Pitch Black Progress

{{Infobox album

| name = Pitch Black Progress

| type = studio

| artist = Scar Symmetry

| cover = Pitchblackprogress.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|2006|4|21|df=y}}

| recorded = 2005

| venue =

| studio = Black Lounge Studios, Avesta, Sweden

| genre = Melodic death metal

| length = {{duration|m=48|s=27}}
{{duration|m=59|s=23}} (with bonus tracks)

| label = Nuclear Blast, Dream On

| producer = Jonas Kjellgren

| prev_title = Symmetric in Design

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Holographic Universe

| next_year = 2008

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Pitch Black Progress

| type = studio

| single1 = The Illusionist

| single1date = 2006

| single2 = The Illusionist (re-release)

| single2date = 2007

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}

}}

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 2 May 2006 through Nuclear Blast.

The album's 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".{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r826117|pure_url=yes}}|title=Pitch Black Progress Overview|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=October 22, 2009}}

The track "The Illusionist" was promoted with two different music videos;{{cite web | url=https://www.myspace.com/video/scar-symmetry/scar-symmetry-the-illusionist-second-version/33234165 | title=SCAR SYMMETRY - the Illusionist (SECOND VERSION Video by Scar Symmetry on Myspace | date=28 April 2008 }} the second version used as the official video by releasing label Nuclear Blast.{{YouTube|85h5KYI0bHU}} The original version is available at the band's own YouTube site.{{YouTube|cGvMiD9zZyY}}