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01. The Shape Of Things To Come 02. Neohuman 03. Limits To Infinity 04. Cryonic Harvest 05. The Spiral Timeshift 06. Children Of The Integrated Circuit 07. Neuromancers 08. Technocalyptic Cybergeddon
"Swedish melo-death metallers Scar Symmetry are set to release their new album and successor to 2011's highly acclaimed masterpiece The Unseen Empire this fall. The new creation is called The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity) and will be out on October 03 (EU), October 06 (UK & France) and October 14 (US) 2014 via Nuclear Blast and it is the first part of a concept album trilogy.
Check out the mind-blowing cover artwork created by Mircea Gabriel Eftemie, who will be doing the entire artwork for the forthcoming album trilogy.
More details and information on The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity) will follow soon!"
It's clear to me that Per and the band are the most inspired they've ever been together. Unlike Unseen, guitar solos have direction and confidence and a heavier weight, with less noodling. A lot of people might prefer Unseen however.
We all love HU and after three listens in a row i strongly believe that it is one of the best things i've heard this year . It is a challenging record that has a lot to offer and does not bore you at all as the previous 2 ( oupsss !!!.........ok unseen was a bit better ) .
Certainly a step-up in terms of song structure, with respect to their last album. However, the melodies don't stand out as much. Quite a bit of cheese and the tone of the clean vocals don't help in that respect. Hopefully the inspired melodies and solos from the "Älvestam-era" will return in the upcoming two albums
Definitely a step in the right direction. This is easily the best album from phase two of their career. It seems like they've tried to stop emulating what an amazing talent Alvestam was and have started working around the abilities (and limitations) of their current talent. Great guitar work and the most solid release since Holographic Universe. Nice to hear Per Nilsson playing with new life and direction. Such and awesome guitarist. It would be great to say "Man, if they can just get Christian and Jonas back then..." but, honestly, I don't know if either would fit anymore. Good rebirth for SS. Enjoyable once again.
Currently listening to this and I have to say I absolutely hate the clean parts . Not that I have anything against Clean vocals on Death Metal or something, but it just goes bland and utterly common most of the times. Its almost annoying how often they shift from one to another.
There are some high points here, like the whole structure of Neohuman. Theres a lot of boring parts but Midway through the song gets quite enjoyable. Cryonic Harvest also has some really cool guitar parts, too bad the melodic vocals ruin it. and, speaking of guitars, intro of The Spiral Timeshift is awesome...but again, fails a few seconds after.
Production-wise its ok. Drums has a few flaws but, again, nothing major, everything is audible enough.
Currently listening to this and I have to say I absolutely hate the clean parts . Not that I have anything against Clean vocals on Death Metal or something, but it just goes bland and utterly common most of the times. Its almost annoying how often they shift from one to another.
There are some high points here, like the whole structure of Neohuman. Theres a lot of boring parts but Midway through the song gets quite enjoyable. Cryonic Harvest also has some really cool guitar parts, too bad the melodic vocals ruin it. and, speaking of guitars, intro of The Spiral Timeshift is awesome...but again, fails a few seconds after.
Production-wise its ok. Drums has a few flaws but, again, nothing major, everything is audible enough.
Not my cup of tea by any means.
A few days to digest now. Do you still hold the same opinion?
Currently listening to this and I have to say I absolutely hate the clean parts . Not that I have anything against Clean vocals on Death Metal or something, but it just goes bland and utterly common most of the times. Its almost annoying how often they shift from one to another.
There are some high points here, like the whole structure of Neohuman. Theres a lot of boring parts but Midway through the song gets quite enjoyable. Cryonic Harvest also has some really cool guitar parts, too bad the melodic vocals ruin it. and, speaking of guitars, intro of The Spiral Timeshift is awesome...but again, fails a few seconds after.
Production-wise its ok. Drums has a few flaws but, again, nothing major, everything is audible enough.
Not my cup of tea by any means.
A few days to digest now. Do you still hold the same opinion?
Yeah. This type of music isnt my cup of tea and, besides that, I dont find it particularly cohesive at all
In my opinion this is their greatest album since Holographic Universe (and maybe surpasses it). Everything flows together nicely and fits into place. The vocals are vastly improved and show that these guys aren't slowing down anytime soon. Can't wait to hear what they have in store for the next installment (part 2).
EDIT: No way this surpasses Holographic Universe. No idea why I even thought that to begin with. But still stoked for the next album.