Head Control System

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Head Control System
Head Control System
Country	Portugal and Norway
Years active	2003–present
Genres	Alternative Metal Modern Rock
Labels	The End Records V.M.E.
Members	Daniel Cardoso Kristoffer Rygg

1 Intro
2 Concept
- 2.1 Lyrical
- 2.2 Musical
3 Discography
4 Line-Up
5 External links

[edit] Intro

Head Control System is a cross-national experimental band featuring Portuguese Daniel Cardoso (of Sirius and Re:aktor) and Norwegian Kristoffer Rygg (of Ulver and Arcturus). Head Control System is currently part of North-American The End Records' roster along with bands such as Voivod, The Gathering, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Ulver. The band's debut album, Murder Nature, was released on April 4th 2006.

[edit] Concept

[edit] Lyrical

Initially, the band was named SinDRomE. Its first release was the EP "Severe Damage on Reason and Equilibrium" — the acronym identical to the capital letters of the band. While Daniel himself never wrote a single lyric, he did, however, realise his vision for the band in collaboration with André Vasconcelos, a friend and writer. Daniel recorded the sounds for the album. SinDRomE later became Head Control System. The lyrical content was influenced by Kris's fascination with "automatic" writing, in a stream of conscious style. It includes wordplays and references to politics, film, literature etc.

[edit] Musical

Being influenced by the likes of Meshuggah and the work of Fredrik Thordendal himself, Daniel Cardoso uses rhythms and cycles in a melodic style of rock, bearing some resemblence to Tool, Faith No More or A Perfect Circle. It includes dissonant cycles in the background of various songs.