---
title: "Xentrix"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/xentrix"
genre: "Thrash Metal"
country: "United Kingdom"
formed: 1987
---

# Xentrix

**Xentrix** is a thrash metal band, from United Kingdom, active 1987 to present.

Xentrix are an English thrash metal band from Preston, Lancashire. The band were formed in 1984 under the name Sweet Vengeance. They changed their name to Xentrix in 1988, and released four albums – Shattered Existence (1989), For Whose Advantage? (1990), Kin (1992) and Scourge (1996) – before splitting up in 1997. After briefly reuniting in 2005–2006, Xentrix reunited once again in 2013, and they have since released two more albums: Bury the Pain (2019) and Seven Words (2022). As part of the underground metal scene of the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s, Xentrix have been referred to as one of the "Big Four" of English thrash metal, along with Acid Reign, Onslaught and Sabbat.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xentrix

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Xentrix |
| Genre | Thrash Metal |
| Parent genre | Thrash Metal |
| Origin | Preston, United Kingdom |
| Formed | 1987 |
| Releases in catalog | 10 |

## Genres

[Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dennis Gasser](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dennis-gasser) |  | 1985 to present | Current |
| [Kristian Havard](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kristian-havard) |  | 1985 to present | Current |
| [Paul MacKenzie](https://themetalnet.com/musician/paul-mackenzie) |  |  | Current |
| [Chris Astley](https://themetalnet.com/musician/chris-astley) |  | 1985 to 1995 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1989 | [Shattered Existence](https://themetalnet.com/album/dc464bb4-2ae4-4855-9d7e-d2dba94520d0) | EP |
| 1989 | [Shattered Existence](https://themetalnet.com/album/2062c320-f388-357a-840e-0444ec5e7d98) | Album |
| 1990 | [For Whose Advantage?](https://themetalnet.com/album/fc388a18-c16f-3381-83bb-15a34d2eaf1c) | Album |
| 1990 | [Questions/For Whose Advantage?/The Bitter End](https://themetalnet.com/album/3da78780-8c4c-4008-aac1-36dc6971d13b) | EP |
| 1991 | [Dilute to Taste](https://themetalnet.com/album/925ffe5f-9ad2-3ba7-816b-0a43f496ec12) | EP |
| 1992 | [Kin](https://themetalnet.com/album/38ed87c8-9140-31dc-9755-90d4521d5887) | Album |
| 1992 | [The Order of Chaos](https://themetalnet.com/album/8d159326-6ea6-44ce-bf67-dc4fca1d3301) | EP |
| 1996 | [Scourge](https://themetalnet.com/album/edae9f4a-6757-3537-9761-0332aeebf4db) | Album |
| 2019 | [Bury the Pain](https://themetalnet.com/album/1ce3f15c-c80c-4e04-b66d-43c572a4b0ad) | Album |
| 2022 | [Seven Words](https://themetalnet.com/album/b8976103-dca0-4d1b-a050-5136b841f0a4) | Album |

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- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together)
- [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together)
- [Annihilator](https://themetalnet.com/band/annihilator) (listened together)
- [Kreator](https://themetalnet.com/band/kreator) (listened together)
- [Anthrax](https://themetalnet.com/band/anthrax) (listened together)
- [Black Sabbath](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-sabbath) (listened together)
- [Overkill](https://themetalnet.com/band/overkill) (listened together)
- [Destruction](https://themetalnet.com/band/destruction) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)
- [Flotsam and Jetsam](https://themetalnet.com/band/flotsam-and-jetsam) (listened together)
- [Havok](https://themetalnet.com/band/havok-c4f35f4b) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Xentrix/746
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/1184214
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xentrixmetal
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xentrix_metal/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5lYOBorQmZgCCPxJYCjSmO
- x: https://twitter.com/xentrixmetal

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/xentrix](https://themetalnet.com/band/xentrix). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt