Scar Symmetry – “Pitch Black Progress”
They are sedulous about outdoing Soilwork’s “Natural Born Chaos”: the growling can get very low, guttural at times, then screechy at others, though it does stay gruff in general; the clean singing sounds expertly done, even to the point of sounding poppy; plenty of solos and thrash and shredding; the drumming is creative and varied, speedy and mid-paced (but no blasting). The cynical will correctly notice a formula at work; however, the strength is the genuine good songwriting abilities, the talent and how they bring together the components. This is their second one. Their previous Symmetric in Design was very, very good, too.