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Out of the Trilogy, “System One . . .” is the one most like a regular hard rock album. All of the songs except a couple bonus tracks were written and performed by Criss Angel’s band when they were playing out around New York City. The first track, “Come Alive,” ...

Moving on to number 3 in the Trilogy, this album is VERY percussion and electronica driven. No matter how the sound was achieved, it’s total trance electronica mixed with hip hop that once again is more of a stand alone album. You can tell it’s the background music for a ...

Entering “System 2,” track one “In Two,” is like entering a futuristic factory as presented in the 1920’s movie “Metropolis” only musically. Very anthemic and precise, with sounds you would associate with computers and voice recognition patterns to gain entry to, well, wherever you need to do that, it kicks ...