holy fuck this is great news

Digging: Jon Hopkins - Immunity

Woo! Their last ep was awesome, been waiting for a full new album. The "futuristic" and "alien" comments make me hopeful too.

I've been hoping for them to create a 20 minute epic...wonder what the chances of one being on here are? Probably none..

Digging: Blackfield - Blackfield

They're recording in Perfect Sound studios in Hollywood.

Sean Reinert said: "This album marks Cynic's 5th release. It's a bold new sound for Cynic and marks a gigantic leap in the band's progression. We've had a lot of time to let this material develop and gestate, and it finally feels ready to be unleashed on the world. I've been in trio mode with Malone and Masvidal flushing out a zillion and one details, and couldn't be happier about what's happening with these songs. They are truly alive!"

Apparently early working titles for tracks include: "Endlessly Bountiful", "Moon Heart Sun Head", and "True Hallucination Speak".

This better be good!

could be ok

Digging: Kanye West - Yeezus

if it's completely new and alien for Cynic, then music as we know it may never be the same...

sweet. looking forward to it.

Digging: Bomb the Music Industry! - Goodbye Cool World!

Stoked

possible aoty for 2013

Digging: Shabazz Palaces - Black Up

If it's got Malone on it, album will most definitely rule hard.

Will leave a trail of slain virgins a lightyear wide

I haven't ever been this excited for a band's upcoming album

oh man oh man oh man

Digging: The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Sputnik 5/5 insta

FUCK YEAH!!!!!

Digging: Deafheaven - Sunbather

gonna rule for show werrd up

Digging: MIKTEK - [ Elsewhere ]

I definitely see this being more prog than metal, but that's absolutely fine with me. DEFINITELY checking this out as soon as it comes out.

swag

Digging: Strictly Ballroom - Hide Here Forever

are they keeping the cyborg vocals?

I also assume they completely dropped the growls by now.

Will most probably be great

fuck yes one of my favorite bands of all time. definitely my most anticipated release

Yeeeessssssssssssssssssss

Digging: Enemies - Embark Embrace

Sounds super duper gay.

Digging: Napalm Death - Inside the Torn Apart

I'm cynical about this

Really looking forward to this whether there's any metal or not, the EP was brilliant.

Digging: Demilich - Nespithe

even cynic realise metal is dead damn

^^^
what

new Atheist will kill this prob :[

Digging: King Crimson - Red

Man, 2013 is gonna be a terrific year.

As long as it's a cunting ALBUM. Too many EP's from this band, ffs.

Digging: Letlive. - The Blackest Beautiful

hoping this will be good

doubt itll be very metal

i love Cynic i just hope Paul doesnt continue down the path of queefy new age progressive hes been following

As long as it's a cunting ALBUM.

Unrelated, but I'm actually so happy to see someone else say 'cunting'. I thought I was the only one and I worried that I was developing a terrible habit.

tried to read further but it's all greek to me.

Why don't they just let Malone join the band?

Digging: Lil B - 100% Gutta

good

he doesnt want to

why? because stone cold said so.

Fuck yeh new cynic m/

what happened to Tymon? is he just a touring musician now?

Well they better pull this off well. Their comeback with Traced In Air was a masterpiece.

Digging: Squarepusher - Ufabulum

Nice.

Digging: Black Sabbath - 13

Yayy

Digging: Mouth of the Architect - Dawning

Tymon quit like in 2010

Its not going to be any similar to Focus so

oh my

Digging: The Story So Far - What You Don't See

Sounds exciting. Let's hope it's great.

Digging: Rush - Clockwork Angels

tig ol' bitties man

2013 is turning out to be a killer year in terms of metal releases.

Digging: Immolation - Kingdom of Conspiracy

Just so long as BVB doesn't starting screwing us over in the first month, we're golden.

More futuristic. What.

Digging: The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer

Yeah. More futuristic.

more alien space vox n deathprogwank n eerie keyz

Digging: Nuclear Death - Bride of Insect

Could just be a worse version of Traced ie 2.5/5, but could rule I guess...just needs to be cohesive

gonna be 4.7/5

It's Cynic. It's going to be awesome regardless. More prog = more better as far as I'm concerned with these guys, too.

oh yesh.

stoked, fucking love traced in air.

Digging: Kanye West - Yeezus

I hope it still has some Jazziness in it

Digging: WIM - WIM

I hope this album will actually be over 30 minutes.

kinda meh about this

Digging: Antlion - Era of Entropy

"I hope this album will actually be over 30 minutes."

Wouldn't get my hopes up.

But holy shit, finally some awesome news.

I hate their LPs but their last EP was surprisingly awesome so I'll be curious to hear this

lol hating focus what a fag

haha

I'm talking more about traced

listened to focus once though, didn't really like it

gay yea

Digging: Highness - Hold

I like each Cynic release more than the one before it, and Carbon-Based Anatomy was a hard 5 for me sooooooooo

sooooooooo what?

Woo hoo.

Digging: Ruin Lust - Ruin Lust

Kickass

Digging: Scale The Summit - The Migration

so this will break rock music FOREVER6/5

"futuristic" and "alien"

hope this only has autotune and keyboards.

holy shit yes.

sweeeet

Cynic went gay after traced... so booooo

lol hating focus what a fag [123456]

cynic sucks

if you wanna touch my cream pop all you had to do was say so

Matthew I appreciate you trying to replace rasputin, the one true sputnik metal elitist, but you really have to try harder...

I mean, your comments, as they are now, just make me feel bad for you and I can't imagine that being your ultimate goal, or is it?

ive always hated cynic but im sorry ill never be able to measure up to the great elites of the sputnik pantheon

I AM JUST A LONELY PLEBEIAN LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRON G PLACES

climax with me?

pumped for this. even if it sucks

"ive always hated cynic but im sorry ill never be able to measure up to the great elites of the sputnik pantheon"

damn man you dont even like focus? whats wrong with u

nothings wrong with him cynic is gay

to not like focus there must be something

must be

Will be best album ever.

Focus is already the best album ever so no

This will be betah

Digging: Steely Dan - Aja

It would rule if they went to the direction of their debut album Focus than Traced in Air. Not a fan of their second album though it's not bad.

Will be amazing as usual. Glad there isn't a 15 year wait, as was the issue with Traced.

Digging: Letlive. - The Blackest Beautiful

alien metal?

The new Atheist will be better.

Digging: Extol - Extol

focus already sounds like an album thats comin out next month so how they gonna go more future sounding?

oh shii

Eh, we'll see what happens...

Digging: Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas

fix the vocals

Awwww yeeeeah.

they need more metal on this release.

^^ more extreme metal, I would say.

Digging: Spiritual Beggars - Earth Blues

more growls

2013 is looking like a fantastic year

better reFocus

Unrelated, but I'm actually so happy to see someone else say 'cunting'. I thought I was the only one and I worried that I was developing a terrible habit.

^ Of course I say cunting. I'm an Australian.

"listened to focus once though, didn't really like it"

You can't just listen to focus once and expect to like it noob. Once you have a feel for the twists, peaks etc, it becomes quite the listening experience.

Everyone who is publicly or privately wishing and hoping this will be anywhere near as metal as Focus or Traced in Air is delusional.

Of course I say cunting. I'm an Australian.

Apparently it's taboo in other countries and I feel bad for them. Americans don't understand the satisfaction in saying the word 'cunt'. And yeah, I honestly haven't heard any other aussies say cunt with the 'ing' on the end, and I thought I was alone. I always say it instead of 'fucking' for some reason. I guess it must be, as I said, more satisfying. Somehow.

Bout damn time they started on a new album.

Whether it's going to be a metal release or not, it'll probably still be awesome.
It would be cool if they incorporated elements from all the past releases into this one though.

Shit band

Karl Malone isn't on this recording

gonna rule

very sexual news.

bump

Shit band

Godammit I want an actual release date!

Probably won't be any good.

Digging: Mac Miller - Watching Movies With The Sound Off

Yes it will.

Digging: The Aquabats - The Fury of the Aquabats!

Oh ok.

Hawks best troll 2013

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Finally!!!!! So many bands coming out with albums this year and Cynic just became my most anticipated!!!

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Digging: Ulcerate - Everything Is Fire

awesome

wow great news

lol like a month and a half ago

im not hip enough

didnt know!!! woth living then

Digging: Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian

Any new news on this?

Digging: The Rapture - Echoes

Yes, it will be released around October, they are mixing it.

Digging: Bruce Soord with Jonas Renkse - Wisdom of Crowds

supposedly new portal this year too

Ummmmm ok