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Florida, United States (1987 – 1994, 2007 – present)
There are two artists called Cynic.
1. Formed in Florida, United States in 1987, Cynic is a progressive metal band that recorded a few thrash metal demos before moving to a highly complex form of jazz-fusion influenced experimental/avant-garde death metal, manifested in their seminal album, 1993’s Focus, which for over a decade was the band’s only official release.
Cynic disbanded in 1994 due to artistic differences while working on their second album, but regrouped in 2007 to perform a series of shows. The reunion was successful, with the group also performing a new song, entitled
Evolutionary Sleeper, a composition in the unique style of Focus. This was a harbinger of things to come, as the group recorded two additional tracks, Integral Birth and Adam’s Murmur and then signed a contract with Season of Mist for two albums. Their second album, Traced in Air, was released on November 17, 2008 in Europe and November 25, 2008 in North America.
Cynic’s ground-breaking and pioneering footprint on the world of progressive metal continues to influence avant-garde and technical metal bands to these days. Members of Cynic have also participated in the projects Portal, Æon Spoke, Aghora, Exivious and Gordian Knot.
Cynic’s 2008 lineup is:
Paul Masvidal — Vocoder vocals / Guitar
Sean Reinert — Drums / Keys
Sean Malone — Bass / Chapman Stick
Tymon Kruidenier — Growls / Guitar
1. Formed in Florida, United States in 1987, Cynic is a progressive metal band that recorded a few thrash metal demos before moving to a highly complex form of jazz-fusion influenced experimental/avant-garde death metal, manifested in their seminal album, 1993’s Focus, which for over a decade was the band’s only official release.
Cynic disbanded in 1994 due to artistic differences while working on their second album, but regrouped in 2007 to perform a series of shows. The reunion was successful, with the group also performing a new song, entitled
Evolutionary Sleeper, a composition in the unique style of Focus. This was a harbinger of things to come, as the group recorded two additional tracks, Integral Birth and Adam’s Murmur and then signed a contract with Season of Mist for two albums. Their second album, Traced in Air, was released on November 17, 2008 in Europe and November 25, 2008 in North America.Cynic’s ground-breaking and pioneering footprint on the world of progressive metal continues to influence avant-garde and technical metal bands to these days. Members of Cynic have also participated in the projects Portal, Æon Spoke, Aghora, Exivious and Gordian Knot.
Cynic’s 2008 lineup is:
Paul Masvidal — Vocoder vocals / Guitar
Sean Reinert — Drums / Keys
Sean Malone — Bass / Chapman Stick
Tymon Kruidenier — Growls / Guitar
Top Albums
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Traced in Air
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Focus
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1988 Demo
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1990 Demo
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Top Tracks
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Evolutionary Sleeper
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Integral Birth
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The Space for This
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Adam's Murmur
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The Unknown Guest
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Nunc Fluens
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King of Those Who Know
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Nunc Stans
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Shoutbox
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Drew079 wrote:
Why do people even have to compare the albums? They are both good- end of story.....
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PhillCantu93 wrote:
This band is fucking fantastic to smoke weed to.
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GlassMoonKiss wrote:
You're all hilarious. An album like TIA rarely comes along. Traced in Air is incredible.
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OpethForLifee94 wrote:
Winter time approaching = Focus/Traced in Air/Both once a day or more! I love how this time of year affects my Cynic listening patterns, it's awesome.
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Nayr_ wrote:
Because its new, duh.
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Alcoholator wrote:
How come Traced in Air is above Focus in the charts *sad panda*
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til_evighet wrote:
Back on tour ..fuck yes!
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PoisonOath wrote:
@ Starfox10 Death metal isn't only to class specific sounds in bands. when something is death it has concept/sound/structure put into play. but, honestly i would have to agree.. because their lyrical content is not death, their sound not death, and the structure of every song is soo progressive metal that it really makes no sense in calling this deathmetal... Fucking amazing all the same
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KUBBIE wrote:
how many points would you give it on scales 1-10, 1-17 and 1-24?
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dimensionalpha wrote:
traced in air is my most listened cd for a reason
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KUBBIE wrote:
traced in air is awesome. i'd definitely give it 10 points on the scale 1-10, 17 points on the scale 1-17 and 22,5 points on the scale 1-24.
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KV626 wrote:
I'm enjoying Traced In Air but Focus is still top notch.
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greenwarri0r wrote:
Focus will always be a masterpiece
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TheYardstick wrote:
Traced In Air was pretty underwhelming. Focus is still a fucking masterpiece.
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AdamsFM wrote:
Cynic are fucking gayfish
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Winter_Dave wrote:
"faceless' planetary duality and cynic's traced in air are both sexy as, well" - dude, 100% true
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bloozclooz wrote:
faceless' planetary duality and cynic's traced in air are both sexy as, well... nothing yet xD
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Mercin wrote:
ok guys, first album technical death metal, new album is not dm at all but it's still cool, and tag progressive metal is the best genre for them
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juxtapoison wrote:
yes, not even lots of, most of dm bands don't. it's usually used by black metal bands.
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Colony666 wrote:
lots of DM bands dont use blastbeats starfox
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Events
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Dec
31
Screamfest
Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
164 shouts
| 113 attendees
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Jan
3
CYNIC & EDGUY
Billboard The Venue, Melbourne, Australia
32 shouts
| 47 attendees
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Jan
5
Cynic
Fowlers, Adelaide, South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
13 shouts
| 16 attendees
News
Decibel Magazine inducts Cynic's 'Focus' into its Hall of Fame
9 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/cyniconline
"Focus almost never happened. Hurricane Andrew (a Category 5 storm that
devastated South Florida in 1992), bassists frequently exiting and
three separate visits to Morrisound Studios could’ve cost t. …
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15 May 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/cyniconline -
17 Apr 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/cyniconline -
28 Mar 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/cyniconline
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Recent Activity
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DMetal420, celticmetalhead, psychicfork013 and 3 other people added Cynic to their libraries. 2 hours ago
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FreeSlave93 tagged Cynic with ‘progressive rock’. yesterday evening
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Drew079 tagged Cynic with ‘progressive metal’. yesterday evening
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satanofhell tagged Cynic with ‘death metal’. yesterday evening
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BertyBert tagged Cynic with ‘technical death metal’. yesterday afternoon
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Caramondl tagged Cynic with technical death metal and progressive metal. yesterday afternoon
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Orfeas19, GevBloodBoiler, Deferredemperor and 7 other people added Cynic to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
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EightSecondGod tagged Cynic with progressive metal, jazz metal, progressive death metal and one other tag. Monday evening
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