Cynic kinda goes pop, but still great

Not sure how I feel about this

i dig it and im a close minded retard!!1

Surprising......sounded very different

Yeah, i'm really not sure how I feel about this either.

I'm liking the direction they've taken, but I'm not so sure about the production -- I think I preferred the dense, slightly cleaner production of CBA. The melodies are definitely there, though, and it certainly seems like a logical extension of both Cynic and Aeon Spoke.

Edited to add: And the bass, I'm really not liking the sound of those repeating quavers.

PAUL I LOVE U

Outstanding. The vocal harmonies play insanely well off the instrumentation. Different, but the common thread is there. If this is indicitive of the entire release shit's gonna jam hard in 2014.

"extreme metal" lol


song rules, restored my faith in Cynic and this album being good

Yeah this sounds quite different. Love the verse and the way the vocals sound. It's kike half robot half human. Everything after 2:35 owns hard as well.

Hyped for this!

Song is fucking awesome.

sucks surprise

It's kike half robot half human.

hyp do u even celestial voyage

I liked Traced in Air less than most.

Digging this though.

Bass is easily the tightest thing on this track. But this is really an extension of CBA + Aeon Spoke and doesn't feel that "Cynic"-y. It's still good, though.

hyp do u even celestial voyage

Song is good but nothing special, c'mon Paul.

so bad

hmm let me just rinse the taste of that out with focus

yall are homophobes

That bass I don't know. Mix is weird. Still pretty enjoyable to me though.

Giving it a repeated listen the bass is definitely a highlight, still have high hopes for the album.

I agree, I'm actually starting to like the bass the more I listen to it.

its just so catchy

This kinda sounds like if Cynic covered an Incubus song to me.

Ehhh

I liked it

mix does sound off. maybe it's just the shitty headphones i'm using.

idk

Not as groundbreaking as I was hoping, but the upbeat sound is a welcome change.

So not metal in the slightest is what im taking away from these comments

not metal but still awesome

not digging the production much but the song is sweet

i can dig

It's Cynic writing happy music.

Snoooooooore.
I'm starting the think that I might've never actually liked Cynic in the first place.

meh

oh god why did they come back oh yeah to tarnish their classic album

It was okay. Will probably sound better in the album's context though.

I dig it, but I admit I do have some issues with the production and how happy it sounds. Hopefully it works in the context of the album.

It's really catchy, but damn it sounds so upbeat

Didn't expect this, but it's nice.

neat

Good song, album will be great!!

This is good. Still very much Cynic in my eyes. It's like Focus, mixed with Traced in Air, mixed with the soul of beauty and happiness.

and we laughed when that guy posted that cynic were gonna do a Heritage

Bass sounds great. Something just sounds off, though with Masvidal I can never tell if it's his vocoders or the mix.

I love it. Doesn't sound very much like Cynic, but I don't care.

anyone know where i can get Aeon Spoke in 320? it's near impossible to find and i doubt any record
store within a 500 mile radius of where i live has them in stock

This is really really really realllylyllylyly good

Liking this, but for how long? Who knows...

twas alright

this is great

underwhelming as ever

What the hell is going on with the production?

Production is seriously weak...can't judge the song quite yet.

Honestly haven't heard any Cynic, but this is a stark contrast to what I understood them to sound like. I enjoy it nonetheless. Definitely need to check out the new album when it drops as well as dig through their back catalog.

the hell is this shit

Well absolutely nothing like it should sound

its ok

at least you can hear the bass this time around

this is cool

huh.

Def has that Aeon Spoke vibe.

In Cynic I trust.

Starts off great but doesn't really continue to be great. Still stoked for the album none the less.

Song is okay but "okay" is not what we've come to expect from Cynic. [2]

lets see what cynic does.

Maybe we won't be bending after all

its ok

It is ok, but that production is killing it for me. It could actually be better with better production.

Where's the "Heavy"? If I wanted to listen to Aeon Spoke, I'd listen to Aeon Spoke. Heavily disappointed.

theres ur heavy ha

Weaksauce.

If the Beatles made a modern day metal song, it might sound something like this. I love the black versus white, ying versus yang thing going on in the video and the lyrics. I think this album is going to be a game changer for Cynic, and that is most definitely a good thing.

not gonna lie this is kinda dry

Only good thing I can think of is Malone is very much audible. The chorus is kinda lol tho

radical with garb production

wtf that chorus



holy fucking shit is it bad

Paul Masvidal=John Lennon of metal.

This band needs to keep making albums. Each release of theirs is nothing but quality, and a complete adventure. You can never predict what they are going to do next, which is exactly what I want from a band.

I got a big zeppelin vibe from the main riff. love it.

Cynic covering all of your dad's favorite songs

I love how this band brings out all the wannabe fourth rate 'metalheads'.

Don't you all have an Arcade Fire album to listen to?

only heard first 30 seconds but i can tell that track 5 will be my fav off the album. album is solid 3.96 top 10 2014

"Where's the "Heavy"? If I wanted to listen to Aeon Spoke, I'd listen to Aeon Spoke."

more like

"this song, which is representative of the entire album ofc, is not the sound i wanted ill coimmplain cause im not willing to open my puny brain"

I liked it

All you crybabys crying about not liking a new Cynic song, I can't even listen to it because I'm in Germany and it's GEMA blocked. Now you tell me what's worse than that

lolmany

Not a fan, but it's good to see them branch out (even if they've already sounded like this elsewhere).

Well its all shits n giggles until THE PRODUCTION IS ANNOYING and that's my one complaint about it.

youtube compression. youtube compression. youtube compression

Cynic ft. Frankie palmeri: kindly bent to watch you suck his dick

I liked it.

why didnt this have a breakdown??!

how could you

So Cynic has become Aeon Spoke.......

It's catchy......... Not crazy experimental amazingness that I expected of Cynic. It's just one song though.

So as it stands for me, early 2014 is real congested music wise and this doesn't help that, lol

i enjoy it

Don't be such a









Cynic

the bass is pushed so far forward on this song.

b00m spec b00m

Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhh

On the fence but I pre-ordered anyway.

this sucks so bad

"Cynic ft. Frankie palmeri: kindly bent to watch you suck his dick"

ok man, i LOL'd

SO HARD

ya u would

Just, wat.

xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

aww, thank you!

Always dem kind werds

gap

Masvidal ft. Moreira

This absolutely ridiculous that this is being released under the 'Cynic' moniker. This is not metal, it's an obvious cash-grab. It's an attempt to stir up enough controversy with the past fans of Cynic's actually interesting brand of metal to con them into buying this plain alternative music. This material has already been released as 'Aeon Spoke' and should be released as that once again, it's definitely insulting to past fans of Cynic.

In regards to the actual song, it's mediocre, and I would presume, mildly entertaining to those that enjoy alternative rock.

"this song, which is representative of the entire album ofc, is not the sound i wanted ill coimmplain cause im not willing to open my puny brain"

Reinert did mention their album is going to be along this line, so yes. Cynic pulled an Opeth.

Wow so much hate talk. Cash grab? These guys? Give me a fucking break

"cash grab" are you fucking high...

cash grab, no

gay, yes

"This is not metal, it's an obvious cash-grab."

Who cares if Cynic is not metal on this album? Cynic is Cynic. They play whatever the fuck they want
and they can get away with it because they're Cynic. It's good music, whether it fits within the metal
genre or not.

Great fuckin song.

The song has really grown on me, but I really hate the lyrics. The second verse about plants and seeds is laughable honestly and the line "Kiss the mouth of realities face" is squeezed into a spot where he has to like speed talk it through to keep a melody. Maybe its just not for me

I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THIS ON CASSETTE AND IN FLAC FORMAT!

Just kidding, this is pretty good, but not so much my cup of tea.
I imagine the album will be pretty varied, so I'm not too worried about it.
I better listen to this a few more times.

I'm still looking forward to the record. I wasn't expecting it to sound like Traced in Air, nor did I really want it to. The track is definitely a grower.

I like everything on CBA more than this, hopefully the album is better.

wheres the dm

'ss OK. Might be a grower, but I really hope this is one of the weaker tracks on the album.

Malone kicks ass as always, though.