Interview with Paul Masvidal from Cynic: Shining A Light Andrew Magnotta November 2, 2011 Interviews 1 Cynic is used to hard times. After forming in 1987, it took them until 1993 to release their debut album, the now legendary Focus. They’ve had their gear confiscated by foreign authorities, they’ve had thei...
Interview with Kelly Shaefer of Atheist: From The Eye Of The Storm Andrew Magnotta November 10, 2010 Interviews 1 As mainman for progressive death metal architects Atheist, Kelly Shaefer is well aware of his place in the genre’s history. Now that technical playing is all the rage in metal bands from Russia to France to Kan...
Cynic: Progressive Death Jazz Metal Eric Farwell August 4, 2010 Goings-On Combining progressive metal with elements of death metal and jazz fusion, Cynic has a sound all its own. On their current tour the band hopes to draw listeners in with their hypnotic clean guitars before breaki...
Cynic: Re-Traced / Season Of Mist Patrick Slevin May 12, 2010 Albums 1 Traced In Air, the reunion record for the underground prog-metal men of myth Cynic, received near-universal acclaim from anyone who had ears and the will to hear in when it was released in 2008. The sophomore a...
Between The Buried And Me / Cynic / Devin Townsend Project @ Irving Plaza Patrick Slevin March 9, 2010 Concerts NEW YORK, NY—I’m always amazed by a Between The Buried And Me performance. Really, every time. And it’s not so much BTBAM that blow me away—it’s their intensely loyal fans and somewhat accidental status as icon...
Cynic: Don’t Be So Cynical Alycia Abreu January 24, 2010 Goings-On Upon seeing the name Cynic , I immediately figured they would be your typical screaming, extremely loud and barely distinguishable music type of band. Fortunately, this metal-meets-jazz group was nearly the exa...
Cynic: Traced In Air Patrick Slevin November 19, 2008 Albums Can a band grow in 15 years? Well, like all things, it depends on the band. Surely, most don’t, particularly if they’ve found a formula for success. After all, when you’ve got a job and things are going well, w...
