CYNIC

Release Year: 2024
Artist Origin: USA
Style: transcendental atmospheric technical progressive metal

fifteen years past their groundbreaking, enormously influential debut longplay, the inspirational and elusive Miami quartet, one of metal's most unique and peculiar bands, has returned with a sophomore studio recording [2008]: even if they are far away from initial quite intense and heavy paradigm, this is more than worthy successor, spreading a brilliant, even more atmospheric tapestry of sound that certainly has some similar traits to the past too, advancing much more forward in free-form composition, equally twisting the depths of musical spirituality; eight track effort captures the band at the top of its game - it is an absolute must have for fans of technical progressive metal, taken to a new level of innovation as well as execution; first French pressing in gatefold sleeve black vinyl with an authentic sound mastering and pro-printed lyric insert is limited to 450 units