Holographic Universe | 
 enlarge | Artist: Scar Symmetry
Label: Nuclear Blast
Category: Music
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Rating:  15 reviews
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 4527516008154
ASIN: B0018BXNU4
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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Shipping: International shipping available
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| Tracks:
| • | Morphogenesis | | • | Timewave Zero | | • | Quantumbleaper | | • | 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 |
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Album Description
Scar Symmetry is a Swedish melodic Death Metal band from Avesta. Holographic Universe is their third full-length studio album released in 2008. The band released the first song "Morphogenesis" for streaming on their MySpace page. Formed in April 2004, Scar Symmetry came together during the band Altered Aeon's recording session at Jonas Kjellgren's Black Lounge Studios.
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| Customer Reviews:
They have perfected their style of play October 12, 2008
T. Reid (NJ)
WOW..this is a really good album. A nice blend of progressive metal with death metal. This is the direction Soil Work and Inflames should have gone into. Too late now though, this band brought up the talent on this album and blew those two bands clear out of the water. The imagination on this album is in full force. Clean singing parts are excellent and the Death growls are superb in every way. I love when a band is in full control and understanding of what they are doing and trying to create. You get this album. A mature quality album without selling out their sound and their fans. TRUE melodic death metal. This album is just awesome. If you like progressive death metal then this is a must have album.
This album blows my mind!!!!! September 14, 2008
Divine Chaos (The World of Heavy Metal!!)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Scar Symmetry is my second all time favorite band and "Holographic Universe" is defintely my second favorite album i own. I'd say my two favorite songs on it are "Fear Catalyst" and "Morphogenesis." EVERY song on this album is freakin' awesome and Christian has the most amazing vocals on here. He is defintely one of my vocal idols, and if i were to ever get a band together i would want my vocals similar without copying. That, and i'd also want to sound as close as possible, again, without copying. But, this just the most album to come this year by far!!!!
Scar Who? August 19, 2008
CreamFluffJerry (Seattle, WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I stumbled upon this album on accident, and I'm damn glad I did. I checked out their back log of albums after hearing this album; and while both their prior albums are gems, this album is their best so far. The album defies any single particular genre of metal; IE power or death metal, but rather has a mix of...everything. Scar Symmetry is similar to Into Eternity or Opeth in that their songs are everywhere but they manage to make it work. As in they REALLY work. That's where the similarities end though. This is one of those rare bands that doesn't sound like anyone. Everything here works - the violent shifts from melodic to crushing, the savage growls, the sing-along choruses, the heavy riffs, everything.
The opening track gives you a good idea of what to expect on this album. It doesn't take long into the song for the melody to give way to brutal heaviness...which in turn quickly gives way to a sing-along chorus. The song is complex with several layers and tempo shifts. The 2nd track manages to crush with its opening riffs...but like the opener changes violently into a melodic beast. Every song on the albums is this way, and every song manages to sound different. Making every song unique from the other is a feat in itself - making them interesting is an altogether different beast. Track 4 even opens with a violin. Track 9; Prism and Gate, may be my favorite track. It opens with some BRUTAL heaviness. But then an addictive chorus comes out of left field. I don't know how to explain how the chorus is so addictive, other than that similar to the album's tempo changes the chorus changes tones? I'm at a loss as how to explain it, you will probably just have to listen for youself. The closing track threatens to be the obligatory ballad. Just when you begin to accept the fact, and begin to enjoy the beautiful vocals- come some booming drums and blow the ballad theory out of the water.
The problem with reviewing an album like this is that it can actually be summed up quite easily. Every song contains melody, clean vocals, growls, shrieks, crunchy guitars, blast beats, guitar solos, and most importantly, suprises. Fans of Opeth should particularly enjoy this band, as should anyone that doesn't mind a bit of extreme heaviness in their music.
oh man this is some good metal August 14, 2008
David Rust (ogden, UT)
over the past two years i have been listing to these guys and they just get better and better. for me this album has this driveing force to it that i love. its so powerful and that dudes voice is so good. some of the best clean vocs out today. for me i think it has a good amount of clean and rough vocs on it.some ppl don't realy like it cuz there past albums didn't have alot of clean vocs but i love hearing his voice. all in all this is an album metal heads should give it a spin. it just makes u feel good and will make ur day that much better.
Simply amazing! August 13, 2008
Frankie P. (ronkonkoma,ny)
Scar Symmetry is without a doubt one of my favorite bands....this album has a good mix of death growls and clean lyrics...perfect mix.
Prism and gate is incredible!!!
Highly recommended and if you don't have the other albums, get them too!
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