Formed in April 2004, Scar Symmetry came together during the band Altered Aeon's recording session at Jonas Kjellgren's Black Lounge Studios by guitarists Jonas Kjellgren, Per Nilsson and drummer Henrik Ohlsson.That same month, vocalist Christian Älvestam and bassist Kenneth Seil joined the band, which then recorded ademo for the song "Seeds of Rebellion" which helped the band get a recording contract with Cold Records (a subsidiary of Metal Blade Records).

In July 2005, the band entered Black Lounge Studios to begin recording its debut album, Symmetric in Design. It followed it up by playing festivals in Europe, as well as touring with Soilwork, Hypocrisy, and One Man Army.

In June 2006, the band signed a new record deal with Nuclear Blast records.Eight months after the release of Symmetric In Design the band started recording its follow-up, Pitch Black Progress.The band again followed up its recording by touring, this time with Communic for the Waves of Pitch Black Decay Tour 2006 throughout Europe, and they toured North America with melodic death metal pioneers Dark Tranquillity and The Haunted.The song "The Illusionist" began receiving air-play on MTV2's Headbangers Ball.In September 2007, the band embarked on another North American tour with headlinersKatatonia, Insomnium, and Swallow the Sun, the "Live Consternation Tour."

[edit]Holographic Universe and New Vocalists

The band's third album, Holographic Universe, was released on June 20, 2008.Following the release, despite an outpouring of good reviews and press for the album as well as the success of the single for "Morphogenesis", Scar Symmetry did not embark on tours. The band released a statement 11 September 2008, announcing that they had parted ways with vocalist Christian Älvestam, due to touring conflicts and creative differences.On 6 October, they announced the replacements for Christian Älvestam: they will continue with two singers, Roberth Karlsson (growls and backing clean vocals) and Lars Palmqvist (clean vocals and backing growls) [17] and the band finally returned to touring in December after six months of inactivity.

[edit]Dark Matter Dimensions

The band's fourth album, Dark Matter Dimensions, was released on 2 October 2009 in Europe, and on 20 October 2009 in the US. It is the bands first album to feature new vocalists Karlsson and Palmqvist.Despite apprehension from fans, the album was actually fairly well received upon its release. A music video was filmed for the songs "Noumenon & Phenomenon","Ascension Chamber" and "The Iconoclast".Scar Symmetry has begun to tour more consistently again since the release of the album, having embarked on American tours with Hypocrisy and Epica in 2010 as well as co-headlining a European tour with Arsisin 2009.

[edit]Band members

[edit]Current members

• Roberth Karlsson – death vocals, backing clean vocals (2008–present)
• Lars Palmqvist – clean vocals, backing death vocals (2008–present)
• Per Nilsson − lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards (2004–present)
• Jonas Kjellgren − rhythm and lead guitar, keyboards (2004–present)
• Kenneth Seil − bass guitar (2004–present)
• Henrik Ohlsson − drums, lyrics (2004–present)