Scar Symmetry The Singularity - Phase II: Xenotaph
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Muzz79
June 9th 2023


3063 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Man these cleans are cheesy

Flugmorph
June 9th 2023


34252 Comments


best band ever

Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
June 9th 2023


32034 Comments


The opening track is indeed confusing but I dig it. Soilwork featuring Tobias Forge? Not sure, fun album for now though.

XfingTheSullen
June 9th 2023


5245 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I think Soilwork started matching these guys only in recent years



Review needs a feat, this album gets better with repeated listens

XfingTheSullen
June 9th 2023


5245 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Man these cleans are cheesy



Not as cheesy as your average melodic metalcore band I'd say

XfingTheSullen
June 9th 2023


5245 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

can these guys just stop



Bro you gave Sabaton a 3,5

Tundra
June 9th 2023


9687 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Solution 45. better

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
June 9th 2023


18936 Comments

Album Rating: 3.8

I'm pretty sure that Per and Tobias share many of the same influences, Dewinged.



"Man, yea Altergeist is just completely badass. This album is just a different kind of beast than Phase 1, and overall quite satisfying."

"Altergeist sounds like a darker and more intense Kalisia, definitely an album highlight for me."



It's also one of my favorites along with Chrononautilus, Scorched Quadrant and Gridworm.

XfingTheSullen
June 9th 2023


5245 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Funny, Gridworm is the one track that I can't digest yet, maybe because it's so chaotic and a lot happens. Kinda like in Chrononautilus to be honest



I really like the closer track though, that intro/outro riff is in equal parts calming and ominous, and Per's sung passage sounds a lot like something Dimmu would do back when they had Vortex

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
June 9th 2023


18936 Comments

Album Rating: 3.8

Gridworm has my favorite solos and a killer riff as well.

XfingTheSullen
June 9th 2023


5245 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Then guess it's fair to say there are no weak moments on this album. A fair average would be 3.7-3.8 IMO

Flugmorph
June 9th 2023


34252 Comments


man this here album is so fucking heavy, especially because the production is so low weighted.

XfingTheSullen
June 9th 2023


5245 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, and Henrik's drumming is better than ever I'd say, some pretty tasty fills being played here, he didn't do that much in the past

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
June 9th 2023


18936 Comments

Album Rating: 3.8

Crazy that it was recorded so long ago

Toondude10
June 9th 2023


15186 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

good stuff, I like

ToSmokMuzyki
June 9th 2023


10794 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

i given sabaton at least 2 4s



infinitely better than anything these chuds have ever done

ToSmokMuzyki
June 9th 2023


10794 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

that said i rank this as their best album after pitch

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
June 9th 2023


18936 Comments

Album Rating: 3.8

Overworld video:

http://youtu.be/Eoz0a_de2vM

frozencarl
June 9th 2023


1641 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

album is pretty good, probably better than Phase I. need to give em a listen back to back to see.



Dmax, as for the production not being as clean as Phase I, I wonder if thats a stylistic choice given the story theyre trying to tell? like the worlds goin to shit cuz of evil AI or whatever so it has a grittier sound or somethin. idk

Darkwatch025
June 9th 2023


424 Comments


Scar Symmetry is one of my favorite bands and I was really looking forward to this album, but it feels like a big step down from Phase 1 to me. Nothing even comes close to Neohuman or Technocalyptic Cybergeddon. My biggest issue is the shitty production/mixing. The clean vocals are buried in the mix and bass sound is just too loud. It just ruins the overall experience for me since the production on Phase 1 was perfect. I am really hoping it will grow on me with more listens though.



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