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| 0.0 | Athom EMERITUS | September 26th 09 |
I can't put my finger on it but I swear I've heard this before...
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| 2.5 average | wagimus | August 27th 10 |
Scar Symmetry is still a good BAND, but if they are going to use a pair of vocalists to "replicate" Alvestam's vocals, they should probably quit now. The clean vocals lost a lot of punch, and the melody just isn't there for me. These two new guys need to quit concerning themselves with recreating the old Scar Symmetry, and just do what they can do well. This CD just blends in.
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| 2.5 average | cloakanddagger | December 8th 14 |
A mediocre release from a great band. The vocalists are decent, but there's nothing special about this album, really.
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| 3.0 good | ExplosiveOranges | May 24th 14 |
Incredibly boring for Swedish melodeath. The harsh vocalist is alright, but the clean vocalist sucks.
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| 3.0 good | XfingTheSullen | April 21st 10 |
Damn, looks like I got too excited when I wrote this review. The album essentialy has all that made the previous ones good, but unlike those, it feels hollow and unessential.
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| 0.0 | bloc | February 28th 10 |
When your band is pure melodic death metal, it is extremely hard to get out of that niche and attempt to make a stand out record, so why bother? Scar Symmetry do exactly that and stick with making their music which is literally the definition of today's melodic death. Vocals are capable, yet average, while the guitars also deliver nothing but average. The only standout on this album are the guitar solos; extremely sweet sounding yet also shreddy. Definitely worthy of being acknowledged.
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| 2.5 average | Xenorazr | January 8th 10 |
More than just Alvestam's superior vocals have been lost in the all too brief transition between this and Holographic Universe. While a few songs do kick things up, Dark Matter Dimensions is an almost completely negligible rut that feels like a dull experimentation.
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| 0.0 | Imperial | November 11th 09 |
Nothing new or impressive, metal by numbers heavy verse clean chorus. Soilwork already beat
this to death. It's sad when a talented group of guys can't come up with anything new or
unique.
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| 3.5 great | FeralMemories | October 28th 09 |
It's still scar symmetry, despite the new vocalists. While there aren't as many stand out songs as on other albums, this gets a 3.5 because of The Consciousness Eaters, which is in my top 3 favorite scar symmetry songs.
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| 4.0 excellent | CerberusLives | October 27th 09 |
Album's a bit of a grower. Repeated listens are revealing hidden awesomeness.
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| 2.5 average | hotshotvegetarian | October 8th 09 |
upon listening again I feel like its a cut above other melodic death metal albums that are released these days
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| 3.0 good | Puckingham | September 26th 09 |
Scar symmetry have returned, and in all honesty Christians absence is only a minor inconvenience. Some songs are more filler than were used to with Scar Symmetry, but the standouts are truly fantastic. Overall the album has a much more aggressive feel than Holographic Universe which is either a good or bad thing depending on who you ask.
In regard to the vocals, they seem much more realistic in terms of their reproduction in the live setting. Christian was great in the studio, but couldn't even come close to reproducing the act live. With that said, there are still some great vocal theatrics at play here, but theyre a little more restrained and I never thought to myself "Oh come on, theres no way that would happen at a concert." In the end, i think it was a necessary change for the band as it was starting to sound a little unreasonable at times with christians over the top approach. EDIT: Props to the guitarist, the fretwork is incredible as always
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| 2.5 average | Scoot | September 26th 09 |
While not amazing by any stretch of the imagination, Scar Symmetry still manages to deliver a fairly solid album. DMD reminds me more of Pitch Black Progress than Holographic Universe, which isn't exactly a good thing. However, the heaviness is still there and the solos are still awesome. Perhaps they should have taken some more time to develop these songs instead of releasing them a mere year after Holographic Universe. The new vocalists aren't bad, but the cleans could use some work. rIn conclusion, Alvestam's departure, while not crippling this band, definitely left a mark that wasn't covered up completely. Still, an enjoyable listen.
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| 0.0 | Motiv3 | September 24th 09 |
The departure of Christian Alvestam brought about questions about Scar Symmetry's future. 2009 sees that they do have the potential to be better without Christian, however a year after Holographic Universe, Dark Matter Dimensions feels like a rushed affair. Some songwriting elements especially with the clean verses are in need of serious repair and ruins some aspects of most of the songs. However some solid growls, clean choruses and solos in the most part save this album from being a complete disaster. 'The Iconcolast' particular shows that Scar Symmetry have the potential to take their sound to the next level. One must feel if they took more time working on their songwriting, focused the solos more on the emotions of the song like their past albums instead of the technical wankfest in this album and worked on the clean singing verses that this could have been a serious success, there are some truly outstanding and memorable moments in this album if one has the patience to listen in full . However what we are left with is a band looking to fufil the potential they have created themselves after the departure of their original vocalist. Maybe the next album is where they pull everything together.
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| 3.5 great | Piem | March 12th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Halez | June 2nd 23 |
| 3.5 great | haxxiy | February 20th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Shwany | January 13th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Davey | May 5th 22 |
| 2.5 average | JoneHK | December 6th 21 |
| 3.0 good | ChuppaC | September 19th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Santet | September 5th 20 |
| 3.0 good | kodama | October 20th 19 |
| 3.5 great | josh | June 21st 19 |
| 2.5 average | Rausku | January 8th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Flave | February 13th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Rosier | February 12th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Mikpol | November 4th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Elynna | August 7th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Redlar | March 20th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Momos | March 7th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | chanson | February 10th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Jeejee | December 1st 16 |
| 2.5 average | Andrew | May 13th 16 |
| 2.5 average | trilo | April 8th 16 |
| 3.5 great | mursu | April 7th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Leymon | February 25th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Pegana | January 24th 16 |
| 2.5 average | mEyck97 | November 8th 15 |
| 1.0 awful | ICDD | September 6th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Wilk0 | September 3rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Dmax28 | July 10th 15 |
| 3.0 good | heck | May 17th 15 |
| 3.5 great | naju890 | November 11th 14 |
| 2.5 average | damthor | November 10th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Trey STAFF | October 10th 14 |
| 3.0 good | ariich | October 5th 14 |
| 3.5 great | betray | September 22nd 14 |
| 3.0 good | Pherin | September 1st 14 |
| 2.5 average | NVCTOR | June 20th 14 |
| 2.5 average | ngk44 | April 20th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Tobeza | February 4th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Solaire | November 10th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Kazem | October 14th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Escain | September 22nd 13 |
| 3.0 good | daberu | September 18th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Hati | September 10th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Drawk | July 23rd 13 |
| 2.5 average | mifzal | June 22nd 13 |
| 3.0 good | SMK | May 29th 13 |
| 2.5 average | OllieS | February 24th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | Snuron | February 6th 13 |
| 3.5 great | adace1 | November 28th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Wafflez | November 10th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Dongen | October 20th 12 |
| 3.0 good | N2B3J | July 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wahknee | February 28th 12 |
| 3.0 good | ev0ken | February 13th 12 |
| 3.0 good | coopj | February 9th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Acrytex | January 6th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Themac | November 21st 11 |
| 2.5 average | ANJ45 | August 24th 11 |
| 2.5 average | RAGG | August 16th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | YUJOS | July 9th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Daedus | April 19th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | qwe3 | April 19th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Asator | March 26th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Smaizi | March 16th 11 |
| 2.5 average | CIRES | January 13th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | Oceans | October 17th 10 |
| 3.0 good | iZac | October 11th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Vesper | September 30th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Curse. | September 17th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Loot | August 14th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Thor | June 4th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | IRAI | June 2nd 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Fobeus | May 12th 10 |
| 2.5 average | ArchoN | April 17th 10 |
| 3.0 good | XIVIX | April 13th 10 |
| 3.5 great | JayVex | April 10th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Zyhaal | April 7th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | 32left | March 18th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Markk1 | January 6th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Tez | December 22nd 09 |
| 3.0 good | Ripped | December 11th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | shortz | December 11th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | X3ni92 | December 8th 09 |
| 2.5 average | jybt | December 1st 09 |
| 3.0 good | Awaken | November 1st 09 |
| 2.5 average | Guiller | October 30th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Ragez | October 11th 09 |
| 3.0 good | zuzek | October 6th 09 |
| 2.5 average | alsid | October 5th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Altmer | October 3rd 09 |
| 3.0 good | morjens | September 27th 09 |
| 2.5 average | pride | September 25th 09 |
| 3.0 good | ameypv | September 25th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | Zoo | September 25th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Kyle Ward EMERITUS | September 24th 09 |
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