Bloodstock Open Air 2007-Scar Symmetry-The Illusionist

[scarsymmetry07]

Ha ha, you're funny. Actually it was the right half.

[Mezc0]

Pretty sure this was recorded with the left half of a toilet seat.

[TheDreammaster01]

this one of the singers yho sings just like the track, awesome!

[CareyPortnoyBeauford]

3:33 HOLY SHIT mad respect for that vocal range

[jsimmortal]

Just a perfect performance in vocals \m/ what a pity we can´t hear this song with him anymore!!!

[TheMisfit722]

Wow....I can see why they got the new singers, Christian sucked at live. And I don't care what you fan boy's think, that's my opinion and I'm sticking with it, seen them at this years summer breeze they kicked fucking ass.

[MultiMatt63]

Respond to this video... YOUR CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO YOURSELF YOU STUPID FUCKFACED COCKSUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheMisfit722]

@MultiMatt63 lol you mad bro, cuz if I remember right, everyone has a right to express their opinions rather you like it or not. And as you can see with the top comments they have opinions to. Get over it.

[TomDrummer15]

check out Christians new band Solution 45 !!

[butcher666bio]

haaaaaaaaaaaaa my ears

[WButterTBWButter]

We want Christian Älvestam back !

[GlockenspielSAS]

Great show, great crowd, great band, great singer ! Scar Symmetry !!!

[TKDdisciple]

Fuck AYE! I was there :D Only person I could see with a Scotland flag round them ;) Think the band liked it as I got a few thumbs up

[TheMathMog93]

2:17 Thats what i call fucking Headbanging!!! lml

[Philter123456789]

Give my left testicle to see Christian sing live.

[awwmang14]

@Philter123456789

I'd give both of my left testicles

[astrapofteros]

just think..they needed 2 singers to replace him..and its stil not enough (at least for me)

[williamyeh]

I just miss him.

[METALLICA6547]

baddest fucking band on the planet,no the universe!!!!

[Jasonater1]

1:52

DOES NOT APPROVE

[Qu3ridity]

If I could travel back in time, I know where I'll be heading.

[zingalo98]

how on earth does that security guard manage not to bang his head to the music???

[bluefAng]

@zingalo98 earplugs

[metalhead7369]

you know whats funny? this guys clean voice sounds like the singers clean voice in soilwork. and he even looks like the singer from soilwork a little bit :p

[Soulfulshreddify]

@metalhead7369 And they are both Swedes :P

[metalhead7369]

@Soulfulshreddify oh shit :P thats crazy

[Soulfulshreddify]

@metalhead7369 Swedish metal is easily the best... ^^

[metalhead7369]

@Soulfulshreddify totally trure :P

[jesusmetal92107]

WHY THE HECK DID THIS TITAN GET KICKED OUT OF THIS BAND?!! THE NEW SINGERS MIGHT BE GOOD, BUT THEY SUCK AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED!!!!!!!!!!

[UnknownCrypt]

@jesusmetal92107 Because Christian over produced everything they recorded and couldn't perform a large amount of their tracks live, and refused to do others because he cant sound anything clean like he does on albums. Creative differences.

[jesusmetal92107]

@UnknownCrypt so his clean singing on the albums is fake?

[UnknownCrypt]

@jesusmetal92107 It's not fake its just enhanced, cleaned up, and tuned.

[jesusmetal92107]

@UnknownCrypt ahh. i still love this singer, but hate the other members of this band for being such idiots. its like turning down gold for a turd.

[iamittytitty]

True talent



[BigJoeMonsterGrock]

1:55 Guy at the front.

[diabeticmonkey]

I'm still laughing about how they had to replace him with TWO people.

[UnknownCrypt]

@diabeticmonkey They replaced him with two people because when Christian recorded he recorded like he was 2 people. He couldnt perform half the shit he recorded.

[METALLICA6547]

@diabeticmonkey if you ask me they still need a few more to reach alvestam status!

[diabeticmonkey]

@METALLICA6547 Yeah, right?

[Moogotoo]

christian is where new singers should want to be. fucken dood is sick

[METALLICA6547]

badest fucking singer on the planet ,says i

[oOMACHINAOo]

Fuck. Christian is my hero.

[Altairograph]

@NoAppend Yeah, absolutely! And damn it's so high...and he controls it perfectly, he doesn't sing high the way powermetal singers do which often gets annoying after a while, he perfectly hits those high notes without annoying vibrato or anything. It's amazing. It's unbelievable.

[alt9001]

Yeah mr Åkerfäldt has this guy beat by miles.

[3nderoX]

WHERE THE GODDAMN HELL ARE THE GOOD QUALITY VIDEOS LIKE THEY HAVE OF OTHER BANDS LIVE I CAN'T FIND ONE FUCKING VIDEO WHERE YOU CAN CLEARLY HEAR THEM...

[KCDise]

wow, the crowd sounds pretty good !!

[kalmahman48]

WHY CHRISTIAN PLEASE COME BACK FOR THE FANS!!!! nobody likes the new singers(the growling one isn't bad)

[borngbuster95]

christian has an interesting way to headbang

[KCDise]

@borngbuster95 yeah the way he's pressing his dick is pretty weird

[GJRM18]

Damn Christian...Wow not only does he know how to work a crowd but he can sing fucking awesomely!!!!

[keishari]

This band was just... awesome.. before the vocalist left :P Gladly he's now at Solution 45 ^^

[gotiker]

Only Christian can do that!! he's awesome! 

[killen151]

i miss Christian ):

[thedar097]

is it just me.. or does his vocals clean and growling.. sound better than both of the new singers?

[HadesAngel999]

@thedar097 The new singers make me wanna cry...NOT in a good way.

[hydra]

@thedar097 it sounds like it right!!

[fsxace909]

@thedar097 That is quite obvious xD

[Qu3ridity]

@thedar097

of course he's better ;)

[geostar1711]

@thedar097 The thing is he may be a good singer but he is a dick. They were going to get roberth to help with the growls live as christian sometimes struggled doing both. But he has too big an ego to do that and left instead so they got lars as well. Dont like it? Fuck off and listen to Solution .45!

[hjeb1986]

for me slipknot are the best just for the reason that christian left the band cuz now the singer sucks big black gorilla's dick, this band had the most amazing singer i've ever heard, (corey was my #1 singer but this fucker topped him) and amazing guitars , now is not the same his new bands are still good but there's nothing like SS

[mrtle5]

@hjeb1986 christian is in a new band called miseration

check them out

[hjeb1986]

actually miseration is no more, they made 2 albums and they are pretty good, new band is called solution. 45

[mrtle5]

@hjeb1986 awesome ill have to check them out

[JakeL0p3z]

@mrtle5 hey, its Solution .45

[mrtle5]

@JakeL0p3z he was in miseration but apparently they only made two albums then they broke up

[ALMIGHTYCHEEKS]

@mrtle5

miseration never split up. their tour got cancelled but thats it.

[mrtle5]

@ALMIGHTYCHEEKS Ah alright haha I heard they did :P.

But that's good that they didnt.

[JakeL0p3z]

@mrtle5 True, miseration was good, he was with Jani, now they're in Solution

[IAmMichaelMyers]

dude, this is rare footage. it's hard to find a lot of live footage of SS with christian. thank you for taking and posting this.

[LaneTheSlain]

These guys are christian? O.o Pretty dang good. I thought the whole singing thing of his was with computers but he sounds exactly like he did in the video...

[Sargethepyromaniac]

@LaneTheSlain the lead singers name is Christian

[RenegadeXavier]

@LaneTheSlain Christian is just that damn good huh? Best vocalist I've heard in a long time

[Chavey09]

I miss Christian!!! :'(

[DarknesDavid]

i cant find any other videos of this song live with Christian, anyone know of any?

[Iminatube]

Unreal Tournament voice thinks this is: "GODLIKE!" Oh no wait it's: "WICKED SICK!"

[maggots5000]

no in the one I have it's "HOLY SHIT!"

[phillex90xswedish]

haha Swedish metal=nothing but the best

[twiggyomega]

THIS is a singer.

[Xenogenocide]

@twiggyomega Fuck yea!

[MiseryChaser]

@twiggyomega couldn't have put it better

[twodotsoveri]

@twiggyomega Nuff said.

[benjimetalhed]

Its a real fuckin shame that they never got to perform any of holographic universe live with christian :(

[tattoofabbe]

word

[SupraTompan]

@benjimetalhed

Or Morphogenesis..

[shinreyzala]

those looking for Christian Alvestams bands should check out Miseration,a super group he and Jani Stefanovic Started.

they have a new album which is much heavier than their first and much,mcuh heavier than anything SS probably has done.

Check them out :D

[asgardlord1349]

@shinreyzala you should also check out his new band The Few Against Many!! AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!

[shinreyzala]

I heard a couple of songs on the myspcae and I liked the symphonic feel to it :D

[danyalucard]

yah thats a good album...but The Few Against Many is a much better band,,,,

[balard1611]

guys this way he left scar symmetry he didn't want to go on tours and lives

[StatiusMetal]

man, christian was so fucking good! is their any other good live footage of scar symmetry with him? i can't seem to find any!

[Anahasapeemapetilon]

@StatiusMetal Same here :(

[NeuronuclearDemon]

I wish the same thing. You should see more vids of him soon, just not with SS. As you probably already know, he's in a band called Solution .45 and they're due to come out with a new album around spring time!

[Altairograph]

It's not that there are no singers which can't do clean vocals and growls. But I never heard anyone having such deep growls and then such a soulful and pure clean voice. Mindblowing.

[goblikon]

try Swallow the Sun

[Etherawaken]

Yeah Mikko is fuckin' amazing too.

Christian, Mikko and Mikael are my favorites for clean growl style

[tykill]

@Etherawaken

What do you think of Michael Akerfeldt from Opeth/Bloodbath?

[Etherawaken]

Mikael Akerfeldt was who i mentioned in my top 3 bud :]

[Typeomaiden]

Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth has the same amazing ability to seemlessly transition from deathmetal growl to a warm full clean voice, while playing guitar :) Wish Christian would come back to Scar Symmetry though.

[Altairograph]

@Typeomaiden Oh yes, you're absolutely right, I sort of forgot Ackerfeldt here. Amazing musician in everything he does.

[DeanFromHell1993]

@Altairograph well christian is definitely awesome but have you ever checked out mikael akerfeldt of opeth?

[Altairograph]

@DeanFromHell1993 Seen Opeth live 2 times and yeah, Ackerfeldt is amazing! Just as amazing as Christian.

[SlyDevil13]

@Altairograph Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt

[Altairograph]

@SlyDevil13 I can't argue with that. He's amazing as well.

[hubertson93]

@Altairograph

Mike Akerfeldt from Opeth is a guy who can do it. Also, he can do it perfectly. :)

[Skinimiseskurca]

@hubertson93 yes definetly Mike and Christian are very very special singers and (as we can see in Christians case) irreplaceable to their bands and to the fans....and feel free to correct me but I can't think of anyone else that can do growls and cleans not even as near as perfect as they can...those two just dragged me into this music....

[hubertson93]

@Skinimiseskurca

We share the same views my friend. Mike and Christian are two probably most talented singers around the world, as the range of their singing skills are just inappropriately amazing. :)

[Skinimiseskurca]

@hubertson93 hehe yes we do:) yeah they can be compared to those that have the most popularity while at the same time they could just blow away some pathetic little pricks that call themselves stars like that guy Bieber..its amazing how some awkward dudes get promoted while people who are trully amongst the best singers in the world get to be "underground"...I sometimes have a feeling that metal no matter how loud or terrifying it can be is very UNDERRATED and thats a little bit sad my friend..

[hubertson93]

@Skinimiseskurca

I know man, the mainstream scum is pushing true music away. Media are creating this world. They have the control and they know most of people around the world are really simple and shallow. So why would media make them listen to music they could never possibly understand? That's how it works, this is the era of chavs, slags and plastics. Better to keep metal as an underground music away from all those f*** rules that mainstream has to follow. That's why metal is a "free" music.

[3nderoX]

@hubertson93 I agree 100%

[superdome65]

@Altairograph i know im suprised his cleans arent out of key when he switches.. most singers cant transition very well between rough and clean

[TheAndrewSHug]

@Altairograph ever listen to Opeth?

[Altairograph]

@TheAndrewSHug Yes, I have their whole discography :) But honestly, Alvestam impresses me even more then Ackerfeldt when it comes to the difference between his clean vocals and his growls.

[TheAndrewSHug]

@Altairograph I agree that christian is amazing when it comes to how well he can transition between growls and clean vocals, but i could never get over how deep, powerful, and demonic mike can sound while at the same time he can deliver the most natural, pure, and beautiful singing voice. and also, not saying anything negative about christian in anyway, alot of his cleans are supported by his own backing vocals on scar's records, which may contribute some to how amazing they sound.

[zorac91]

@Altairograph don't forget Arkfeldt, he algo growls like a demon and sings like an angel =D

[kalli72280065]

@Altairograph

Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt.. his voice is also mindblowing

[DeanFromHell1993]

@Altairograph Tommy Roger of Between the Buried and me is also mindblowing, like in their song Aspiration :)

[DrumkidSWE]

@Altairograph True. but u have forgotten one who is the exact same thing. Mikael Åkerfeldt. Personally i think Mikael Åkerfeldt is Better. but thats only what i think :)

[Altairograph]

@DrumkidSWE Yeah I know, Akerfeldt is amazing. He has a different style though, his vocals are generally much softer and more "thoughtful" if you know what I mean then those of Christian. But both are without a doubt amazing.

[DrumkidSWE]

@Altairograph Of course!

[80smetalchild]

man i wish they had prism and gate live with christian

[Ic3d34rth]

idt even he could do that 1 live

[80smetalchild]

ye dude. that has got to be one of the hardest sounding songs to sing ive ever heard in my life

[Ic3d34rth]

but who knows, knowing christian, he might just be able to haha.

[thehumanabstract00]

christian fucking owns the crowd!!

[Ic3d34rth]

3:48 my god.....

[Altairograph]

Yeah, it's quite shocking how amazingly well he sings this part.

[Dawn3R]

christian sounds great live

[paul105424]

i miss that guy

[secerno1987]

uh the new singers suck ass, i downloaded a live show of theirs with them. fail big time, they were absolutely shocking....

[vitopetroni]

hmmm...interesting your last name is the same as one of the new singers

[Altairograph]

Thank you scarsymmetry07 for uploading this vid, it has a good enough quality to enjoy this awesome band!

It sucks so hard that there is no live DVD with Christian! It sucks so EPICALLY!!!!!!

[Xiphos68]

I agree.

[TheArchitectOfLies]

Solution 45 are basically the new scar symmetry with Christian on board. In fairness Roberth (the new growls vocalist for scar symmetry) is pretty good. But that other lars guy completely sucks, his voice just isnt powerful enough at all. Christian can sing live, lars cant sing even in the studio. therefore i think i'll be a solution 45 fan when there stuff comes out,

[DamageInc0rparat3d]

Conciousness Eaters. Thats all I have to say. Your faith lars should be restored.

[danieltulher17]

roberth is better than christian in Harsh vocals, but christian is complete and perfect. lars i don't need to talk about him -.-''

[orknip]

2:18

Dry heaves.

[Idonotwanttobeafraid]

hahahhaa. christian is an amazing vocalist but he headbangs like tweety.

[hexebiob]

i actually like it i call it the gorilla headbanging

[smaragdicious]

I agree with supraxtrem!!!!!!

NO ONE HAS Christian's voice!NO-ONE!!

I'm sooo in love with his voice<3 He is THE BEST!

of cours we gotta wait to listen the "new scar symmetry", but I dont thing so that it will be the same =/

[atrarmy]

you simply cant replace someone as talented as christian. miseration is the way to go now

[hexebiob]

i agree with you those two together are not match for him, but lets wait and see whats up with the new scar symmetry they still deserve a shot...

[Knifejaw100]

hey, u shud check out Solution .45, christians new band. they have a demo up called Clandestinity. Its similar to what SS was.

[supraxtrem]

No1 can replace Christian, all ppl should bear that in mind!

[Burnyoursins]

Miseration? They're last album was released in 2006, while he was still in Scar Symmetry, lol

[PrivateSnowballTFC]

2:17

Epic Headbanging

[admiral17]

I think he's actually driving fence posts into the ground

[SaturnineXTS]

Christian is great, but he has been working hard to sing as well as he does today. When he was beginning he wasn't obviously as good.

So guys, give Lars Palmqvist some credit, he'll practice and be much better than he is now. Roberth's growls are actually flawless.

[admiral17]

The screams are spot on, it's the clean vocals that just need to change. I don't think the guy has the same range as Christian so needs to adapt rather than trying to imitate

[SaturnineXTS]

Yeah, that's true. But range can be developed, trust me. Lars has a lot of time to improve too.

[Pellefaren]

Exactly.. The new cleans really kill it for me, especially live :/

[TheNorthernSun]

He sounded great in Alternavigo /watch?v=WAzWNrsjJvA&feature=r­elated

[nad77772]

of course not as good as Christian though

[burp19]

Some of the less distorted shit

[Hertzy]

Christian Own

[Altairograph]

Best singer ever. Seriously.

[archetypesweden3]

LOL @ the guard at 1:54

[Drummerthatismetal]

Best-band-ever

[Altairograph]

It's unbelievable that Christian can do both vocal styles so great live, really one of the greatest singers not only in metal but of all singers I ever heard he is one of the absolute greatest!

[sixinchesdownyamum]

if you ask me, when christian was in miseration it was good i enjoy miseration for the part he was in there solution .45 arnt as good musical wise as scar symmetry is but solution .45 sound very promesing

[GARYmetallica]

It sucks the way iv only started listening to these guys, and then found out that my favourite aspect of the band, Christian, has left... sucks ass on epic proportions. So do the replacements.

[DestroyAndVoid18]

If you like these guys, you will LOVE Solution .45. Christian is the singer, and their album is yet to be released! But there is a trailer that you can listen to

[Altairograph]

Same here, Christian is just unbelievable, amazing singer! I think the new vocalists are good and they will grow into it, but this singer can never be replaced by anyone.

[dondondodo]

they should thank christian for bringing Scar Symmetry into the spotlight. without him they're nothing and they are turning back into nothing with those 2 shits they call vocalists. -.-

[amicrazi]

There is still hope for their new album, it sounds like its worth listening to

[Sagebuk]

do it better fuckin' idiot -.-

[dondondodo]

i don't have to lol we are the consumers if we don't like it we don't like it we don't have to make a better product because we find one that suits our preferences more.