CIPHER SYSTEM: Central Tunnel Eight CD promo METALCORE / Death Metal. Check audio samples (whole album)

Description

Cipher System  – Central Tunnel Eight
Label: Lifeforce Records  – CD- LFR 048-2, Lifeforce Records  – LFR 048-2
Format: CD, Album, Promo
Country: UK, Europe & US
Released: 2004
Genre: Metalcore, Death Metal, Thrash

Tracklist
1 In Perfection 4:33
2 24 Hours Left 4:16
3 What If 3:44
4 State Unknown 3:50
5 Central Tunnel Eight 3:47
6 Life Surrounds 4:18
7 C.S.I. 5:30
8 Sufferstream 3:37
9 Receive, Retrieve & Escalate 4:11
10 Complete 4:07
11 Slow Chemical – Control H (Outro) 3:21

companies etc
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Lifeforce Records
Copyright (c) – Lifeforce Records
Recorded At – Studio Fredman
Mastered At – The Mastering Room

Credits
Bass – Henric Carlsson
Drums – Pontus Andersson
Electronics РPeter Engstr̦m
Engineer, Mixed By – Patrik J-Sten*
Guitar – Magnus Öhlander
Layout, Art Direction – Seth*
Lead Guitar – Johan Eskilsson
Mastered By РG̦ran Finnberg
Photography By [Band Photos] – Martin (207), Per Martinsson
Producer РFredrik Nordstr̦m, Patrik J-Sten*
Vocals РDaniel Sch̦ldstr̦m

Notes
– Street Date: November 2nd, 2004 –

LEGAL NOTICE: This CD is being licensed for promotional use only and must be returned on demand. THIS CD CANNOT BE SOLD! Any sale is unlawful and may be punishable under Federal and State law. Unauthorized copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this record is prohibited.
(C) 2004 Lifeforce Records (P) 2004 Lifeforce Records. All Rights Reserved.

Housed in a cardboard sleeve.
Track 9 is listed as “”Recieve, Retrieve & Escalate””.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 8 26056 00482 9
Barcode (String): 826056004829
Label Code: LC 12500
Matrix / Runout: IMPR.040824.002

Cipher System are another great Swedish melodic death band that i’ve just discovered, and Central Tunnel 8 shows astonishingly good form for a debut album. Soundwise, this has a lot in common with Soilwork and the more recent Dark Tranquility albums such as Character and Fiction, with pounding downtuned thrashing and thick riffing combined with spacey, creepy keyboards. Yet, id say Cipher System are a bit heavier and more brutal then both bands, and they really go for the throat like there is no tomorrow, yet there’s also a fair bit of classic metal riffing and a few subtle breaks here and there. Occcasionally, they sound like a much heavier Colony-era In Flames, and thats not a bad thing in my book. We also find a touch of more atmospheric, almost orchestral keyboard work thats kinda like Spectral from Skyfire. Anyways, while not hugely original, Cipher System can certainly hold their own and play with a biting, aggressive passion thats hard not to get into. While its obvious that the band are still in their formative years and they have a ways to go before they reach the divine heights of bands like Dark Tranquillity and Disarmonia Mundi, if they keep penning crackers like ‘State Unknown’ they’ll get there pretty soon

My only real problem is the vocals, which are bit too metalcore for my tastes, but i warmed to them eventually. All in all a good solid debut from these Swedish lads, and i look forward to hearing mroe from them in the future. Fans of early Soilwork, Dark Tranquillity, Disarmonia Mundi, Callenish Circle, In Flames, Mors Pricipium Est and the like should check this out.