Scar Symmetry
Scar Symmetry is one of those pseudo-side projects,
where various members
of various bands decide to hook up and form a
group that doesn't conflict
with their main bands.
Modern melodic death metal is the focus here
(
Soilwork
is frequently mentioned as a soundalike),
with vocals alternating between very growly death and
reasonably melodic clean, some
keyboards lending an atmospheric touch, and of course riffing that
alternates between death crunchiness and harmonized leads.
There's nothing fundamentally wrong here, but overall there
isn't a great deal of personality, and the band seems to be
straddling the line between a more brutal death approach and
a mainstream melodeath style.
A decent effort, par for the course and not a bad listen,
but not an essential purchase.
Recent album: The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph),
released on June 9, 2023.
Discography
Symmetric In Design
2005
Metal Blade
 |
- Chaosweaver
- 2012 - The Demise of the 5th Sun
- Dominion
- Underneath the Surface
- Reborn
- Veil of Illusions
- Obscure Alliance
- Hybrid Cult
- Orchestrate the Infinite
- Detach from the Outcome
- Seeds of Rebellion
- The Eleventh Sphere
|
-
Christian Älvestam
-
Jonas Kjellgren
-
Per Nilsson
-
Kenneth Seil
-
Henrik Ohlsson
|
|
Pitch Black Progress
2006
Nuclear Blast
 |
- The Illusionist
- Slaves To The Subliminal
- Mind Machine
- Pitch Black Progress
- Calculate The Apocalypse
- Dreaming 24/7
- Abstracted
- The Kaleidoscopic God
- Retaliator
- Oscillation Point
- The Path of Least Resistance
- Carved in Stone
- Deviate From the Form
|
-
Christian Älvestam
-
Jonas Kjellgren
-
Per Nilsson
-
Kenneth Seil
-
Henrik Ohlsson
|
2006 Readers' Album
#51
|
Holographic Universe
2008
Nuclear Blast
 |
- Morphogenesis ()
- Timewave Zero ()
- Quantumleaper ()
- Artificial Sun Projection ()
- The Missing Coordinates ()
- Ghost Prototype I (Measurement of Thought) ()
- Fear Catalyst ()
- Trapezoid ()
- Prism and Gate ()
- Holographic Universe ()
- The Three-Dimensional Shadow ()
- Ghost Prototype II (Deus Ex Machina) ()
|
-
Christian Älvestam
-
Jonas Kjellgren
-
Per Nilsson
-
Kenneth Seil
-
Henrik Ohlsson
|
2008 Readers' Album
#24
|
Dark Matter Dimensions
2009
Nuclear Blast
 |
- The Iconoclast
- The Consciousness Eaters
- Noumenon And Phenomenon
- Ascension Chamber
- Mechanical Soul Cybernetics
- Non-Human Era
- Dark Matter Dimensions
- Sculptor Void
- A Parenthesis In Eternity
- Frequency-Shifter
- Radiant Strain
- Pariah
|
-
Roberth Karlsson
-
Lars Palmqvist
-
Jonas Kjellgren
-
Per Nilsson
-
Kenneth Seil
-
Henrik Ohlsson
|
2009 Readers' Album
#81
|
The Unseen Empire
2011
Nuclear Blast
 |
- The Anomaly
- Illuminoid Dream Sequence
- Extinction Mantra
- Seers of the Eschaton
- Domination Agenda
- Astronomicon
- Rise of the Reptilian Regime
- The Draconian Arrival
- Alpha and Omega
|
-
Roberth Karlsson
-
Lars Palmqvist
-
Jonas Kjellgren
-
Per Nilsson
-
Kenneth Seil
-
Henrik Ohlsson
|
|
The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)
2014
Nuclear Blast
 |
- The Shape of Things to Come
- Neohuman
- Limits to Infinity
- Cryonic Harvest
- The Spiral Timeshift
- Children of the Integrated Circuit
- Neuromancers
- Technocalyptic Cybergeddon
|
-
Roberth Karlsson
-
Lars Palmqvist
-
Per Nilsson
-
Kenneth Seil
-
Henrik Ohlsson
|
|
The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph)
2023
Nuclear Blast
 |
- Chrononautilus
- Scorched Quadrant
- Overworld
- Altergeist
- Reichsfall
- Digiphrenia Dawn
- Hyperborean Plains
- Gridworm
- A Voyage with Tailed Meteors
- Soulscanner
- Xenotaph
|
-
Roberth Karlsson
-
Lars Palmqvist
-
Per Nilsson
-
Benjamin Ellis
-
Henrik Ohlsson
|
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