Systematisk Terror

SYSTEMATISK TERROR - UEEEHHH! CD-r
It's a Trap!:
"What we've got here is a 7-track demo of Swedish hardcore punk in the vein of DS-13 which means breakneck speeds, shouted vocals and songs that rarely extend beyond the 1:30 mark. It also means that the guitar tone is a bit cleaner than you might normally expect, though of course that is relative for the genre. Being that it is a demo, the sound and the performance is not totally on-point, but it's good enough to give a clear idea of what they're after. As for the songs, there's enough little quirks and changes to keep things interesting, though they start to lose me a bit with the extended breaks that tend towards crusty dissonance. It's not that they're incompatible with the no-slow/all-go hardcore style that makes up the bulk of the material, they're just not as well-integrated as they could be. Anyhow, minor quibbles aside, I enjoyed this." - Avi Roig, http://www.itsatrap.com
Profane Existence 55
"These 7 tracks were recorded in January 2007 by this 4 piece Swedish hardcore band. It starts off with a total sludgecore intro, and then quickly moves into some intense and awsome fast thrashy hardcore. Throughout the CD it goes back and forth between those two different styles. It may sound a bit odd, but believe me it really works for this band and makes them quite unique. I'm looking forward to hearing more great things from this band in the future. 2 thumbs way the fuck up!" - Ken Ciderpunk
Backlash 17
"Missbrukarkrigpunk, kaos och helvete. Såg att jag recenserat Systematisk Terror förut. Då fick dom en trea i betyg så det är väl lika bra att sätta det nu också. Ett jävla härj och skrikande och lite skööna flumpartier. Konstiga jävla trummor. Schysst som fan, bra driv. Doomsday Mag, kallar det här för "spazzcore, fastcore, screamo". Jag brukar träffa på Doomsday Mag. när jag är full." - Plytet http://www.backlash.se/
Incoherence:
"This CD from Sweden's Systematisk Terror starts off like some long lost CD from Seattle, circa 1989. Slow and brooding, it plods along slowly before breaking into some raw hardcore. This CD continues in this style throughout, actually making it work quite well. The music retains the hard rock (grungy?) feel, with cool guitar leads and punishing rythm section, but the vocals are way pissed; shouted and undeniably punk. The songs are sung in both english and swedish, with the tracks 'Åtgärdad' and 'Krigets Spår' being my favorites. I'm really into punk sung in other languages besides english right now. Don't know why, just am." - Andy Ford
Folkzine:
"The Systematisk Terror-crew is back once again with yet another promising demo, although this time not as wild and straggling as last time. On this record the band has gone for an even rawer approach than on the last one, and they finish these seven tracks of in a raging speed; whilst vomiting political dissatisfaction all over you. The melodic parts digressions of the raw crust/d-beat I was expecting are still here, but much more reduced. Now it doesn’t leave you off with a confused state of mind, as it did before. Instead it enhances the music, and gives it a nice touch of craziness. The previous record was also plagued by really bad-sound quality, but this time the band have pushed themselves to do a serious recording, and that sure paid off! What I have to complain about is the fact that the singer can’t keep up with the music at times, and all the lyrics end up in one big messy soup. On the other hand, with a little bit of practice I’m sure that’ll solve itself. A fun thing to take note to is that he has a typical Swedish accent to his English singing; quite distinguishing and characteristic. Other than that I feel that Systematisk Terror have climbed several more steps towards a truly solid base for their band, and I look forward to more material once again." - Folkzine
Doomsdaymag:
"Det här är mycket bättre än förra demon, det konstaterar jag ganska snabbt. ST fortsätter sin bana med kaotisk utsvävat hardcoremangel. Vad fan är det det kallas, spazzcore, fastcore, screamo, ja ni vet ashetsig hc med knasiga lite små-jazziga vändningar och drivigt som fan. Gillar de sludgigare partierna och sången som påminer lite om tidiga Victims. Inspelningen är tyvärr jävligt grötig vid vissa tillfället, speciellt under de mest kaotiska partierna så då fattar man noll. ST är dock inne på rätt spår och har en intensitet som de absolut skall ta vara på… oj nu fick jag lite dropdead-viddar också… Ska bli kul att höra hur de låter på nästa inspelning för det här börjar bli intressant." - DoomsdayMag
My Last Chapter
"Here we have the second demo of the Swedish newcomers Systematisk Terror, and it starts of with a really sludgy ooze, but quickly transform into an old school infested hardcorepunk monster. While taking the essence of the old school hardcorepunk of the 80ies they take on quite a number of miscellaneous influences, creating this massively energetic demo called Ueeehhh!. The frenzied vocalist sounds like a raging madman, recently escaped from some form of asylum, and the screechy production fits the thunderstorm of the instruments perfectly. It might just sound like I’m trying to come up with as many euphemisms as possible, but trust me – this is exactly what it sounds like. It’s so freakishly energetic and it’s virtually impossible not to create a one-man moshpit with this demo pummelling from your speakers. I absolutely love what they’ve done here, and it gives me a slight Sista Sekunden feel, though a bit more rough around the edges. Short, in your face, extremely energetic, chaotic hardcore bits… Ahh, I’m enjoying every second of this. No, I stand correctly – I adore every second of this!" - www.mylastchapter.net
Attack! Fanzine
Systematisk Terror consists of four angry young men from Trollhättan, Sweden and are here on their second CD-R delivering a raw brand of hardcore punk. In the short version of this review I would use the words crustcore and käng and leave it at that. I wouldn't be lying, but I wouldn't be telling the whole truth either. Systematisk Terror is kinda hard to pin down, and that's something I think is great. They draw influences from all sorts of hardcore punk and the end result is, as I said, not so easy to pin down. There are crustcore in here for sure, but the tempo and rhythm of the tracks also bring thrash- and fastcore bands to mind. It's very aggressive and the fists are thrown in all directions, both musically and lyrically. There are seven tracks in close to nine minutes on here so you can figure out they're all short and to the point explosions. I guess my favourite track on here are "Open the borders", closely followed by "Monopoly highlife" and "Krigets spår". Systematisk Terror still has some road to travel before I can call this great, but this is a good disc from a very promising band - can't wait to hear what they'll come up with in the future. [Krogh - March 19, 2007] - www.attackfanzine.net
SYSTEMATISK TERROR - DEMO 2006 CD-r
Maximum Rock'n'Roll
Systematisk Terror plays thrashy/grungy hardcore songs that fall into the darker side of the color spectrum. They blow through the first eight songs pretty quickly and end things up with a five-minute-plus epic that is still just as intense as their 40-second songs. The songs tend to jump around a lot. One second they are trudging through a heavy slow part and the next they are throwing blast-beats and a wall of noice at you while the vocalist screams like crazy. On the down side, it's a bit sloppy and the recording isn't great. - Pete, MRR
Folkzine
Systematisk Terror, a realtively new band with a name that reeks of aggravated käng/hardcore (transl. Systematic Terror). This is the bands first official demo and I have to say that even though the sound quality is a complete mess, it gives you some hints on what there is to come from them. The band mixes together several music styles with manic screaming, melodic leads and even throws in an attempt on spoken word at the last track. At some parts along the 9 tracks of the record I got lost and thought it was a bit boring, but in the end they managed to weave me in again. When the record was over I had a positive overall feeling from the demo. They're definitley in the need of some more time together, but when the next record comes, brace yourself for the “Systematisk Terror”-apocalypse. www.folkzine.tk
Monopoly Highlife from the Issus gig: