"Frontiers Records is happy to announce the release of CRASH THE SYSTEM’s debut album entitled “The Crowning” on July 3rd in Europe, August 11th in the USA with a Japanese release to follow on King Records.
The CRASH THE SYSTEM - project came about as a collaboration between song-writer Sören Kronqvist (former Finnish 400 meter hurdle Champion (1989) and songwriter for Michael Bormann, House of Lords and CC Rock between others) and drummer/producer Daniel Flores (Mind's Eye, The Murder of My Sweet) in the fall of 2008. The duo has known each other for a couple of years and they respect each other's work. Sören and Daniel decided to make a project together with songs they enjoyed writing.
“The original plan was to make one song with Daniel and try to get that song out to a band or an artist. And, if it would turn out good we would do more together” explains Sören. “The first song we did was All Because Of You and we both were really happy with how that song turned out. A few record companies also liked the song. We then recorded three more songs and got good response from them as well and that’s when Frontiers came into the picture”.
Thanks to Daniel's extensive music background, good reputation, and connections in the music business he managed to bring in some of the top names in Sweden into the project. Guest vocalists on the project are: Göran Edman (Ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, John Norum, Brazen Abbot, etc), Mats Levén (Ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, Treat, Infinite Mass, etc), Thomas Vikström (Ex-Talk Of The Town, Candlemass, etc) and Björn Jansson (Ex-Ride The Sky, Tears Of Anger, etc). Appearing on the album are also Johan Niemann (Mind's Eye, The Murder of My Sweet etc), Daniel Palmqvist (The Murder of My Sweet), and Manuel Lewys (Machinery, Elwood, etc) on guitars with additional keyboards by Andreas Lindahl and additional backing vocals by Angelica Rylin (The Murder of My Sweet).
“The sound of Crash The System is a mix of 80's hard rock/metal, modern metal, some symphonic influences and a few hi-tech elements” continues Sören. “I come from a softer side of metal and Daniel comes from the prog side of rock and metal. Crash The System is where we both meet. The "crash of styles" and the added touch of the four fantastic singers Göran Edman, Mats Levén, Thomas Vikström and Björn Jansson as well as the additional musicians gives the sound an interesting character. We wanted to keep it fairly simple with catchy melodies. Just put in the cd in the cd player and rock, not having to listen to the record 20 times to understand it”.
Fans of 80's Melodic Hard Rock with influences of modern symphonic metal should not be disappointed with the catchy choruses and great melodies sung by some of the top hard rock singers around. “Hopefully people will like the songs and look forward to the next album and more material from us. We feel that all songs are about equally strong, none of the songs are fillers” concludes Sören.
(Biography by Frontiers Records)
The album is produced, mixed and mastered by Daniel Flores (Catapult Music Group). Executive producer: Sören Kronqvist.
All songs published by Catapult Music Group/Good Songs 2009.
All artwork by André Beckston at MONOWASP.
Full track list of "The Crowning": (same information on the back of the album)
1. FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE (Lead vocals: Göran Edman)
2. ALL BECAUSE OF YOU (Lead vocals: Mats Levén)
3. I STILL BELIEVE IN LOVE (Lead vocals: Thomas Vikström)
4. LOVE IS IN YOUR EYES (Lead vocals: Göran Edman)
5. TAKE A CHANCE (Lead vocals: Mats Levén)
6. ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVIN' (Lead vocals: Thomas Vikström)
7. MYSTERIOUS (Lead vocals: Göran Edman)
8. ANGEL OF MY HEART (Lead vocals: Thomas Vikström)
9. ROLLING STONE (Lead vocals: Björn Jansson)
10. DON'T TELL ME NO LIES (Lead vocals: Thomas Vikström)
11. BROKEN GLASS (Lead vocals: Göran Edman)
12. HIGHER AND HIGHER (Lead vocals: Thomas Vikström)
13. WITHOUT CHANCES (Lead vocals: Björn Jansson)
(Bonus track on the Japanese release)
14. DANGEROUS GAME (Lead vocals: Björn Jansson)
Some comments about the album "The Crowning" (Frontiers Records 2009):
'The Crowning' comes across as a cool mix of everything that's been great about Scandinavian rock and metal for the last 30 years...the quality never dips for a second - testament to the belief and commitment of all involved. Immense!"
"This is definitely an album that will be on my top 10 list of 2009 for sure because this is so damn good and I can’t stop playing air-keys when I listen to this freaking brilliant album. This is pure AOR heaven from the first song to the last."
"...ett måste för varje sann fantast av melodiös rock och AOR och speciellt för er som älskar den typiskt svenska touch som den här plattan andas..."
"...a must for every true fan of melodic rock and AOR and especially for those of you who love the typical Swedish touch this album breaths..."
"With thirteen tracks on one album you’d expect maybe one that doesn’t hit the mark, but on this album every one is just superb. This album's strength is in the quality of song and music, so hats off to Flores and Kronqvist for a job done superbly. ...one of the best Melodic/AOR/Hard Rock albums I’ve heard this year."
"...filled to the maximum with the best of what we all love and with a familiar trademark called "Scandinavian Melodic Rock. This is top quality and the production doesn't leave you with much air left to breath."
"The sound quality on The Crowning is first class, as are the performances and compositions. There are plenty of huge choruses and catchy tracks...
Check out... The production. Such a clear crisp sound you could eat it with sliced ham."
"If you have good songs which have an excellent production, and they are sung by Göran Edman, Mats Levèn, Thomas Vikström and Björn Jansson, then you know ‘ you didn’t make thrash’."
"Gelungenes Projekt, dass mit den unterschiedlichen Sängern sicher mehr Abwechslung bringt, als wenn es nur ein einziger Sänger gewesen wäre".
"Successful project that with the different singers reliably brings more variation than if it would have been only one singer".
- Fight Fire With Fire (Music and lyrics: Sören Kronqvist)
Lead vocals: Göran Edman, backing vocals: Göran Edman and Mats Levén
Guitar solo: Daniel Palmqvist
- All Because Of You (Music and lyrics: Sören Kronqvist)
Lead and backing vocals: Mats Levén
- Higher And Higher (Music: Sören Kronqvist, lyrics: Sören Kronqvist/Daniel Flores). Lead vocals: Thomas Vikström, backing vocals: Thomas Vikström and Daniel Flores
- Without Chances (Music: Sören Kronqvist, lyrics: Björn Jansson/Sören Kronqvist). Lead and backing vocals: Björn Jansson
Guitar solo: Manuel "Mano" Lewys
PS: Crash The System is a recording project, not a new band. However, we have planned to make more records in the similar style in the future.
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