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Holographic Universe | 
 enlarge | Artist: Scar Symmetry
Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
Buy New: $9.95
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 3093
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 12095
UPC: 727361209520
EAN: 0727361209520
ASIN: B00190KZBO
Release Date: July 8, 2008
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Condition: new in shrinkwrap over small hole-punch on UPC
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| Tracks:
| • | 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 |
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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:
Scar Who? August 19, 2008
CreamFluffJerry (Seattle, WA)
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!
Impressive! August 8, 2008
W. Bowes (California)
Wow! I had only just heard of Scar Symmetry within the past year. I just picked this release up and was blown away! It was so exciting to hear a band with a fresh, yet heavy sound. These guys have definitely broken away from the mainstream sound and created their own niche. My standout tracks are 1,2,4 and 10. This whole album is sick! Pick it up! You won't be disappointed.
A resurgence in "melodic death metal" August 6, 2008
E. Altemus
Look, I hate using subgenres as much as the next guy does when it comes down to labeling music, but many will put Scar Symmetry into the category of "melodic death metal". Whatever, it is annoying but it simply helps others understand what you are talking about musically in the metal world. Anyways, after falling in love with (older) Soilwork, (older) In Flames, etc I figured the genre had nothing more to offer that previous shredders and face melters had not already brought to the table. I cannot quite remember how I found out about Scar Symmetry, and it flabbergasted me to find out about them when I did, because it was right before their latest album Holographic Universe came out, and I consider myself a very dedicated and studious metal enthusiast who has been doing it for quite a long time, yet I had no idea these guys existed before. All that being said, this album is above everything else, relieving. Dedicated metalheads will follow metal forever regardless of what happens, but many of them, including myself, will still worry to a certain extent that ideas will eventually run out, originality will dry up, and we will be forced to only listen to metal of the past and think back on when it was still unique and fun to listen to a new metal album the day it was released. Holographic Universe is an album that I will probably be talking about with my friends forever, and while I do not consider it to be the best metal album of all time by a long shot, I still love it. Very much. It came out at a very appropriate time, for too many reasons to even begin to get into. It has brought new life to the "melodic death metal" subgenre, and just heavy metal in general, and I am extremely grateful for that. This is an album you just have to have. This is my first Amazon.com review, and I don't know if I will write another one, but as I was reading the few other reviews of this album before my own, I couldn't help but add in my own 5 stars, because Scar Symmetry's "Holographic Universe" really does deserve it.
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