals notify you that it is terror... blissful terror! ..."

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» Xentrifuge Interview on chaindlk

"The German label NoiTekk can be surely called the quintessence as being the label responsible to represent the still rushing Hellectro/Harsh EBM. Their latest signing, as well as mostly all of their past new signings, is again a US-based act entitled Xentrifuge. Compared to their uncountable and comparable colleagues, Xentrifuge comes out quite different with full-scale Powernoise influence, which gives a sort of authentic note to this act. We’ve taken the chance to ask for some more info about this act. "

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» Xentrifuge Light Extinquished Now Out In Russia on Gravitator

Xentrifuge Light Extinguished is now available on Gravitator Records in Russia.
Visit www.gravitator.ru to order Russian edition of Light Extinguished.

You can also find Xentrifuge Light Extinguished at these sites:

• www.copint.com
• www.blackrain.de
• www.isotank.com
• www.infrarot.com
• www.metropolis-records.com
• www.vendetta-music.com

» "Light extinguished" review on Chain DLK.

New release for the well-known German NoiTekk label and this time they like to present the long-awaited debut of one of the most promising newcomer acts out of the US-based Hellektro army camp – Chris C. a.k.a. XENTRIFUGE. After having discovered his work for the first time on BLC Productions "Interbreeding VII: The Flesh Harvest/Natural Enemies"-compilation (track "Entombed"), I kept my fingers crossed for an official release.

XENTRIFUGE's audio results have often been named Hellektro or Harsh EBM – that for sure fits somehow, but it is also to mention that Chris' works feature a constant Powernoise influence. His tracks offer a very disturbing outfit, a massive noise and disturbing inferno accomplishing to the already straight tunes. Think on acts like ALLIED VISION combined with outputs of comparable colleagues like LIFE CRIED (...and indeed, here's a collaborative track with Mr. Death Condition offering the vocals on "Paragon Void") for example.

That this all doesn't end in total sound climax belongs on the fact that Chris understands it well to integrate a gripping Dark Electro-minded melodic content. By all included aggression it is appreciated that Chris never seem to leave his musically base – it is recognizable that he has tried out a lot to work on his very own authentic kind. Maybe Chris has already found his special niche in the scene, but this release deserves the unreduced applause at first.

This is a must-have release if you're supportive to this genre!

http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=3877
Review by Marc Tater

» XENTRIFUGE review in virus magazine

"A blood-relative to Noitekk's recent discovery, Life Cried, Xentrifuge may share common members and sound, but they offer enough distinction to mark it a seperate project. Even better that aping Cried's rugged EBM template, Xentrifuge augments this sound with rhythmic noise architecture, thus surpassing my own hard electro expectations.

Certainly, powernoise and harsh electro-industrial have an established record that proves they can cooperate, but usually the rhythmic onslaught ends up drowning out the EBM. This isn't the case with "Light Extinguished", as while both are persistently present, neither strive for total dominance. Perhaps the most salient example to illustrate this point is "ICBM"; bass bounds through this caustic piece rubbery and massive, while whistles of noise escape like steam from its machinery. Though synthetic violins hem and morsels of film dialogue are uttered, they are background tangents, secondary characters whose plots fold into the rhythm. Still, by interspersing harsh distorted vocals and sputtering clinical synths into their rhythmic attack, Xentifuge manage to breathe depth into its unstoppable thump. Even though not as punishing as the weapon above, "Light Extinguished" still has a firm grasp on the consonance of noise within its electro-industrial fists. Inside its drum framework, the noise influence is easily recognized; massive noise-marred snare pads ripple like machine gun fire while waves of soprano static tear through the air like sheets of sandpaper. Though rhythm is certainly its focus, its haze of vitriolic hissed vocals, sampled screams, and piercing terrified synths undeniably lean toward horror EBM.

Another nice selection is "Apostasy", which tactifully balances out Chris P.'s bloodthirsty hiss with slender accents of daydreaming falsetto piano. Like a Vangelis composition crushed in a trash compactor, the baby grand is ground into nothingness by hissing snare and fractured sledgehammer beats, yet its spirit occasionally materializes to invoke tasteful juxtaposition. Finally, it seems apropos that Xentrifuge include a collaboration with Life Cried's own vocalist. "Paragon Void" ends this disc with a bang. Distorted bass and snares drums ripple and crunch, lumbering like a gargantuan machine across a tapestry of eerie whistling horror synths and against currents of frenetic bristled arpeggios. Accompanying this is Life Cried's character- istically foggy static howls; though the pacing is more claustrophobic than brutal, it stands testament to the fact that BPM force is not always necessary.

Overall, I was rather impressed by Xentrifuge's debut; with these splinter factions within band umbrellas, it is impossible not to weight them against their predecessors or even each other. "Light Extinguished", as rife as comparisons are to their partners' project, at least sounds different and certainly doesn't strike me as a secondary outfit. While at points it does get muddled in a bit of monochromatic rhythms and machines, it is nonetheless a great debut and definitely worth the time of any hard electro enthusiast."

Vlad McNeally, 11 Jul 2007