A couple of weeks ago I cried myself to sleep after Scar Symmetry announced they'd parted ways with their versatile, talented vocalist Christian Älvestam (pictured, front). Would the Swedish "Death Jovi" masters go the way of luminaries Van Halen* and AC/DC, continuing to bring the hits for years to come with a new frontman on [...]
--- - While we were busy paying homage to the world's biggest metal band yesterday, turns out some other kind of important stuff actually happened too. Who'd've thunk it? Scar Symmetry announced that vocalist Christian Älvestam has left the band. This makes me very sad. While guitarists Jonas Kjellgren and Per Nilsson may be the primary creative force [...]- Scar Symmetry
In a pretty brilliant marketing move, Nuclear Blast has unveiled a SCAR SYMMETRY themed version of Asteroids, complete with tunes from the band in the background. It totally sucked me in for about 15 minutes until I realized I was in the middle of posting this. How long will it suck you in for?
As many of you know now, my top album of 2008 was Scar Symmetry's Holographic Universe which I thought was absolutely stunning on so many levels. Recently however, the metal world has been hit with some sad news with the vocalist of Scary Symmetry, Christian Ãlvestam parting ways with his cohorts. Soon after, it has [...]
Here it is, sent in by Jonathon E. (original source unconfirmed). I think it’s pretty safe to say that musically-speaking, Scar “Death Jovi” Symmetry haven’t lost anything at all. But has the replacement of ex-vocalist Christian Alvestam with two separate vocalists, one for singing and one for screaming, affected the band’s sound for better or [...]