The first album „Lichtsucher“ (2003) was incredible! DAC Dj Bullet Nr.1 in the DUC Charts, Zillo Sampler and concerts in whole Europe. Without a Label!
In 2006 „Gottwerk“ was the second album. It was an electronic firework at it's best. This time with the Label Final Dusk. This album was very successful.
After three years of work, they finished their third album „Roter Stern“ released 2009 at Scanner (Dark Dimensions).
Mixed by Jan L. (x-m-p), Cover Art by Claudi Corsten, blow another „Gottwerk“ the speakers into pieces!
A videoclip of the track „Dreckstück“ was seen over 4.600.000 times on YouTube!
After a tour with Agonoize Centhron Mastermind Elmar Schmidt produced the most danceble Centhron album DOMINATOR!
In spring 2011 the Longplayer, with the new bassist Markus Vogler, was released still at Scanner/Dark Dimensions!
Crowned by a successful tour through Europe and Russia! A videoclip of the song „666“ was seen over 580.000 times on YouTube. Even the song “Cunt“ reaches this views easyly.
In spring 2013 „Asgard“ saw the darkness of the night.
The new album with hard basslines, catchy hooklines and nothern mythology smashes down on the world like Thor's hammer at the skull of the midgardsnake!
A live Video to the titletrack “Asgard” was recorded in Moskau and released on YouTube.
2014 came the “Biest” over the world. It is aggressive in it's whole songs and artwork and brought with “Pornoqueen” a new extreme and catchy track to YouTube. Hard tracks, hard lyrics, fast beats, brutal sound!
Centhron were on tour through whole Mexico and the U.S., met there a lot of new fans and friends.
Now Centhron has reached a new level and is now “Elite” of the dark scene. WGT, E-Tropolis, Amphi, M'era Luna, Orus Fest, they played all these festivals. The song “Dreckstück” was released as a Live performance at the Sonic Seducer Compilation of M'era Luna 2016.
In the current album “Allvater” Centhron hails the old gods with an harsh electronic firework!
2017 it is done, provocatively, erotic, aggressive, dark, melodic, catchy, atmospheric and with a new Keyboardplayer and female voice Sandra Schmidt. The may be most complete Centhron Album since 2001 is there. There will be two videoclips of the new album. The songs “Allvater” and “Deutsches Land” getting a furious optic view! For the song “De Sade” they could own the voice of Melanie Neuhöfer, with her classic timbre she gives a beautiful atmosphere to the music!
Be sure, the dancefloors of this world will burn, raise your fist!
Members are: Elmar Schmidt (vocals, synthies, programming, samples), Markus Vogler (bass), Sandra Schmidt (female vocals, synthies).
Traumkämpfer
Centhron Lyrics
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Der Geist wird starr
Das Tor zum Nichts ist greifbar nah
Bunkerleichen sehen nicht
Reglos starr im Kern aus Licht
Das Banner in den Wind
Still den Schmerz ertragen
Der für das Leben steht
Traumkämpfer
Verweht auf fremden Land
Gefroren unter Eis gebannt
Sterbend wird die Sonne weiß
Wenn der Sturm das Ende heißt
The lyrics to Centhron's song Traumkämpfer are quite mysterious and open to interpretation. The first verse describes a sense of disorientation and numbness, as if the mind and the world are merging into one. The second verse refers to the bodies of corpses, which are seen as static and lifeless, yet glowing with an inner light. The third verse seems to speak of a banner being raised in defiance or resistance, even as the one doing so faces certain defeat or death. Lastly, the chorus invokes the idea of the "dream fighter" or Traumkämpfer, who travels through foreign lands only to become trapped in ice and ultimately die in the white light of the sun.
There are a few possible themes and symbolic references that one might read into the lyrics of Traumkämpfer. At its most basic level, the song could be seen as a lament for the sense of loss and disillusionment that comes with realizing the futility of one's efforts. The concept of the Traumkämpfer suggests a romantic or idealistic figure who fights for a cause that may be doomed from the start. The image of the bunker corpses, meanwhile, could be interpreted as a reference to war, destruction, and the way in which human beings are reduced to nothing more than lifeless, glowing shells in such contexts.
Line by Line Meaning
Die Welt verschwimmt
The world blurs out of focus, losing clarity and definition
Der Geist wird starr
The mind becomes rigid, inflexible and unyielding
Das Tor zum Nichts ist greifbar nah
The threshold of nothingness seems within reach, tantalizingly close
Bunkerleichen sehen nicht
Dead bodies lying in bunkers are unable to see
Reglos starr im Kern aus Licht
Completely still and rigid, at the nucleus of a bright light
Das Banner in den Wind
The flag flapping in the wind
Aufrecht untergehen
Standing upright, going down with dignity and honor
Still den Schmerz ertragen
Enduring the pain in silence, without complaint
Der für das Leben steht
The one who stands for life
Traumkämpfer
Dream fighter
Verweht auf fremden Land
Blown away on foreign soil
Gefroren unter Eis gebannt
Frozen and trapped under ice
Sterbend wird die Sonne weiß
Dying, the sun turns white
Wenn der Sturm das Ende heißt
When the storm means the end
Contributed by Sadie M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.