System Overload (album)
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System Overload is the first album released by Dutch After Forever
guitarist Sander Gommans
's side project HDK
(Hate, Death, Kill). The music of this album is heavier and more extreme than the usual style of After Forever
and Gommans created HDK
in order to release the album by himself. The album was released on 23 February 2009 on the Label Season of Mist
. The many guest musicians involved in the making of this album produced and recorded their parts separately in various recording studios, following basic tracks provided by Gommans.
All music by Sander Gommans
, all lyrics by Amanda Somerville
.
After Forever
After Forever was a Dutch symphonic metal band with strong progressive metal influences. The band relied on the use of both soprano vocals and death grunts. In February 2009, it was announced that After Forever had disbanded.-Biography:...
guitarist Sander Gommans
Sander Gommans
Sander Gommans is a Dutch musician. He founded the symphonic metal band Apocalypse with Mark Jansen in 1995, which later changed its name to After Forever. He played guitar and did the grunting parts in the band...
's side project HDK
HDK (band)
HDK is a musical project of Dutch guitarist Sander Gommans, best known as member, vocalist and one of the main composers of the now dissolved symphonic metal band After Forever.- History :...
(Hate, Death, Kill). The music of this album is heavier and more extreme than the usual style of After Forever
After Forever
After Forever was a Dutch symphonic metal band with strong progressive metal influences. The band relied on the use of both soprano vocals and death grunts. In February 2009, it was announced that After Forever had disbanded.-Biography:...
and Gommans created HDK
HDK (band)
HDK is a musical project of Dutch guitarist Sander Gommans, best known as member, vocalist and one of the main composers of the now dissolved symphonic metal band After Forever.- History :...
in order to release the album by himself. The album was released on 23 February 2009 on the Label Season of Mist
Season of Mist
Season of Mist is a record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pagan metal and death metal records, the label moved on to releasing...
. The many guest musicians involved in the making of this album produced and recorded their parts separately in various recording studios, following basic tracks provided by Gommans.
Tracklist
- "System Overload" - 3:02
- "Request" - 4:33
- "Let Go" - 3:33
- "Terrorist" - 4:19
- "Pedestal" - 5:23
- "On Hold" - 3:23
- "Breakdown" - 5:06
- "March" - 4:04
- "Perfect" - 5:14
- "Fight or Flight" - 4:06
- "Fine Lines" - 4:55
All music by Sander Gommans
Sander Gommans
Sander Gommans is a Dutch musician. He founded the symphonic metal band Apocalypse with Mark Jansen in 1995, which later changed its name to After Forever. He played guitar and did the grunting parts in the band...
, all lyrics by Amanda Somerville
Amanda Somerville
Amanda Somerville is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach.- Personal life :Somerville was born in Flushing, Michigan, and attended Flushing Senior High School and the University of Michigan in Flint, Michigan...
.
Line-up
- Sander GommansSander GommansSander Gommans is a Dutch musician. He founded the symphonic metal band Apocalypse with Mark Jansen in 1995, which later changed its name to After Forever. He played guitar and did the grunting parts in the band...
- guitars, vocals, producer, engineer, mixing - Peter Vink - bass
- Ariën van WeesenbeekAriën Van WeesenbeekAriën van Weesenbeek is the drummer for the Dutch death metal band God Dethroned.Ariën started as a 3 year old smashing furniture with spoons and forks before discovering his dad's drum kit....
- drums
Guests
- Amanda SomervilleAmanda SomervilleAmanda Somerville is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach.- Personal life :Somerville was born in Flushing, Michigan, and attended Flushing Senior High School and the University of Michigan in Flint, Michigan...
- vocals, vocal producer - Joost van den BroekJoost van den BroekJoost van den Broek was a keyboardist in the metal band After Forever. On the album After Forever, Joost had the opportunity to collaborate on the composition and production of the album alongside other band members. Van den Broek will appear on the Sinbreed album When Worlds Collide...
- keyboards, producer, mixing - Arjen Lucassen - guitar solos
- Marcel Koenen - guitar solos
- Bastiaan Kuiper - guitar solos
- Andre MatosAndré MatosAndré Coelho Matos born September 14, 1971 in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the oldest son of photographer Pedro Henrique Matos and Sonia Maria Coelho. André Matos was the former vocalist, pianist and composer for the power metal bands Viper, Angra and Shaaman. Since October 2006 Andre Matos has been...
- clean vocals - Jos Severens - clean vocals
- Patrick Savelkoul - grunts and screams
- Mike Scheijen - screams
- Paul Niessen - raps (on track 7)
Production
- Hans Pieters - producer
- Darius van Helfteren - mastering at Wisseloord StudiosWisseloord StudiosThe Wisseloord Studio is a recording studio in Hilversum, Netherlands. It was officially opened on 19 January 1978 by Prince Claus.The studios were founded by electronics company Philips, to enable their PolyGram artists to record in a professional environment. Initially there were three studios,...
- Hilversum