SCAR SYMMETRY announce their new album The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph) which will be released on June 9th, 2023 via Nuclear Blast Records.
SCAR SYMMETRY, who recently re-signed to Nuclear Blast Records, have announced The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph) which will be released on June 9th. Coinciding with the announcement, the band also released the video for the album’s first single, “Scorched Quadrant.”
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Pre-order The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph) now HERE
Following the announcement, band mastermind Per Nilsson commented: “It fills us with the greatest joy and pride to present the long-awaited and eagerly awaited ‘Phase II’ to the world together with the first single! It’s been a long time coming, but I’m glad we went the extra mile to make everything as perfect as we felt it needed.
The world is different in 2023 than it was in 2014 when ‘Neohumanity’ was released… We are watching the rise of artificial intelligence before our eyes, and while we all look in awe at the wonders it can create, it’s easy to look at some very disturbing scenarios to think about. In our new album we once again explore the themes of neohumanity, artificial intelligence and the technological singularity from a dystopian perspective.
The AI-enhanced Neohumans wage war against the unmodified majority of humanity, who stand no chance against their technologically superior oppressors, until one day a glimmer of redemption appears in the night sky. Hard to believe at first glance, mysterious, huge spaceships silently appear out of nowhere. Intergalactic and interdimensional travelers, these extraterrestrial beings who have been observing humanity for millennia seem to have decided not to sit idle as technocalyptic Cybergeddon ravages our planet.
We recently renewed our vows with Nuclear Blast and are very excited to embark on the next phase (ahem) of our career with them by our side!
The ‘Phase II’ touring cycle begins today and appropriately we begin a tour in support of my former employers Meshuggah! We hope to see you all on the road soon, but until then, here’s the Scorched Quadrant!”
The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph) Tracklisting:
1. Chrononautilus
2. Scorched Quadrant
3. Overworld
4. Altergeist
5. Reichsfall
6. Digiphrenia Dawn
7. Hyperborean Plains
8. Gridworm
9. A Voyage With Tailed Meteors
10. Soulscanner
11. Xenotaph
Today SCAR SYMMETRY begin a series of tour dates in Sweden supporting MESHUGGAH alongside THE HALO EFFECT and ORBIT CULTURE. The band also have a number of other dates planned for 2023, including several festival appearances. All dates can be found below.
SCAR SYMMETRY 2023 Live Dates
31.03.23 SE – LUND, Sparbanken Skåne Arena*
01.04.23 SE – ÖREBRO, Conventum*
07.04.23 SE – UMEÅ, Nolia hall*
08.04.23 SE – STOCKHOLM, Annex*
21.04.23 SE – LINKÖPING, Saab Arena*
22.04.23 SE – PARTILLE, Partille Arena*
06.05.23 NO – KOPERVIK, Karmøygeddon Metal Festival
10.06.23 NL – LEEUWARDEN, Into The Grave
22.07.23 FI – LAUKAA, John Smith Open Air
28.-29.07.23 DE – HEIMBURG, HMN Festival
03.-05.08.23 SE – REJMYRE, Skogsröjet
12.08.23 FIN – HELSINKI, Hellsinki Metal Festival
21.09.23 DE – HAMBURG, Logo
23.09.23 DE – HANNOVER, At Chez Heinz
24.09.23 DE – LEIPZIG, Hellraiser
25.09.23 DE – Hirsch, NUREMBERG
09/26/23 DE – MUNICH, backstage
07.10.23 DK – KØGE, Køge Metal Festival
*supporting MESHUGGAH
SCAR SYMMETRY was formed in Sweden in 2004 and was a unique project from the start. Though clearly indebted to the pioneering melodic death metal bands of the ’90s, guitarist Per Nilsson and his comrades went their own way. As heard on 2005’s debut Symmetric In Design, the band was driven by a fervently progressive and proudly melodic instinct, infusing their often brutal riffs and arrangements with wild, futuristic atmospheres and soaring, soulful melodies that always met their goal with a more merciless met precision.
As SCAR SYMMETRY evolved, so did their music. They teamed up with Nuclear Blast Records for their seminal work Pitch Black Progress (2006) and have since amassed an extraordinary catalog of seminal yet irrevocably crushing modern metal. From the gleaming, hyper-melodic Barrage of Holographic Universe (2008) to the flawless thunder of The Unseen Empire (2011) to the wondrous, cosmic odyssey of The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity) (2014), the Swedes have stirred tempers and theirs Reputation improved with each artistic step.
SCAR SYMMETRY ist
Roberth Karlsson – Desperate
Lars Palmqvist – Singing
Per Nilsson – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
Benjamin Ellis – Guitars
Henrik Olsson – drums
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