Scar Symmetry parts ways with vocalist and posted the following staement

"Dear friends.

A few months ago we decided to part ways with Christian. The reasons are mainly the clichéd "business and creative differences" and lack of interpersonal chemistry. We came to a point where the band's existence was in jeopardy because of these differences, and the only way for us to continue with an inspired state of mind was to go through with this change in the line-up.

This should come as a total surprise to most of you, though you might have wondered why no gigs/tours have been announced since the release of "Holographic Universe". The truth is, we have been offered several tours and one-off shows that everyone in the band wanted to do except for Christian. In a situation like that you get a lot of frustration and it was in everyone's best interest to go separate ways.

We started Scar Symmetry just for the fun of it, never with the idea of becoming hugely successful or whatever. Now, three albums into our career, we've toured both Europe and North America, our latest CD made it to Billboard's Top Heatseekers' chart and we've enjoyed success way beyond our expectations. Needless to say, the situation for us as a band has changed since we started playing together in 2004 and the band is bigger than ever. We had the choice to either take a step back with Christian in the band or a step forward without him... We choose to go forward.

There comes a time to let go and move on, and that time is now. Scar Symmetry wishes Christian the best of luck with his future endeavours and salutes the good times we had with him in the band. We will announce the identity of Christian's replacement shortly."

Comments former singer Christian Älvestam:

"Hi all!

After discussions between us in the band, I'm sad to say we've decided to part ways! Mainly for reasons of different outlooks on musical production and touring. Of course it's sad to see that Scar Symmetry will not continue in its present form, but unfortunately these things happen.

I hope Scar Symmetry will go on being successful, while I myself will for sure keep on singing, playing, writing and performing my own music, in various shapes and forms, for a very long time. My musical journey has just begun!

Unfortunate as it is, I'd nevertheless like to thank all the bands I've come to meet and play with during my years in the band; all the organizers we've worked with since the start, Nuclear Blast and all its street-teams for believing and supporting (band-wise and personally); all the magazines, TV- and radio-stations giving us the attention, helping us spreading the name; all the crews that have helped us out during the tours.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Scar Symmetry

Swedish metallers Scar Symmetry's latest album, "Holographic Universe", can now be streamed in its entirety at the group's MySpace Page.

01. Morphogenesis
02. Timewave Zero
03. Quantumleaper
04. Artificial Sun Projection
05. The Missing Coordinates
06. Ghost Prototype I (Measurement of Thought)
07. Fear Catalyst
08. Trapezoid
09. Prism and Gate
10. Holographic Universe
11. The Three-Dimensional Shadow
12. Ghost Prototype II (Deus Ex Machina)

"Holographic Universe" is scheduled for release in Europe on June 20, 2008 and in North America on July 8, 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Scar Symmetry

An e-card for Scar Symmetry's new album entitled "Holographic Universe", is available at this location.

"Holographic Universe", will be released on June 20 via Nuclear Blast Records.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Scar Symmetry

Scar Symmetry have posted a new track, "Morphogenesis", from their upcoming album, "Holographic Universe", which is set to be unleashed on June 20th through Nuclear Blast. To listen the song go to this location.

"Holographic Universe" tracklist again:

01. Morphogenesis
02. Timewave Zero
03. Quantumleaper
04. Artificial Sun Projection
05. The Missing Coordinates
06. Ghost Prototype I (Measurement Of Thought)
07. Fear Catalyst
08. Trapezoid
09. Prism And Gate
10. Holographic Universe
11. The Three-Dimensional Shadow
12. Ghost Prototype II (Deus Ex Machina)

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Scar Symmetry

Swedish metallers Scar Symmetry have posted the following album update on their myspace page:

"We're happy to announce that our 3rd CD, "Holographic Universe", has now been mixed, mastered and delivered to the people at Nuclear Blast Records! We pushed the "record"-button for the first time early December and the time since has been hectic and intense to say the least. We've worked our asses off 24/7 and the result is 12 new songs, featuring all the creamy goodness of "Symmetric In Design" and the spicy flavours of "Pitch Black Progress", this time with a lot of added cheese and pork-fat... Does it make sense to you? No, not to us either..."

Album tracklist:

01. Morphogenesis
02. Timewave Zero
03. Quantumleaper
04. Artificial Sun Projection
05. The Missing Coordinates
06. Ghost Prototype I (Measurement Of Thought)
07. Fear Catalyst
08. Trapezoid
09. Prism And Gate
10. Holographic Universe
11. The Three-Dimensional Shadow
12. Ghost Prototype II (Deus Ex Machina)

Estimated release date is June 2008

Source:	bulletins.myspace.com
Band profile:	Scar Symmetry

Insomnium has announced that they will team up with Katatonia, Scar Symmetry and Swallow the Sun for their first US tour in September 2007. Katatonia will be the headliner. The tour will start from Springfield (VA) and end in Houston (TX) covering total of 19 cities. Check out the dates below.

Here is a posting from the band: "...we will give the best support we're able to for this great and influential metal band! It is also a great opportunity to get to the same van with our good buddies from Swallow the Sun and I'm pretty sure it will be a one hell of a ride! ...please notice that all inquiries regarding the tour should be directed to Dave Brenner (mailto: earsplit(at)aol.com). More details will follow later! Will be just awesome to see you all, can't wait!"

Here are the tour dates:

Sep.06 - BB King Blues Club (New York NY)
Sep.07 - Mark's Showplace (Bedford NH)
Sep.08 - Chance Theater (Poughkeepsie NY)
Sep.09 - Le Medley (Montreal QU)
Sep.10 - Imperial de Quebec (Quebec City QU)
Sep.11 - The Funhaus (Toronto ON)
Sep.12 - Peabody's (Cleveland OH)
Sep.13 - I-Rock (Detroit MI)
Sep.14 - The Pearl Room (Mokena IL)
Sep.15 - Station 4 (St. Paul MN)
Sep.17 - Bluebird Theater (Denver CO)
Sep.19 - Whiskey-A-Go-Go (West Hollywood CA)
Sep.20 - Showcase Theater (Corona CA)
Sep.21 - Brickhouse (Phoenix AZ)
Sep.22 - Launchpad (Albuqeruque NM)
Sep.24 - White Rabbit (San Antonio TX)
Sep.25 - Ridglea Theater (Ft. Worth TX)
Sep.26 - Scout Bar (Houston TX)

Source:	insomnium.net
Band profile:	Insomnium