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| 3.5 great | Trey STAFF | June 10th 23 |
Cynic’s sound was so ahead of its time that they never even stood a chance. While Focus has since gained widespread recognition as the landmark release it always was, and its influence can be heard in the sound of countless bands that have followed, it somehow never received a full modernization before now. Unfortunately, while ReFocus had the potential to bring a modern sound to a ‘dated’ production, it ultimately missed the mark. Despite widespread auditory improvements across the board, the new riff sound is simply too flat. That doesn’t mean ReFocus isn’t worth listening to, though. The new expanded production reveals sounds that have been buried for nearly thirty years while allowing the rhythm section to shine. Ultimately, the sound of ReFocus is going to be very jarring for the first few moments, but eventually you should lose yourself in the songs and (mostly) forget what they did to the metal riffs.
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| 2.0 poor | Comatorium. | June 10th 23 |
Cynic has a real issues with remasters. The removal of the growls ruined the traced remix, and the distortion on this one being turned into a thin, tinny mess is a travesty. It?s made all the more worse considering the rest of it sounds wonderful.
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| 1.5 very poor | MatyMasaryk | June 9th 23 |
I don't know what they wanted to do with this, but this just sounds much worse
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| 2.0 poor | Lakes | March 23rd 24 |
| 3.5 great | MAB | July 2nd 23 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | June 22nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | carved | June 21st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | June 16th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Zakusz | June 13th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Elmo | June 11th 23 |
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