The Unseen Empire is the fifth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry.

The album sold around 1,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release, and landed at position number 11 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart.

This is the last album to feature contributions from guitarist Jonas Kjellgren, who left the band in 2013 due to other commitments.

Drummer Henrik Ohlsson said that the album "seeks to expose the hidden hand of the elite that pull the strings of mankind in order to fulfill their agenda of global domination.

"[5] All lyrics are written by Henrik Ohlsson; all music is composed by Jonas Kjellgren and Per Nilsson