Century is an American metalcore

Metalcore

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 band formed in 2005 by multi-instrumentalist Carson Slovak. Century was originally conceived as a solo project, but later evolved into a complete band. Slovak writes all of Century's music, and designs all of the artwork and merchandise. In 2005 the band signed a contract with Tribunal Records

Tribunal Records

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. On February 7, 2006, Century released its first studio album, Faith and Failure

Faith and Failure

-Reception:- Track listing :All songs were written by Century, except where noted.# "Obsolescence" – 3:39# "Bilateral Consequence" – 3:28# "A Threat, Conquistador" – 4:23# "Back Into the Woodwork" – 2:45...

through Tribunal Records. This album saw Carson Slovak as guitarist and producer joined by Mike Guiliano (guitar), Huggie (bass) and Grant McFarland (drums). Before the album was released, McFarland left to focus more on his current band This or the Apocalypse and was replaced by new drummer Matthew Smith.

In February 2009, it was announced that McFarland had rejoined the band, along with new additions: bassist Ricky Armellino (also of This or the Apocalypse), and additional guitarist Todd Mogle. The band has begun work on the follow-up to Black Ocean, which was released in April 2008.

On March 9, 2010, the band posted a cover of Seal's

Seal (musician)

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 Kiss from a Rose

Kiss from a Rose

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 on their Myspace page and announced that they would be working on a new album scheduled to be released later in 2010.

Their third studio album, titled Red Giant, was released on August 30th, 2011. It features Candlebox

Candlebox

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 singer Kevin Martin on track "Oak God".

Current members

• Carson Slovak – vocals
• Jason Baker – guitar
• Todd Mogle – guitar
• Ricky Armellino - bass
• Grant McFarland – drums

Studio albums

Year	Album details
2006	Faith and Failure Faith and Failure -Reception:- Track listing :All songs were written by Century, except where noted.# "Obsolescence" – 3:39# "Bilateral Consequence" – 3:28# "A Threat, Conquistador" – 4:23# "Back Into the Woodwork" – 2:45... Released: February 7, 2006 Label: Tribunal Tribunal Records Tribunal Records is a North Carolina-based record label that launched in the summer of 1999 by founder Matthew Rudzinski. They have recorded and produced with bands such as Animosity, Scarlet, He Is Legend, Woe of Tyrants, Killwhitneydead, and Atreyu.... Formats: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , Paid download
2008	Black Ocean Black Ocean Black Ocean is the second studio album by metalcore band Century, the first since the band signed with Prosthetic Records. The album was produced, recorded and mixed by frontman Carson Slovak at his own studio and mastered by Kim Rosen of West Westside Studios. Black Ocean features a cipher code... Released: April 29, 2008 Label: Prosthetic Prosthetic Records Prosthetic Records is a record label specializing in heavy metal recordings. Founded by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald both former employees of Columbia Records, in Los Angeles, California in 1998... Formats: CD, Paid download
2011	Red Giant Red giant A red giant is a luminous giant star of low or intermediate mass in a late phase of stellar evolution. The outer atmosphere is inflated and tenuous, making the radius immense and the surface temperature low, somewhere from 5,000 K and lower... Released: August 30, 2011 Label: Prosthetic Prosthetic Records Prosthetic Records is a record label specializing in heavy metal recordings. Founded by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald both former employees of Columbia Records, in Los Angeles, California in 1998... Formats: CD, Paid download

Extended plays

Year	Album details
2005	Century Released: 2005 Label: Self-released Formats: CD

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
2006	"Obsolescence"	Carson Slovak
2008	"Black Ocean"

External links

• Century at MySpace
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• Century at Prosthetic Records
  Prosthetic Records
  Prosthetic Records is a record label specializing in heavy metal recordings. Founded by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald both former employees of Columbia Records, in Los Angeles, California in 1998...
  
  
• [ Century] at Allmusic