Carl Sentance

{{notability|Music|date=June 2020}}{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Carl Sentance

| image = 2023 Lieder am See - Nazareth - Carl Sentance - by 2eight - 7DS5369 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Sentance with Nazareth in 2023

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|06|28}}

| birth_place = Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

| genre = {{hlist|Heavy metal|hard rock}}

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1980–present

| current_member_of = {{hlist|Nazareth|Persian Risk}}

| past_member_of = {{hlist|Geezer Butler Band|Krokus|Don Airey}}

}}

Carl Sentance (born 28 June 1961 in Loughborough){{Cite web|url=https://www.carlsentance.com/about|title=ABOUT|website=Carl Sentance Singer|accessdate=25 October 2020}} is an English rock singer and current vocalist for Nazareth. He has also sung for Persian Risk, Geezer Butler, Krokus and Don Airey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metal-rules.com/2015/05/10/carl-sentance/|title=CARL SENTANCE – Nazareth, Persian Risk, Don Airey band, ex- Krokus, Geezer Butler band and more..|website=Metal-rules.com|date=10 May 2015 |accessdate=25 October 2020}}

Biography

He began his career as the singer for Persian Risk.{{Cite web |title=Persian Risk Bio |url=http://www.persianrisk.co.uk/Persian_Risk/Bio.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414015545/http://www.persianrisk.co.uk/Persian_Risk/Bio.html |archive-date=14 April 2014 |access-date=27 October 2024 |website=persianrisk}} In 1986, as Persian Risk disbanded, he was recruited by Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler to front the Geezer Butler Band.{{Cite web |last=Joe |date=December 16, 2005 |title=Geezer Butler releases 1986 Demo Track – Black Sabbath Online |url=https://www.black-sabbath.com/2005/12/geezer_butler_releases_1986_de/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.black-sabbath.com}}{{Cite web |title=ABOUT |url=https://www.carlsentance.com/about |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Carl Sentance Singer |language=en}} In 1990, he was sought out by Welsh guitarist Paul Chapman of Lone Star, UFO, and Waysted fame to front a new band, Ghost, in Orlando, Florida. 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, he 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 album and stayed on for the next three years.{{Cite web |title=1999 - Round 13 |url=https://krokusonline.seven49.net/en/fan-club/history/krokus_family_tree/chronological/1999_round_13.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326063559/https://krokusonline.seven49.net/en/fan-club/history/krokus_family_tree/chronological/1999_round_13.htm |archive-date=26 March 2016 |access-date=27 October 2024 |website=krokusonline}} In 2005, Sentance emerged fronting Whole Lotta Metal alongside co-vocalist Tony Martin of Black Sabbath fame and other British metal session musicians, assembled for a touring cast of cover versions.{{Cite web |last= |date=2004-09-10 |title=Former BLACK SABBATH, KROKUS Singers To Tour With WHOLE LOTTA METAL |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/former-black-sabbath-krokus-singers-to-tour-with-whole-lotta-metal |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}

Sentance also served as the voice for the Power Project who issued the Dinosaurs album in 2006. It featured Sentance and American musicians Carlos Cavazo (Quiet Riot, Ratt), Jeff Pilson (Dokken, Dio, Foreigner), and Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Dio).{{Cite web |title=Power Project - Dinosaurs |url=https://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/album/3300 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.metalreviews.com}} On the live front, he has teamed up with Deep Purple's Don Airey & 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.{{Cite web |title=DON AIREY ANNOUNCES FIRST EVER SOLO LIVE ALBUM "LIVE IN HAMBURG" |url=https://www.ear-music.net/news/don-airey-announces-first-ever-solo-live-album-live-in-hamburg/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=earMUSIC |language=en-US}}

Sentance issued his debut solo album, Mind Doctor, in 2008; musical guests include Airey on keyboards and the Thunder rhythm section of Harry James and Chris Childs.{{Cite web |last=Stein |first=Lior |date=2008-12-20 |title=CARL SENTANCE - Mind Doctor [ ] - Metal Express Radio |url=https://www.metalexpressradio.com/2008/12/20/carl-sentance-mind-doctor/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.metalexpressradio.com |language=en-US}} He became the lead vocalist for Scottish rock band Nazareth in February 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/nazareth-recruit-persian-risk-star-as-new-frontman_4588332|title=Nazareth Recruit Persian Risk Star As New Frontman|work=Contactmusic.com|date=17 February 2015 |accessdate=17 February 2015}} and continues to do so to the present (as of {{As of|2024|December|bare=27}}).