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Tracklist:
1.Devilwish
2.Orbital
3.Fading Star
4.Moonlight
5.Cult Of Orion
6.Safe Inside
7.Bleed It Off
8.Arctic Circle
Label: New Aeon Media
Playing time: 38:23
Line Up:
Dimitris Ioakimoglou: Vocals
Lukas Bergis: Guitars
Stathis Cassios: Keyboards
George Kollias: Drums
Take a band from Sweden and let it play Death Metal and voila, we have one of the newer signings of Karmageddon Media sub label New Aeon Media, called SYSTEM SHOCK. As with the colleagues of NIGHTRAGE it is an expatriate Greek, in this case Lukas Bergis, who is the driving force behind the band, musically they rather follow in the footsteps of the earlier times of the Gothenburg school, roughly somewhere in the middle between DARK TRANQUILLITY, IN FLAMES and ARCH ENEMY, just with more keyboards.
These influences are computed very well, with a big emphasis on melodies and good instrumental work and in the course of the 38 minutes of the debut "Arctic Inside" they deliver a solid slab of Metal, with a good production, well played and greatly unoriginal... At times it almost seems as if the band, which was founded in 2003, was kind of stuck in the early to Mid-Nineties, because unfortunately they do not really go out of their way to bring in a note of their own, not least as also other "younger" bands have taken on this sound before.
"Devilwish", for example, brings us melodic riffing, rough vocals and keyboard support, "Moonlight" is driven forward by fat double-bass and great melodic leads and on "Cult Of Orion" they even induce some blastbeats that are seamlessly incorporated, followed by some clear vocals even, a great track with a lot of power, strong melodies and good dynamics. These clean vocals return on "Bleed It Off", where the melodies are even more prominent.
And as well as the whole thing sounds, in the end a lot of the elements sound familiar, be it from one of the mentioned bands or one of the other troops that have adopted this style, even though they definitely show the will to generate variety, so that I can call "Arctic Inside" a good debut, but the band will have a very hard time to establish itself in the overflowing scene. (Online March 23, 2005)
Alex(Metal Observer)
1.Devilwish
2.Orbital
3.Fading Star
4.Moonlight
5.Cult Of Orion
6.Safe Inside
7.Bleed It Off
8.Arctic Circle
Label: New Aeon Media
Playing time: 38:23
Line Up:
Dimitris Ioakimoglou: Vocals
Lukas Bergis: Guitars
Stathis Cassios: Keyboards
George Kollias: Drums
Take a band from Sweden and let it play Death Metal and voila, we have one of the newer signings of Karmageddon Media sub label New Aeon Media, called SYSTEM SHOCK. As with the colleagues of NIGHTRAGE it is an expatriate Greek, in this case Lukas Bergis, who is the driving force behind the band, musically they rather follow in the footsteps of the earlier times of the Gothenburg school, roughly somewhere in the middle between DARK TRANQUILLITY, IN FLAMES and ARCH ENEMY, just with more keyboards.
These influences are computed very well, with a big emphasis on melodies and good instrumental work and in the course of the 38 minutes of the debut "Arctic Inside" they deliver a solid slab of Metal, with a good production, well played and greatly unoriginal... At times it almost seems as if the band, which was founded in 2003, was kind of stuck in the early to Mid-Nineties, because unfortunately they do not really go out of their way to bring in a note of their own, not least as also other "younger" bands have taken on this sound before.
"Devilwish", for example, brings us melodic riffing, rough vocals and keyboard support, "Moonlight" is driven forward by fat double-bass and great melodic leads and on "Cult Of Orion" they even induce some blastbeats that are seamlessly incorporated, followed by some clear vocals even, a great track with a lot of power, strong melodies and good dynamics. These clean vocals return on "Bleed It Off", where the melodies are even more prominent.
And as well as the whole thing sounds, in the end a lot of the elements sound familiar, be it from one of the mentioned bands or one of the other troops that have adopted this style, even though they definitely show the will to generate variety, so that I can call "Arctic Inside" a good debut, but the band will have a very hard time to establish itself in the overflowing scene. (Online March 23, 2005)
Alex(Metal Observer)
