SCAR SYMMETRY - "Christian Didn't Decide To Leave The Band; We Asked Him To Leave"
December 1, 2008, 15 years ago
MetalSymphony.com recently caught up with SCAR SYMMETRY to discuss the band's recenty change in vocalists and their new album, Holographic Universe. An excerpt from the interview is available below:
M.S: Big part of that success is because of the awesome combination of Christian Älvestam voices, able to do very deep throat voices and quite melodic ones too. Everybody can see that in songs like '2012' – 'The Demise
Of The 5th Sun'. But Christian, just after recording the thrid album, decides to leave band. What were his reasons for that?
Scar Symmetry: "Christian didn't decide to leave the band. We asked him to leave the band, due to a lot of different reasons. What triggered our decision was when he refused to tour. We've had many issues with Christian before, but his resistance to touring just made it impossible for us to continue working with him."
M.S: Just after that, the band goes on and get two new vocalists to cover the two voices of Christian. Was it so hard to find someone to fulfill the role?
Scar Symmetry: "No it wouldn't have been hard at all. After releasing the news about Christian's departure we received tons of applications for the singer position. A handful of these applications were from vocalists of bands that are well known to the metal community, and all of them did both vocal-styles.
Go to this location for the complete interview.
