Cynic - Cynic
The guys in Cynic, Paul Masvidal (guitar/ vocals), Jason Gobel (guitar), Tony Choy (bass) and Sean Reinert (drums), are all talented enough. The lyrics are well thought out and are interesting even without any music to back them up. These guys are extremely good at what they do: the drums are fast, there is cool bass shit and the guitars are crunchy and heavy and the solos are also great. Vocally Paul sounds similar to Chuck from Death. Unfortunately something stops the songs from being more memorable. The three tracks are all good, but just shy of excellent. It’s cool to see that Cynic spends so much time on their lyrics and I’m glad that they include them with the tape. Well worth checking into.
{After releasing maybe two more demos, this highly technical band was signed to Roadrunner, and released the somewhat under-appreciated album Focus in 1993, which was something of a departure from their earlier Death Metal style. Also, Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert (along with Steve DiGiorgio, on loan from Sadus) later played with Death on their Human album and tour, which was more than a little weird since Tony Choy was playing bass for Death’s opening act on that tour: Pestilence.}
[Notes in {curly brackets} are from the Metal Curse 1 - 4 Collected Edition (1999)]
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