Saturday, July 24, 2010

Centimani / Usurping the Throne of Flesh



 CENTIMANI - OFFICIAL MYSPACE


Early tales from Ancient Greek mythology tell of the three brothers named the “Hecatonchires” or “Centimani” in Latin. “Centimani” translates into English as “hundred-handed ones” for these brothers, born of Uranus and Gaia, each had fifty heads and a hundred arms making them a vicious triumvirate of destruction, even more terrifying than the mighty Cyclopes. The Centimani were brothers of Cronos, the titan, as well as the Cyclopes, and assisted Cronos in the castration and usurpation of Uranus. After Cronos took power, he locked the Centimani away in Tartarus for all eternity until the day Zeus took his rightful place on the throne of Olympus. The Centimani were enlisted by Zeus to help him destroy the Titans, and as the Titans launched their offensive against Olympus, they hurled huge boulders by the hundreds in such a fury that they believed entire mountains were being raised against them. Under such a furious onslaught, the Titans retreated and were subsequently imprisoned by Zeus for all eternity in the pits of Hades, where the Centimani now vigilantly stand guard at the gates of Tartarus. Now, in the 21st century, another force of such power has been summoned. Instead of an onslaught of earth and stone, humanity faces the sonic annihilation of the Boulder, CO based metal band who share the same name. Formed in 2006 under the shadow of the mighty Rocky Mountains, Centimani melds black metal with death/thrash metal to create a formidable artillery of sound that goes straight for the jugular and takes you down to join the lost souls of Hades. With lyrics based on warfare and the bloodshed that ensues, each song smashes against your brain like axe meeting shield. Their live shows summon chaos and violence wherever they go, with unrelenting power and earth-shattering brutality. With Centimani's musical talent and their minds bent on Armageddon and conquest, they are ready to stand with the other mighty deities of metal and take their place in legend like the Hecatonchires of lore.


CENTIMANI, "NINTH EMPIRE"


 CENTIMANI - OFFICIAL MYSPACE

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