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Author:  traptunderice [ Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:03 pm ]
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So I'm listening to the three track promo and it sounds like Porcupine Tree with some Atheist style technicality and some raspy growls taking a backseat to the clean vocals. The vocoder isn't prominent but is still noticeable.

With only three of the eight tracks represented, it sounds pretty cool and I'm interested. Unfortunately it doesn't come out until October 27.

You can hear a snippet of the song 'Integral Birth on their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cyniconline.
Author:  Mintrude [ Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:56 pm ]
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Yeh, the promo is great. Definitely looking forward to this.
Author:  Seinfeld26 [ Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:46 pm ]
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It's safe to say that Cynic will probably no longer fit the "death metal" mold on their next album. But this was still a great song. Looking forward to the actual album, although let's not be too quick to expect Focus Part 2.
Author:  Dago [ Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:06 pm ]
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I was actually a bit let down by those promo songs...
Author:  Goat [ Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:17 am ]
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Artwork's been released, it's quite similar to Focus, same artist. Apparently this new album's only about 30 min long... :huh:
Author:  noodles [ Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:41 am ]
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Zad wrote:
Artwork's been released, it's quite similar to Focus, same artist. Apparently this new album's only about 30 min long... :huh:


yeah i head it's gonna be pretty short too. i liked "Evolutionary Sleeper" (haven't heard the rest of the promo) and have heard that they toned down the stuff i don't like much about Focus (vocoder, growls), so this should be good

Robert Venosa is awesome o/

Image
Author:  TheOctavarius [ Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:39 am ]
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yeah i head it's gonna be pretty short too.


:lol:
Author:  Seinfeld26 [ Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:21 pm ]
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Being that Focus was only, I think, about 36 minutes (which is short for a prog album), the fact that Traced In Air is only about EP length isn't too surprising IMO.

I actually have the live version of Evolutionary Sleeper from just a little over a year ago, and it's awesome.
Author:  Goat [ Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:31 pm ]
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Seinfeld26 wrote:
Being that Focus was only, I think, about 36 minutes (which is short for a prog album), the fact that Traced In Air is only about EP length isn't too surprising IMO.

I actually have the live version of Evolutionary Sleeper from just a little over a year ago, and it's awesome.


My version of Focus has lots of bonus guff on, probably why I thought it was longer.
Author:  Mintrude [ Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:31 pm ]
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That's one ugly cover.
Author:  traptunderice [ Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:11 pm ]
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Mintrude wrote:
That's one ugly cover.
Reminds me of Lateralus. I didn't realize how much bonus material was on my copy of Focus until just now.
Author:  Azrael [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:21 pm ]
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like the cover.

only heard "Evolutionary Sleeper", between the intro and the slow bit about a third of the way through i really enjoyed it. they got a really nice, flowing beat going and the weird (vocoder?) vocals fit qutie well in my opinion.

will listen to the samples after i get my internet connection (any traffic "excess" and it crashes within seconds.. to the point that i can't even open a website like cracked.com).
Author:  heatseeker [ Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:04 am ]
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Listened to some samples from Focus yesterday and they're GREAATT. kind of like Frosted Flakes. So yeah I really need to get it.
Author:  Mintrude [ Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:42 pm ]
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Expect a live review come November, if all goes to plan.
Author:  traptunderice [ Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:34 am ]
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After one listen, not as enthused about this as I originally was. The tracks from the demo are still great but the rest is boring; I was expecting more death metal which could explain this reaction.
Author:  OldSchool [ Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:03 am ]
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I'm liking this, I don't find it boring, but it's definitely not death metal in any way. A very good progressive album. The voice kind of annoys me in some parts, but I think I'll get used to it.
Author:  Azrael [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:20 am ]
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heard the first three tracks and i'm liking this. vocals are quite cool.
Author:  noodles [ Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:55 pm ]
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i like this. i should listen to Focus more
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