Pitch Black Progress

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Pitch Black Progress
Studio album by
Released21 April 2006 (2006-04-21)
StudioBlack Lounge Studios in Avesta, Sweden during late 2005
GenreMelodic death metal
Length48:27
59:23 (with bonus tracks)
LabelNuclear Blast, Dream On
ProducerJonas 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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 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".[1]

The track "The Illusionist" was promoted with two different music videos;[2] the second version used as the official video by releasing label Nuclear Blast.[3] The original version is available at the band's own YouTube site.[4]

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics are written by Henrik Ohlsson

Standard edition
No.TitleMusicLength
1."The Illusionist"Per Nilsson4:31
2."Slaves to the Subliminal"5:04
3."Mind Machine"
  • Nilsson
  • Älvestam
3:54
4."Pitch Black Progress"Kjellgren3:26
5."Calculate the Apocalypse"Nilsson4:01
6."Dreaming 24/7"
  • Nilsson
  • Älvestam
4:11
7."Abstracted"Kjellgren3:25
8."The Kaleidoscopic God"
  • Kjellgren
  • Nilsson
  • Älvestam
7:09
9."Retaliator"
  • Kjellgren
  • Älvestam
4:13
10."Oscillation Point"
  • Kjellgren
  • Älvestam
4:04
11."The Path of Least Resistance"
  • Kjellgren
  • Älvestam
4:29
Special edition bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
12."Carved in Stone"
  • Kjellgren
  • Älvestam
5:29
13."Deviate from the Form"Nilsson5:27

Credits[edit]

Scar Symmetry

Release history[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Pitch Black Progress Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  2. ^ "SCAR SYMMETRY - the Illusionist (SECOND VERSION Video by Scar Symmetry on Myspace". 28 April 2008.
  3. ^ Video on YouTube
  4. ^ Video on YouTube