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Frost15
September 18th 2023


3005 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I don't think I have a gay side but if I had one it would sound like Traced in the Air.

Awesome way to page break.

SomeCallMeTim
September 18th 2023


4121 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Wouldn’t say it sucks but yeah traced is wildly overrated.

Sevengill
September 19th 2023


12046 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Codes had no oomph and I think I spun it twice

TheArtofTheGanja
September 19th 2023


401 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This and Traced in Air are both classics but I slightly prefer the latter

decisions
September 19th 2023


1093 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Please recommend me prog metal albums that are as good as Traced in Air or Focus

Sevengill
September 19th 2023


12046 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Inanna

evilford
September 19th 2023


64314 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Tomb mold

Frost15
September 19th 2023


3005 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"Please recommend me prog metal albums that are as good as Traced in Air or Focus"



Aghora - Self titled is a very nice effort. It's kind of like Cynic with a female vocalist, that may be a deal breaker for some but it's a win in this case for me

Exivious - Self titled and Liminal

Frost15
March 20th 2024


3005 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Saw this masterpiece of an album played live from start to finish in "The Focus of a Valediction" tour with Obscura and Cryptosis. Everything went pretty much excellent except for Paul's mic, which was close to non-sounding for the first half of the show. I don't know if it's the vocoder effects or what but it seems a common problem with Cynic shows as of late. They need to crank up Paul's mic volume. Steffen from Obscura did the harsh vocals and he killed it. Also the current tour guitar player, Mike Gilbert, is insanely good. He didn't miss a single note during the whole show and the solos were played to perfection. Rest of the band (Brandon and Matt) were as good as always. It was nice to see an acoustic version of Integral Birth played by Mr. Masvidal to the memory of Sean & Sean too.



All in all a great show which would have been close to perfect if Paul's mic had been correctly set.



normaloctagon
Contributing Reviewer
March 20th 2024


3967 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I saw Cynic on their latest tour with atheist and the mixing was absolutely embarrassing. Couldn’t hear the vocals for atheist or cynic (cynic’s sound guy was required to be used for atheist for whatever reason).Tried addressing with sound team then show management then left early feeling pretty ripped off



Playing was fine, well imitated but felt a little cold to me, for both atheist and cynic. Don’t think I’ll be going to any more shows where the only dude from OG is the frontman. It takes a lot more than talented musicians thrown together to perform classic music in a live setting

Frost15
March 20th 2024


3005 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Playing wasn't cold at all for me but live settings are not ideal for many metal artists and I guess Prog/Jazzy Death suffers a lot from modern standards/trends: backtracks, many things going on at the same time, very limited prep time and yeah, terrible sound guys. It's embarrasing too many times for sure.

Thranth
March 20th 2024


1426 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

i just farted in this thread

the smell of this thread now closely resembles the smell of this album (not good)

Hawks
March 20th 2024


87893 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Wrong thread my dude.

Thranth
March 20th 2024


1426 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

oh, sorry. I was on my way to the correct thread and just couldnt hold it in any longer

Hawks
March 20th 2024


87893 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

LMAOOOOO

Verdr
March 20th 2024


123 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Fantastic stuff

evilford
March 21st 2024


64314 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Very rare thranth L

evilford
March 21st 2024


64314 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The level of my overall happiness is directly proportional to the amount of users who have avatars



The more we lose, the sadder I get

Hawks
March 21st 2024


87893 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I miss mine. :[[[

FearThyEvil
March 21st 2024


18611 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'll miss dear Barbara Palvin the moment her face disappears



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