SCAR SYMMETRY Premiere ‘Xenotaph’ Music Video
July 19th, 2023
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Swedish progressive melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry have released a music video for the track ‘Xenotaph’. Created by Wayne Joyner and David Letelier, the clip can be viewed below.
Speaking about the song and video, guitarist Per Nilsson said: “‘Xenotaph’ concludes Phase II in an open-ended way, leaving the listener on a bit of a cliffhanger musically as well as lyrically. We felt strongly that ‘Xenotaph’ deserved its own music video, to bring closure to this second part of our Singularity saga and to showcase the song to the fullest, and to put the spotlight on our amazing, crowd-sourced choir – it is definitely not the last time we will call upon our fans to sing with us!”
Scar Symmetry issued seventh full-length studio album The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph) on June 9th, 2023 through Nuclear Blast Records.
“It brings us the utmost pleasure and pride to announce the long-awaited and much-teased Phase II to the world!,” lead guitarist Per Nilsson commented. It’s been a long time coming but I’m glad that we went the extra mile to make everything as perfect as we felt it needed to be.
“The world is a different place in 2023 than it was in 2014 when Neohumanity was released… We see the rise of AI before our very eyes and while we all look in awe at the wonders it can create it is easy to think of some very disturbing scenarios. In our new album, we once again explore these themes of neohumanity, artificial intelligence and the technological singularity from a dystopian point of view.
“The AI-enhanced neohumans are waging war upon the unmodified majority of mankind who don’t stand a chance against their technologically superior oppressors, until one day, a glimmer of salvation appears in the night sky. Almost impossible to first take in; as an utterly alien mirage, seemingly out of nowhere mysterious, giant spacecrafts silently emerge from the heavens. Travellers both intergalactic and interdimensional, these ultraterrestrial beings who have been watching mankind for millennia seem to have decided to not sit idle while the technocalyptic cybergeddon is ravaging our planet.”
The track listing is as follows:
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01. ‘Chrononautilus’
02. ‘Scorched Quadrant’
03. ‘Overworld’
04. ‘Altergeist’
05. ‘Reichsfall’
06. ‘Digiphrenia Dawn’
07. ‘Hyperborean Plains’
08. ‘Gridworm’
09. ‘A Voyage With Tailed Meteors’
10. ‘Soulscanner’
11. ‘Xenotaph’
Scar Symmetry’s line-up is as follows:
Roberth Karlsson (harsh vocals)
Lars Palmqvist (clean vocals)
Per Nilsson (lead guitars, keyboards and backing vocals)
Benjamin Ellis (rhythm guitars and backing vocals)
Henrik Olsson (drums)
Music videos were released for the tracks ‘Scorched Quadrant’, ‘Chrononautilus’ and ‘Overworld’. All three clips can also be viewed below.
Sixth studio record The Singularity (Phase I: Neohumanity) was released in October 2014 via Nuclear Blast.
