Sentance performing in December 2016 Carl Sentance (born 28 June 1961 in

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second larg ...

) is an English rock singer and current vocalist for

Nazareth Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...

. He began his career as the singer for

Persian Risk Persian Risk are a Welsh heavy metal band from the new wave of British heavy metal era formed in 1979 and hailing from Cardiff, Wales. The brainchild of ex-Stoned Soul Party guitarist Phil Campbell, he recruited vocalist Jon Deverill, second ...

. In 1986, as Persian Risk disbanded, he was recruited by

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bassist

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to front the Geezer Butler Band. In 1990, he was sought out by Welsh guitarist Paul Chapman of Lone Star,

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, and

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fame to front a new band, Ghost, in

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. Sentance also assembled an American version of Persian Risk with guitarist Mark Lanoue; the band gigged in the Southern US area until their demise in 1995. Back in the UK, the singer was involved in a project with members of Wraith before being asked to front legendary Swiss hard rockers Krokus in 1998; he appeared on their ''

Round 13 ''Round 13'' is the thirteenth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, and the only album to feature Welsh vocalist Carl Sentance, formerly of Persian Risk and the Geezer Butler Band. It includes a cover of "Heya" by J. J. Light (a ...

'' album and stayed on for the next three years. In 2005, Sentance emerged fronting Whole Lotta Metal alongside co-vocalist Tony Martin of

fame and other British metal session musicians, assembled for a touring cast of cover versions. The singer also served as the voice for the Power Project who issued the ''Dinosaurs'' album in 2006. It featured Sentance and veteran US musicians

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(

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, Dio, Foreigner), and Vinny Appice (

, Dio). On the live front, the singer teamed up with

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& Friends and can also be heard on Airey's 2008 solo effort, ''A Light in the Sky'', and also on Airey´s 2008 album, ''One of a Kind'', where he is the lead vocalist on all songs. Sentance issued his debut solo album, ''Mind Doctor'', in 2008; musical guests include Airey on keyboards and the

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rhythm section of Harry James and Chris Childs. Sentance became the lead vocalist for

in February 2015.

Discography

;Solo 2009: ''Mind Doctor'' (self released) ;2Bad 2016: ''Aiming High'' (self released) ;

2008: ''A Light In the Sky'' (Album, Mascot Records) 2011: ''All Out'' (Album, Mascot Records) 2014: ''Keyed Up'' (Album, Mascot Records) 2018: ''One of a Kind'' (Album, Ear Music) 2021: '' Live In Hamburg'' ;

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’s Crossbones * 2016: ''Rock the Cradle'' (Album, Frontiers Music) ;Intelligent Music * 2015: ''Intelligent Music Project III – Touching the Divine'' (Album, Intelligent Music) ; Krokus * 1999: ''Round 13'' (Album, Angel Air) ;

* 2018: '' Tattooed on My Brain'' (Album, Frontiers Music) * 2022: '' Surviving the Law'' (Album, Frontiers Music) ;

* 1981: ''Calling for You'' (single, SRT) * 1983: ''Ridin’ High'' (single, Neat Records) * 1984: ''Too Different'' (maxi-single, Zebra Records) * 1986: ''Rise Up'' (Album, Metal Masters) * 2012: ''Once a King'' (self released) * 2014: ''Who Am I'' (Album, Carlos Records) ;Power Project * 2006: ''Dinosaurs'' (Album, Powerzone Records) ;Tredegar * 1986: ''Tredegar'' (Album, Aries)

References

1961 births Living people People from Loughborough English rock singers English heavy metal singers English male singers Nazareth (band) members {{UK-singer-stub