Comments on: Scar Symmetry – The Unseen Empire

By: faust

faust — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:34:56 +0000

Man I can’t stop listening to “Extinction Mantra”.. didn’t think they’d be able to write a tune this catchy, melodic and smooth without Alvestam. The album is pretty damn solid.

By: Gabaghoul

Gabaghoul — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:41:39 +0000

^
illuminati raped his mom

By: Dustin

Dustin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:11:00 +0000

Uh, they went with conspiracy theory bullshit as the lyrical hook for the album? Fuck ’em. They won’t even get an illegal download from me.

By: DK777

DK777 — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:09:15 +0000

Melodic and hard-edged, well played and well produced…

Can’t ask for much more than that! This gets a daily spin in my house or car.

Really, really excellent…

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:22:03 +0000

I was really expecting to be disappointed with this after Dark Matter Dimensions, but you’re right Derek – this is a much better release. I’ve been playing the crap out of it for the past month, will probably wind up on my year-end list too.

it’s also funny ’cause at first I thought the choruses were more saccharine and pop-friendly than ever, but then I went back and listened to Symmetric in Design again and nope, this is pretty much in line with that album’s blend of huge hooks, prog-fireworks, death gurgles and syrupy choruses.

glad to see these guys pull it together again.

By: thisblacksession

thisblacksession — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:57:41 +0000

Glad to hear this is a bit of a return to form– I was disappointed with their previous album. It really wasn’t through any fault of their own, I’m just a big fan of Christian’s work.

Will definitely check this out!