System Overload (album)

System Overload is the first album released by Dutch After Forever guitarist Sander Gommans's side project HDK (Hate, Death, Kill).^[2] 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.^[3] The album was released on 23 February 2009 on the Label Season of Mist.^[4] 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

1. "System Overload" - 3:02
2. "Request" - 4:33
3. "Let Go" - 3:33
4. "Terrorist" - 4:19
5. "Pedestal" - 5:23
6. "On Hold" - 3:23
7. "Breakdown" - 5:06
8. "March" - 4:04
9. "Perfect" - 5:14
10. "Fight or Flight" - 4:06
11. "Fine Lines" - 4:55

All music by Sander Gommans, all lyrics by Amanda Somerville.

Credits

Line-up

• Sander Gommans - guitars, vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
• Peter Vink - bass
• Ariën van Weesenbeek - drums

Guests

• Amanda Somerville - vocals, vocal producer
• Joost van den Broek - keyboards, producer, mixing
• Arjen Lucassen - guitar solos
• Marcel Koenen - guitar solos
• Bastiaan Kuiper - guitar solos
• Andre Matos - 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 Studios - Hilversum

References