With the monicker Sharpened Razor, Germano Quintaba (Vocals and Drums), Fabio Monti (Lead & Rhytm guitar, Bassguitar) and Luciano Monti (Lead & Rhytm guitar) recorded the never published demo called "Mors tua Vita mea" in 1997. The band entered into a contact with Sacred Metal Prod. in 1998 with the new monicker CENTVRION. Recruited a session rhytmic section, the earthquaking hypermaniacs, published in 1999 their debut album called "Arise of the Empire" in the vein of the best metal colossus of eighties like Judas Priest and Accept. The album received great responses from magazines and metal kids all around the world with very positive reviews and powerful live acts. In 2000 Centvrion published the second CD called Hyper Martyrium with a new rhytm section. The power of beginning meets the Bay-Area trash with a very explosive sound, devasting impact and corrosive hyper riffs. Positive reviews from the metal world and flaming live acts increase the popularity of the unrestrained Italian Metal War Machine, CENTVRION became a reality.