Progressive rock/metal band CYNIC is working on material for a new full-length album for a tentative early 2013 release.
Commented the group: “There’s so much music flowing we’d rather follow each inspiration to its conclusion rather than artificially stop once we have a CD’s worth of songs and record; like writing from the inside out. Though the songs are taking shape, we’re still exploring this new space, letting the music decide and guide us. We are at its mercy.”
In a February 2012 interview with Ireland’s Molten magazine, CYNIC guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal stated about the musical direction of the band’s new material, “It’s almost like, I don’t know how to explain it, but if I had to put it in a box it’s more sci-fi, futuristic and alien but at the same time very song-driven. It’s kind of like, to me, coming into CYNIC’s body more. It feels very modern and at the same time it just feels really cool. I’m big in the space. It’s definitely new. It’s not like anything we’ve done before. It’s a new color, a new space. I think people will really take note of even the guitar stuff. I’m really shifting gears, I’m trying things in a different way and the way stuff is played. It’s a new space for CYNIC, for sure. It definitely sounds like us, except completely new.”
CYNIC’s latest EP, “Carbon-Based Anatomy”, was released in November via Season Of Mist. The CD artwork was designed by the great Robert Venosa, the artist behind the covers of CYNIC’s previous releases “Focus”, “Traced in Air” and “Re-Traced”.
All bass parts on “Carbon-Based Anatomy” were recorded by one-time CYNIC bassist Sean Malone.
CYNIC was joined by Brandon Giffin on bass and Max Phelps on guitar and vocals during the group’s recent North American and European tours in support of “Carbon-Based Anatomy”.
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