Dethcentrik is an avantgarde extreme metal

Extreme metal

Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style or sound nearly always associated with genres like black metal,...

 project from Colorado, formed in the summer of 2009 by vocalist Stefan "Død Beverte" Klein, and guitarists Justin Torres and Michael Glass. As the band was joined by Rose Sinclair, they began to work on music, releasing their first recording, a demo version of Society's Whores on their MySpace shortly after. The band played live for the first time on 17 April 2010. Dethcentrik has had frequent lineup shifts since conception, and for their sound was coined "black horrormetal" by Terrorizer Magazine in the summer of 2010 and many songs by Dethcentrik have alternative versions and have been remixed.

Criticism & Controversy

Dethcentrik has undergone criticism for their music, mainly due to the extent of distortion used; in one instance the band's sound was compared to a garbage disposal. The band has also had music and video banned for offensive content, been place on a religious community threat list, and has come under fire for raw production and according to an extremely low-scoring review of the album Why the Innocent Die Young from the publication Metalstorm "simplicity."

EPs and LPs

• Early Demos and Singles (alternative title "Dethcentrik") (Best of; 2010)
• Dethcentrik: The Dark Chronicles (2011)
• The Experiment (2011)
• Why the Innocent Die Young (2011)

Compilation Participation

• Love at First Grind volumes 2 and 3 (2010, 2011)
• Fear Candy 84 (2010)
• Live 2010 (Split, 2011)

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