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| This was a hollow release that turned me off Scar Symmetry and put me to sleep during my varied attempts at listening to it in its entirety. 4.5/10 |
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Strange....I felt it was stronger than Pitch Black Progress. Not as "heavy" but musically better and more diverse with more layers to it. But generally a similar feel to the previous two.
Would be cool if you could describe why you felt it was hollow. |
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| Great album, but 9.4 is too high IMO...I'd give it 8.5 or something like that. The vocals and overall atmosphere are very strong, but many songs sound too similar. I love the keyboards on it. |
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Written by MétalNoir on 09.10.2009 at 17:03
Great album, but 9.4 is too high IMO...I'd give it 8.5 or something like that. The vocals and overall atmosphere are very strong, but many songs sound too similar. I love the keyboards on it.
Yeah Im usually not one to give very high ratings, and Im pretty hard to please and it took me a while to get totally into this album. At first I didnt even like it at all, but the more i listened to it the more I could see the differences between the "similar" songs. But again its just a matter of opinion hehe Ive given my 9.4/10, other dude who posted first 4.5/10 and you with 8.5/10....I stick to my rating though, to me its stronger than Pitch Black and close to Symmetric In Design - I just prefer the good balance beween the catchiness and heavier parts a lot and the close relation to its concept. When I listen to the album I can really get a feeling of the whole "holographic" vibe. |
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 Aeox - 09.10.2009 at 20:22
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The 'formula' for every Scar Symmetry album has been the same, since Symmetric in Design it's been a progression - if you like the first album, I can't see why you wouldn't like any of the other or rate it poorly. Every album has had it's strong and weaker songs.
The quality of the production has improved, as well as some of the arrangements... either you like Scar Symmetry, or you don't - they haven't changed their sound or even their song quality enough so that you can rate it a lot lower then the other albums. |
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| Exactly...all the albums are more or less the same theyve never veered off from their original sound and when you hear Scar Symmetry in 2004 or 2009 with their new vocalists you know its them. Inherently they've always been the same with subtle differences between each album. I happen to think the progression which lead to Holographic Universe turned out to be their strongest |
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Wow I feel like an idiot after reading over my previous comment. Clearly this is their 2008 release...
Those comments were under the impression that this was their 2009 release. I haven't actually listened to this album yet... My bad.
But to answer in regards to my statement on the album being hollow (Dark Matter Dimensions), I just felt like the entire album lacked any "kick". It was just riff, riff, riff and then it ended. The vocals are horrendous as well, but that's another story. |
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Excelent review totally agreed!!!   |
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| I wholeheartedly agree, although I still like Pitch Black Progress better . Nice review! |
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| Good review, good album:) |
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| Chaosweaver!!!!! enough said but seriously holographic universe is awesome like quantom leaper |
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| These guys are the reason I started up a band, I love Holographic Universe but I'm not a massive fan of there new singers but they are getting better. |
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| Definitely overall, the band's most melodic album. It contains a couple of weak-ish tracks, and is definitely eclipsed by its awesome predecessor, but its still a mostly great album filled with catchy, hooky melodies, and the occassional barracking riff. "Quantumleaper" is probably my fave song, although "Timewave Zero", "Ghost Prototype 1" and "Trapezoid" are also amazing tracks. xD |
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I found this album somehow weird the first time I listened to it, maybe because of the electronic parts... And it took me some time to get into it, but now, I really like the album... It's a pity I haven't listened to any other Scar Symmetry album yet...
Morphogenesis, Quantumleaper, Artificial Sun Projection, The Missing Coordinates, and Holographic Universe are awesome  |
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GrayWiZZarD - 18.06.2012 at 21:20
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I love Morphogenesis, Timewave Zero, Quantumleaper and Artificial Sun Projection always makes me to bang my head. 
By far the best MeloDeath album....  |
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| Last track is amazing. This is one of the best melodeath albums I've heard; deeper and more distinct than their latest |
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| I got this one based on the high rating on this site but I have odd feelings about the album. I think they've taken the melodic component a bit too far. It just sounds like pop metal to me. Easy listening pop metal. The harsh vocals don't sound convincing to me - there just doesn't appear to be any real aggression. Don't get me wrong, I think it's an okay album but nowhere near the class of other melodic death metal (or Gothenberg) albums. I know this might get a few noses out of joint because there appears to be some big fans of this one. Sorry guys, this is lame. |
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