Album Review: Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)

Concept albums are tricky to pull off. While many bands, Scar Symmetry included, are pretty adept at weaving musical ideas together to create something magical, lyrical prowess in this area seems a lot harder to come by. Hell, there aren’t even that many poets that attempt long, narrative pieces. While they could be forgiven for the slightly-off clean vocals and praised for some cracker riffs and growls, the hokey sci-fi concept doesn’t really have anything going for it. Unfortunately, the band sacrifice musicality to drive home their average, far too literal storyline.