Chris Earl returns for his second podcast appearance and this time, he's talking about Pitch Black Progress, the second album by Swedish melodeath underdogs Scar Symmetry. He joins regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones to discuss the album's place in the pantheon of metal, why it may have got lost in the mid-noughties melodeath mix, and why it's an overlooked gem that deserves another look.

The lads also wind up comparing the band to Kirk Van Houten and Tim has an accidental Partridge moment.

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