 | Cynic Carbon-Based Anatomy
3.7
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| 3.5 great | KILL | October 30th 11 |
it rules, only complaint is wheres the dm an riffs
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| 0.0 | mariothehedgehog | November 3rd 11 |
Too many faggots butt-hurt that there isn't any death metal or robot vox. The interludes are honestly the best part of the album and have more atmosphere than anything Cynic has ever done. Title track is great and the other two are pretty decent. If they had done a whole album like this, it would give a good ass-pounding to Traced in Air.
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| 2.5 average | Mewcopa0 | November 3rd 11 |
who puts filler on an EP? real tracks are ok, other three suck.
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| 0.0 | Xenophanes EMERITUS | October 30th 11 |
Cynic prove that even after twenty years, a band can musically evolve and explore, all whilst retaining what made them so damn great to begin with. "Carbon Based Anatomy" is a different kind of beast than was "Focus" or "Traced in Air." In whitling away their death metal influences even further, Cynic have crafted their most atmospheric work to date. Even though the filler is actually pretty decent, it's too bad it detracts from the over all record.
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| 3.5 great | boogs | February 16th 12 |
3 years and all they can give us is an EP with filler?
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| 3.0 good | Ryanprobro | October 30th 11 |
3/6 tracks being filler is kind of disappointing, this doesn't sound at all like the band that released focus or traced in air
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| 0.0 | jasonslfl | October 30th 11 |
Three out of six songs on this EP are a total waste of time. The other three are poorly structured, I'm not a big fan of the guitar tones, or the mix for that matter and it all just blends together into an unforgettable mess. Very disappointed personally.
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| 0.0 | KILL5 | October 27th 11 |
has it leaked yet
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| 2.5 average | GamamJ | September 1st 20 |
This is not the Cynic I cane for. No metal to be found, barely even Jazz, this is mostly an exeecise in atmosphere and ambience.
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | May 15th 20 |
While it certainly isn't top tier Cynic material, this is the only non-full length effort of theirs that I feel is worth a space in one's library because it shows an aspect of the band that I haven't seen elsewhere: the use of traditional/traditional-sounding instruments and voices. This is clear from the get go with the lovely opening track, and is also best demonstrated on the jammy 3, offering us sort of tribal-esque ambient tracks that make the record unique in their discog. The issue is that, between these transitional tracks, the more typically Cynic material the band goes into feels kind of bland and flavourless, much like the prior EP. This is true of every track but 1 and 3, although 4 unlike the others is quite successful at mixing the particular sound of this EP to the Cynic sound from the prior effort. But 5 with its solos, or 6 with its cliche post-rock leanings and vocal samples feel like a bore. So I guess 3.4
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| 3.5 great | BRAman22 | July 7th 14 |
This is a very short EP, especially given that half of the songs are an intro, an interlude, and an outro. The actual songs, however, are actually pretty good. Generally not as good as the ones on Cynic's full length albums, but still are quite fun to listen to.
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| 4.0 excellent | TRMshadow | September 21st 12 |
Death-Metal and Focus this is not, but a great EP it is. The first couple songs aren't really that great, but track 4 is where this it really starts workin' for me. In the end though, this probably won't get them any new fans, just give their die-hard ones another reason for why they're so awesome. 3.8/5
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| 0.0 | | March 30th 12 |
Continuing to exemplify their unique blend of jazz tinged progressive death metal, Cynic have focused more on the atmospheric mellow aspect of their sound, with the majority of the effort being placed on the vocals, the guitars and the ambient sounds. The solos are well placed and well crafted and help to push the song forward. All in all this release is extremely coherent but at the same time highly experimental and it shows that Cynic is heading in the right direction.
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| 0.0 | PerpetualChange | March 14th 12 |
I thought the last Cynic album saw the band in a bit of an identity clash, but if this is where they're heading I'm still expecting great things. Box Up My Bones is among their best work.
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| 5.0 classic | RooseveltsGhost | January 13th 12 |
the first two tracks rock unassumingly from the highest tier of progressive rock. Each atmosphere created brings about emotions that are pure and beautiful. Speaking of beautiful, I think I have found it in the fingers of Paul Masvidal, manifested at about 4 minutes 30 seconds. Have a nice dayr
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| 3.0 good | Fernando Alves STAFF | December 28th 11 |
Carbon-Based Anatomy is definitely the best song here. Some cool ambients, but that's it.
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| 3.0 good | ProtestTheLegacy | December 12th 11 |
It's not that bad. I don't mind the softer stuff, but 3 filler songs and some songs that are passable at best is not up to Cynic's usual standard. Needs a little more complexity in the music, I'd argue.
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| 3.0 good | lifter | December 8th 11 |
It pains me to give Paul Masvidal and Cynic, a musician and a band that has given me so much joy over the years (albeit with huge hiatuses in between), a 3.0. This has nothing to do with the fact there are no Cookie Monster death vocals. I happen to like Masvidal's other projects a lot (Portal and Aeon Spoke--check them out!), and those are much less heavy than this EP. It's the fact that there is only one song out of six (the title track) that lives up to standard Cynic has set on Focus and Traced in Air, which admittedly is hard to reach, but, hey, that's their job.
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| 4.0 excellent | alextheantichrist | December 2nd 11 |
This album has so much creativity and it's probably so far one of the most creative EP's I've ever listened to.
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| 3.5 great | CynicalComplex | November 8th 11 |
The ambiance is a double-edged sword; it's very enjoyable in the short tracks under 2:30, but I also think it makes Box and Elves sound muddled.
Give the shorties (especially Hieroglyph) and the eponymous track a spin.
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| 3.0 good | cumilaut | November 1st 11 |
it's cynic nonetheless, and wtf with the 50 characters stuff?
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| 4.0 excellent | Polymath | October 31st 11 |
Cynic went all hipster on this one.
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| 0.0 | Urinetrouble | October 30th 11 |
goddamn none of you fags are true metallers fuckin a you shitty cunts. HARD FUCKIN JAMS
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| 4.5 superb | Philalethes | October 29th 11 |
Cynic continue to simply be one of the best and most innovative songwriters in modern metal.
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