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Carl Sentance was born on June 28, 1961 in Loughborough Leicestershire. At the age of 14, He started his first band Leading Star playing guitar and singing from 1975 to 1978. After participating in several local bands, he replaced John Deverill in 1980 as a vocalist in the NWoBHM band Persian Risk. In 1981 he recorded is first single “Calling for You”, the band then recorded “Ridin High” in 1983, released under the NWoBHM record label Neat Records. 1984 Persian Risk toured with Motörhead through the UK and appeared on television Ch4, 1985 he recorded his first album Rise up. In the same year, At this point Carl was offered the opportunity to tour through Europe with Tokyo Blade as the opening act for Blue Oyster Cult. The tour was successful and Carl received an offer from manager Smallwood Taylor to join Geezer Butler as lead singer in his solo project Geezer Butler Band. The collaboration lasted from 1986 to 1988 and it created demo songs, videos and various bootlegs, but there was no record deal.Carl left the Geezer Butler Band in 1988 to join the Welsh band "Monroe", which had a record deal with a label in Germany but sadly things didn't work out. Carl decided to return to Cardiff and joined the band Tok-io Rose. During this time Carl was still looking for the right band, In 1989, following an unsuccessful audition for Marillion Carl moved to Florida to form the band "Ghost" with Welsh ex- UFO guitarist Paul Chapman. From 1990 to 1992 demo songs and videos were created, but the musical trend in the United States in the early 1990s was mainly grunge and again there was no record deal. In 1992 Carl tried to make a USA version of Persian Risk successful in Florida, But even for this band, time and place did not seem to be favourable. In 1995 Carl had to return to the UK due to immigration issues. From 1996 to 1999 he sang in various musicals leading roles, such as Judas in Jesus Christ Super Star and the American in Chess. In 1999 he became the lead singer of the Swiss Hard rock band Krokus, with whom he recorded the album Round 13 in the same year and completed several concert appearances, among others at the renowned German heavy metal festival Bang Your Head, Wacken Open Air and as the opening act of AC/DC at their concert in Basel. In 2002, however, Mark Storace returned to Krokus as front man. In 2004 to 2006, Carl joined the Whole Lotta Metal Tour, and sang on the CD Dinosaurs (2006) by Power Project, a project by Dio and Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, bassist Jeff Pilson and guitarist Carlos Cavazo. In 2006 Deep Purple keyboardist Don Airey asks him if he is interested in being a lead singer on his solo project Don Airey and friends at concerts in Austria. The two blended well, resulting in two songs co-writing for Don Airey's second solo album A Light in the Sky (Shoting Star, Endless Night ) and Don Airey's involvement in seven songs from Carl Sentance's first solo album, Mind Doctor (2009). Alongside Don Airey on keyboards, Carl collaborated on his solo CD with Harry James (drums) and Chris Childs (bass) from Thunder. Mind Doctor was well received by the critics. Collaboration with Don Airey continued productively, Don Airey and friends toured Europe with A Light in the Sky 2009. In 2011, Don Airey's third solo LP, All out, features Carl Sentance as songwriter and lead vocalist on five songs ( The Way I feel Inside, People In Your Head, Running from the Shadows, Wrath of Thor, Tobruk ). Don Airey's fourth solo album Keyed Up in which Carl Sentance has worked on six songs as a songwriter and singer ( 3 in the Morning, Beat the Retreat, Solomon's Song, Claire d'Loon, Flight of Inspiration, Grace ) was released in February 2014.

In addition to his collaboration with Don Airey and friends, Carl has appeared since 2012 on the rock cover show The Classic Rock Show.

The success with Persian Risk in the early 1980s and the idea of ​​what would have become of the band if they stayed together prompted Carl Sentance to revive the band. After failing to win for a second try, the band's former band members found new fellow musicians in Howie G. (guitar), Jason Banks (guitar), Wayne Banks (bass) and Tim Brown (drums) for the reissue of Persian Risk, In autumn 2012, the album Once a king was released , which was received very positively by the critics.

In 2015 he became the new singer for the band Nazareth. After founding member Dan McCafferty had to retire due to illness.

Discography

1986: Tredegar 1986 (Tredegar) 1986: Rise up (with Persian Risk ) 1999: Round 13 (with crocus ) 2002: Paul Chapmans Ghost 2006: Dinosaurs (with power project ) 2008: A Light In The Sky (Don Airey, Album) 2009: Mind Doctor 2012: Once a king (with Persian Risk ) 2012: All Out (Don Airey, Album) 2014: Keyed Up (Don Airey) 2014: Who am I (Persian Risk) 2016: Rock the Cradle (Dario Mollos Crossbones)