Pitch Black Progress

Pitch Black Progress
Studio album by Scar Symmetry
Released 21 April 2006 (2006-04-21)
(See release history)
Recorded 2005 at Black Lounge studios in Avesta, Sweden
Genre Melodic death metal, progressive metal, power metal
Length 59:23
Label Nuclear Blast (U.S.)
Dream On (South Korea)
Producer Jonas Kjellgren
Scar Symmetry chronology
Symmetric in Design
(2005)
Pitch Black Progress
(2006)
Holographic Universe
(2008)
Singles from Pitch Black Progress
  1. "The Illusionist"
    Released: 2006
  2. "The Illusionist (Re-release)"
    Released: 2007
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Allmusic [1]

Pitch Black Progress is the second studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band, Scar Symmetry. The album was released in Europe on 21 April 2006 and in North America on May 2, 2006 through Nuclear Blast.

Pitch Black Progress was recorded, mixed and mastered at Black Lounge studios, Avesta, Sweden, on various occasions during 2005, by Jonas Kjellgren. The albums artwork and layout was created by Anthony Clarkson. Allmusic praised the album's 'uncompromisingly extreme hard-soft dynamics and accompanying, remarkably accessible sing-and-grunt-along choruses'.[2]

Contents

Track listing

# Track name Music Length
1. The Illusionist Per Nilsson 4:31
2. Slaves to the Subliminal Jonas Kjellgren
Christian Älvestam
5:04
3. Mind Machine Per Nilsson
Christian Älvestam
3:54
4. Pitch Black Progress Jonas Kjellgren 3:26
5. Calculate the Apocalypse Per Nilsson 4:01
6. Dreaming 24/7 Per Nilsson
Christian Älvestam
4:11
7. Abstracted Jonas Kjellgren 3:25
8. The Kaleidoscopic God Jonas Kjellgren
Per Nilsson
Christian Älvestam
7:09
9. Retaliator Jonas Kjellgren
Christian Älvestam
4:13
10. Oscillation Point Jonas Kjellgren
Christian Älvestam
4:04
11. The Path of Least Resistance Jonas Kjellgren
Christian Älvestam
4:29

Special Edition Bonus Tracks

12. Carved in Stone Jonas Kjellgren
Christian Älvestam
5:29
13. Deviate from the Form Per Nilsson 5:27

Credits

Band members

Release history

Country Release date
Europe 21 April 2006 (2006-04-21)
United States May 2, 2006 (2006-05-02)
South Korea 15 May 2006 (2006-05-15)

References