Due to delays in securing visas, gothenburg outfit Scar Symmetry will not be headlining their North American tour this year as had been earlier expected. The tour dubbed The Unseen Empire was to feature Threat Signal, Stealing Axion and Lord Of War.

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Swedish gothenburg metal band Scar Symmetry has just announced a number of German shows in October that they'll play on their way to the Euroblast Festival, taking Florida's djent/prog newcomers Akeldama with them.

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Event:	Scar Symmetry: German Mini-Tour 2012

"Extinction Mantra", a brand-new track from Swedish melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry, has been made available for streaming over at Soundcloud.

Another new track, called "Illuminoid Dream Sequence", is still streaming at this location.

"Extinction Mantra" and "Illuminoid Dream Sequence" come off the band's upcoming new album The Unseen Empire, which will be released on April 15th through Nuclear Blast Records. More album details were previously reported over here.

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Audio samples of all tracks set to appear on the new Scar Symmetry album The Unseen Empire are available on Amazon.co.uk.

The Unseen Empire will be released on April 15th through Nuclear Blast Records.

The Unseen Empire tracklist:

01. The Anomaly
02. Illuminoid Dream Sequence
03. Extinction Mantra
04. Seers Of The Schaton
05. Domination Agenda
06. Astronomicon
07. Rise Of The Reptilian Regime
08. The Draconian Arrival
09. Alpha And Omega

In other news, a song-by-song analysis with Scar Symmetry drummer Henrik Ohlsson can be watched below.

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"Illuminoid Dream Sequence", a brand-new track from Swedish melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry, has been made available for streaming over at this location.

"Illuminoid Dream Sequence" comes off the band's upcoming new album The Unseen Empire, which will be released on April 15th through Nuclear Blast Records.

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Swedish progressive melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry just revealed the cover artwork for the band's upcoming album The Unseen Empire.

The Unseen Empire will be released on April 15th through Nuclear Blast Records.

Commented drummer Henrik Ohlsson: "The Unseen Empire seeks to expose the hidden hand of the elite that pull the strings of mankind in order to fullfill their agenda of global domination. The album concept goes from theories of shadow governments to secret ancient bloodlines and even further into speculations of malevolent influence from metaphysical reptilian-based intelligences. Mankind's only hope to survive seems to be an internal awakening where the influence of the the unseen empire that rules in secrecy is washed away from the minds of the masses. They want us to stay within the framework of their agenda, hypnotizing us with things that draw attention but has no value. It's time to step outside the framework and make The Unseen Empire visible!"

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Australian melodic death metal act Universum have finally uploaded a new track to be featured on the upcoming Mortuus Machina.

"We have uploaded the first mix of the Mortuus Machina song "Sum Of The Universe". It features guest vocals from Christian Alvestam (ex-Scar Symmetry, Solution .45) along with lead solos from both Nightrage axemen Olof Morck and Marios Iliopoulos. It's one of the album's more melodic tracks and will be even more ballsy once producer Jens Bogren is finished with it!"

Check out "Sum Of The Universe" over at MySpace.

For more details about the new Universum release, Mortuus Machina, and a complete list of guest musicians, visit this page.

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Dutch symphonic metal act Epica have confirmed a headlining North American tour for late 2010. Support will come from Scar Symmetry, Mutiny Within, and Blackguard.

Pre-sale tickets for the tour are on sale now at EnterTheVault.com till June 3th. Regular tickets go on sale on June 4th.

11/16 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
11/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
11/19 - New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
11/20 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
11/21 - Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
11/23 - London, ON @ Music Hall
11/24 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
11/26 - Detroit, MI @ Blondie's
11/27 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's Music Hall
11/28 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
11/30 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
12/02 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
12/03 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
12/04 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
12/05 - San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
12/07 - Hollywood, CA @ The Key Club
12/08 - Ramona, CA @ Ramona Mainstage
12/09 - Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse
12/11 - Dallas, TX @ Trees
12/12 - Austin, TX @ Emo's
12/14 - Orlando, FL @ The Club at Firestone
12/15 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
12/17 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
12/18 - Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11

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Event:	Epica: North American Tour

"The Iconoclast", the new video from Swedish metallers Scar Symmetry, can be viewed at this location. The clip was directed by Denis Goria with special guests Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy, Pain) and Martin Stahl (Silent Lane).

"The Iconoclast" comes off the band's latest album, Dark Matter Dimensions, which was released on October 2009 via Nuclear Blast Records.


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Scar Symmetry have revealed a new video "Ascencion Chamber" online. The song for this video comes off the bands last album Dark Matter Dimensions, released in October.


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Original news, posted on 08.09.2009

Swedish metallers Scar Symmetry have posted online a new song, "Noumenon And Phenomenon", on their MySpace page.

"Noumenon And Phenomenon" comes off the band's forthcoming album, "Dark Matter Dimensions", which is scheduled for release on October 2 via Nuclear Blast Records.

"Dark Matter Dimensions" cover art] tracklist:

01. The Iconoclast
02. The Consciousness Eaters
03. Noumenon And Phenomenon
04. Ascension Chamber
05. Mechanical Soul Cybernetics
06. Non-Human Era
07. Dark Matter Dimensions
08. Sculptor Void
09. A Parenthesis In Eternity
10. Frequency-Shifter
11. Radiant Strain
12. Pariah

UPDATE (thanks to 13767)

Scar Symmetry have revealed their new video for "Noumenon And Phenomenon".

Bassist Henrik Ohlsson comments: "We're pleased to announce that the video for the song "Noumenon and Phenomenon", shot in early September this year is coming together nicely. The director Maurice Swinkels is currently editing it and from what we've seen he's doing a damn fine job! We shot the video at two locations here in Sweden, the first one was basically a photostudio and the second location was... get ready now... an abandoned and haunted insane asylum!"

Maurice Swinkels comments: "Was great meeting up with the Scar Symmetry guys again since I produced their very first, one of the "The Illusionist" videos as well. We had 2 locations, one was shot with greenscreen, one was an old mental hospital which was actually near the studio of Peter Tagtgren! Very cool!"


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Scar Symmetry have made their entire new album "Dark Matter Dimensions" available for streaming online at the band's MySpace. "Dark Matter Dimensions" will be released on October 2, 2009 (Europe) and October 20, 2009 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records.

"Dark Matter Dimensions" cover art] tracklist:

01. The Iconoclast
02. The Consciousness Eaters
03. Noumenon And Phenomenon
04. Ascension Chamber
05. Mechanical Soul Cybernetics
06. Non-Human Era
07. Dark Matter Dimensions
08. Sculptor Void
09. A Parenthesis In Eternity
10. Frequency-Shifter
11. Radiant Strain
12. Pariah

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Scar Symmetry have announced the tracklist of their upcoming masterpiece "Dark Matter Dimensions":

01. The Iconoclast
02. The Consciousness Eaters
03. Noumenon And Phenomenon
04. Ascension Chamber
05. Mechanical Soul Cybernetics
06. Non-Human Era
07. Dark Matter Dimensions
08. Sculptor Void
09. A Parenthesis In Eternity
10. Frequency-Shifter
11. Radiant Strain
12. Pariah

Drummer Henrik Ohlsson also commented on the choice of the album title and its artwork: "The album title came from the scientific fact that you can't see at least 95% of the universe and despite that fact we behave like we know everything there is to know. We trust our eyes even though they give us a very limited range of perception and we dismiss things because they seem to defy our narrow and cynical sense of logic. The title "Dark Matter Dimensions" stands for an appreciation and acknowledgement of the unseen worlds and dimensions, because without the existence of these unseen forces our physical universe would never be able to exist. These so-called "Dark Matter Dimensions", a term I use for everything unseen, orchestrates everything our eyes are allowed to see. And you can bring this down to a personal level aswell, from the macrocosmic to the microcosmic, and realize that our appearance stands for a small percentage of who we are. At least 95% of what we are consists of consciousness, thoughts, feelings and other unseen activities. So the term "Dark Matter Dimensions" applies on both macrocosmic and microcosmic levels. As above, so below.

As for the artwork I view at as a peak into a possible dark matter dimension, a surreal planetary body that defies our sense of what a planet looks like. Spontaneously I come think of it as a symbolic version of the current state of the earth."

The album is set to be released on October 2nd via Nuclear Blast.

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Scar Symmetry have announced some new decisions among the band:

"When things went from bad to worse and we realized that it wasn't going to work out with Christian, we were faced with two options; either calling it quits, or seizing the opportunity to take the next logical step in the evolution of our sound. We chose the latter. We've used both growls and clean vocals in our music since day one, and with each album we've pushed the envelope of what you can do vocally in a metal band to the point where a lot of the songs on "Holographic Universe" would be hard if not impossible to sing live. So the question is: Is it really possible to push the vocals even further and manage to perform everything live?
The answer is YES! Instead of hiring a new singer, we decided - some of you might already have figured it out by now - to recruit TWO singers! The idea of having two vocalists in the band is something that's been in the back of our minds for a long time, and after auditioning and rehearsing with two of Sweden's best vocalists we're thrilled, excited, stoked-beyond-belief!

So let us introduce you to...

Robert Karlsson - lead growl vocals and backing clean vocals
Roberth was our first choice for the growling position. Jonas once called him Sweden's finest growler, which is no overstatement. Roberth has been involved in many bands throughout the years, among others Edge Of Sanity and Facebreaker.

Lars Palmqvist - lead clean vocals and backing growl vocals
Roberth introduced us to his long-time friend Lars, who blew us away with his powerful-yet-beautiful voice. You can imagine our excitement when we learned that he's a fantastic growler as well! Despite his amazing talents he's virtually unknown to the metal public, which just might change as of today!

We are very fortunate to have found these guys. They bring to the band not only their incredible skills but also a positive vibe we haven't had for some time.
We've posted a videoclip from when we auditioned Roberth and Lars, as a little teaser... Yes it might come across as we were drunk the entire time, which probably is very close to the truth. Enjoy!"

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"Morphogenesis" is the new video from Swedish melodic death metallers Scar Symmetry. The video can be viewed at this location. The song comes off the group's latest album, "Holographic Universe", which was released on June 20th this year.

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