The Unseen Empire
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Unseen Empire
| type = Studio
| artist = Scar Symmetry
| cover = The_Unseen_Empire.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=y|2011|4|15}}
| recorded = November 2010 – January 2011
| venue =
| studio = Black Lounge and Abyss Studios
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=43|s=07}}
| label = Nuclear Blast
| producer =
| prev_title = Dark Matter Dimensions
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity)
| next_year = 2014
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-unseen-empire-mw0002120603|title=The Unseen Empire - Scar Symmetry | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|website=AllMusic}}
| rev2 = Metalholic
| rev2Score = 8.8/10{{cite web | url=http://metalholic.co/cd-review-scar-symmetry-the-unseen-empire/ | title=Metalholic.co }}
| rev3 = Rockfreaks.net
| rev3Score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{Cite web|url=http://rockfreaks.net/albums/4216|title=Scar Symmetry - the Unseen Empire - Album Review - Rockfreaks.net}}
| rev4 = Thrash Hits
| rev4Score = {{Rating|5.5|6}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thrashhits.com/2011/04/album-scar-symmetry-the-unseen-empire/|title=Album: Scar Symmetry – the Unseen Empire}}
}}
The Unseen Empire is the fifth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry. It was released on 15 April 2011 in Europe, and on 17 May 2011 in North America. The album sold around 1,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release, and landed at position number 11 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart. This is the last album to feature contributions from guitarist Jonas Kjellgren, who left the band in 2013 due to other commitments.
Drummer Henrik Ohlsson said that the album "seeks to expose the hidden hand of the elite that pull the strings of mankind in order to fulfill their agenda of global domination."{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=155053|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=10 March 2011|title=SCAR SYMMETRY: New Song Available For Streaming|date=9 March 2011}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| total_length = 43:07
| all_music = Jonas Kjellgren and Per Nilsson
| all_lyrics = Henrik Ohlsson
| title1 = The Anomaly
| length1 = 3:50
| title2 = Illuminoid Dream Sequence
| length2 = 5:01
| title3 = Extinction Mantra
| length3 = 5:31
| title4 = Seers of the Eschaton
| length4 = 5:51
| title5 = Domination Agenda
| length5 = 4:00
| title6 = Astronomicon
| length6 = 4:03
| title7 = Rise of the Reptilian Regime
| length7 = 4:24
| title8 = The Draconian Arrival
| length8 = 5:25
| title9 = Alpha and Omega
| length9 = 5:02
}}
Personnel
- Roberth Karlsson – lead growl vocals, backing clean vocals
- Lars Palmqvist – lead clean vocals, backing growl vocals
- Per Nilsson – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards
- Jonas Kjellgren – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, keyboards
- Kenneth Seil – bass
- Henrik Ohlsson – drums
Release history
| class="wikitable"
!Date !Region |
| align="center" rowspan="1"|15 April 2011{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=156912 |title=BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SCAR SYMMETRY: New Audio Interview With JONAS KJELLGREN |website=www.roadrunnerrecords.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418233540/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=156912 |archive-date=2011-04-18}}
|Europe |
| align="center" rowspan="1"|17 May 2011
|North America |
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