System Overload (album)

System Overload
Studio album by HDK
Released	February 23, 2009
Recorded	Excess Studio, Rotterdam, Eterniastudios, Reuver, The Netherlands Gate Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany
Genre	Heavy metal, death metal, thrash metal
Length	47:38
Label	Season of Mist
Producer	Sander Gommans, Joost van den Broek, Hans Pieters, Amanda Somerville
HDK chronology
System Overload (2009) Serenades of the Netherworld (2014)

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Allmusic	[1]

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.

Track listing

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

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

Personnel

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

Guests musicians

• Amanda Somerville – vocals, vocal producer
• Joost van den Broek – keyboards, producer, mixing
• Arjen Lucassen – guitar solos
• Marcel Coenen – 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

1. Prato, Greg. "HDK System Overload review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
2. "HDK System Overload". HDK Official Site. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
3. AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Discusses HDK Project; Audio Available - Jan. 6, 2009 on www.roadrunnerrecords.com
4. HDK: "System Overload" - neues Album am 23. Februar on www.vampster.com