Scar Symmetry will continue their The Singularity Trilogy of release after a decade. The band has announced that The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph) will release on June 09th through Nuclear Blast. Along with the news the band released the video below for the first single, “Scorched Quadrant“.
Per Nilsson, the band’s guitarist/vocalist offered:
“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 neo-humans 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 ultra-terrestrial 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!
The ‘Phase II‘ touring cycle starts today and fittingly, we begin with a tour supporting my former employer’s Meshuggah! We hope to see you all on the road soon, but until then, here’s Scorched Quadrant!”
The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph) track listing:
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”
