new Cynic song

noodles · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:58 pm

http://chuckydeath.uw.hu/cynic_-_evolut ... leeper.mp3

soundboard recording

Anonymous · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:05 pm

this is fucking awesome

Goat · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:10 pm

+1

Very good indeed.

Sifl · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:52 am

I was just going to post this, I love it. I want an album of this quality.

noodles · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:58 am

I think it sounds exactly like something off of Focus but minus the growling.

Which is fine by me

Sifl · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:02 am

noodles wrote:

I think it sounds exactly like something off of Focus but minus the growling.

Which is fine by me

I was watching all the new tour videos, they haven't lost their touch at all.. Paul and Sean are amazing musicians.

Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:20 pm

This is great. It sounds just like what was on Focus 14 years ago. Smooth, relaxing, complex/technical, well-orchestrated. The lack of growls is a little unusual (and kind of takes Cynic out of the progressive Death Metal genre and into, well, the standard progressive metal genre), but I think in a way they keep the song cohesive. The bandmembers seem like really nice people too.

Definitely look forward to hearing some new music by this underrated band.

noodles · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:31 pm

If they release a new album I don't think it'll have growling because apparently on the Focus songs they played live they used pre-recorded growls. Looks like Paul doesn't want to do them anymore.

Mintrude · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:39 pm

Very good. I watched footage of this performance, and wasn't too impressed, but this is a better quality recoridng. I actually think it could use more distortion on the vocals though, it sounds a little poppy at the moment, whereas on their studio work it sounded badass. The Focus songs I saw recent live footage of had this problem too.

Kathaarian · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:40 pm

No growls is fine too. I like this.

Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:21 pm

Mintrude wrote:

Very good. I watched footage of this performance, and wasn't too impressed, but this is a better quality recoridng. I actually think it could use more distortion on the vocals though, it sounds a little poppy at the moment, whereas on their studio work it sounded badass. The Focus songs I saw recent live footage of had this problem too.

For the record, Cynic had a slight pop sensibility even on Focus.

Mintrude · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:59 pm

Quote:

For the record, Cynic had a slight pop sensibility even on Focus.

You think? I have to disagree with you on this one.

noodles · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:48 pm

Veil of Maya is kinda catchy

Mintrude · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:50 pm

Quote:

Veil of Maya is kinda catchy

There's quite a difference between catchy and poppy though.

Mortis · **Joined:** Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:13 pm **Posts:** 5

"Evolutionary Sleeper" sounds more Portal than Cynic but I like this shit. I've seen them live this year and they're still in form. But they were without Tegarden, so keys and growls were from the tape.. But I'm looking forward to hearing they're new music

heatseeker · **Posted:** Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:46 pm

This is pretty sweet...is somebody actually singing the vocals though? o_0

Mortis · **Joined:** Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:13 pm **Posts:** 5

Paul Masvidal sings, but only in clear parts.

noodles · **Posted:** Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:27 am

heatseeker wrote:

This is pretty sweet...is somebody actually singing the vocals though? o_0

The growling is pre-taped, the singing uses a vocoder to make his voice sound like teh robots

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