Release Date: May 17th, 2011
Just when you think a genre has exhausted its possibilities, when a certain style of metal has hit the wall of mediocrity, along comes a band to jolt life back into it. Hailing from Sweden a mecca for melodic death metal and on a quest to pioneer their own form of that well-established genre, SCAR SYMMETRY proved to be an exceptional gathering of talents able to produce an eccentric mixture of metal that can only be described as an intoxicating, modern hybrid of melodic death metal. Encapsulating everything each band member loves about metal harmony, melody, brutality, exceptional songwriting, complex instrumentation – this union of Yin/Yang elements lent itself to SCAR SYMMETRYs blueprint of amalgamation in their quest to make unbridled music devoid of borders.
The bands name thought into existence by drummer Ohlsson denotes a peculiar balance. A combination of a hard word (scar), and a soft word (symmetry), it symbolizes the emotional scars everyone harvests from living a human life and the symmetry we share with each other as a result. For Jonas Kjellgren (Carnal Forge, Centinex, World Below), Henrik Ohlsson (Altered Aeon, Theory In Practice, Mutant), Per Nilsson (Altered Aeon), Christian lvestam (Unmoored, Incapacity, Torchbearer), and Kenneth Seil, the symmetry existed in spades. There was an instant click between these musicians hailing from different regions of Sweden, and difficult as it is to believe, the band sent the Stockholm-based Cold Records their one-track (!) demo, Seeds Of Rebellion, and landed a deal in mid-2004.
The genre of melodic death has received another mighty gift from Sweden by way of The Unseen Empire. Encompassing the viciousness of Edge Of Sanity, the melody of Soilwork, the intricacies of Into Eternity, and the experimentation of Voivod, SCAR SYMMETRY successfully merges seemingly incongruous extremities to exude a sonic vision of continual expansion. While its true that no one goes unscathed when dealing with the cruelties in this world, misery does indeed enjoy company!
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