Scar Symmetry announce new album ‘The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph)’
SCAR SYMMETRY have announced a new album!
Titled The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph), the upcoming album from the Swedish melodic death metal band is the long-awaited follow-up to 2014’s The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity), and is scheduled to be released in June, via Nuclear Blast Records.
Speaking about the upcoming album, band mastermind Per Nilsson says, “it brings us the utmost pleasure and pride to announce the long-awaited and much-teased Phase II to the world along with its first single! 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. Travelers 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. We recently renewed our vows with Nuclear Blast and we’re very thrilled about moving on to this next phase (ahem) of our career with them by our side!”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, SCAR SYMMETRY have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Scorched Quadrant. Speaking about the unveiling of the new song, Nilsson says, “the Phase II touring cycle starts today and fittingly, we begin with a tour supporting my former employers MESHUGGAH! We hope to see you all on the road soon, but until then, here’s Scorched Quadrant!”
Watch the official music video for Scorched Quadrant here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
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
The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph) is set for release on June 9th via Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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