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	Cynic Traced in Air Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal Fifteen years after their legendary, genre-bending debut, "Focus", jazz fusion / death / prog-metal pioneers deliver the fantastic, "Traced in Air". True to this band's " legend" status, this sophomore release sees the neb... more » « less
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CD Details

All Artists: Cynic
Title: Traced in Air
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Season of Mist
Release Date: 12/8/2008
Album Type: Box set
Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal
Styles: Progressive, Progressive Metal, Death Metal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
Other Editions: Traced in Air
UPCs: 822603618228, 0822603918229, 822603918229

Synopsis

Album Description

Fifteen years after their legendary, genre-bending debut, "Focus", jazz fusion / death / prog-metal pioneers deliver the fantastic, "Traced in Air". True to this band's " legend" status, this sophomore release sees the nebulous crew reach, "...new heights of exploration, straight into the heart of CYNIC's soul." Like the band's debut, this landmark effort in originality and foresight erases and re-traces the lines between musical genres. Featuring Paul Masvidal & Sean Reinert from the "Human" line-up of the legendary band, DEATH! These virtuoso visionaries influenced every prog-metal band out today from DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN to OPETH to MESHUGGAH. The only predictable thing about the proficient pioneer that is "Traced in Air" is certain to become an earmark in the evolution of modern metal.

CD Reviews

Give it time...it grows on you.

Topraman | California, USA | 01/30/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Being a big fan of metal, my initial reaction to Traced in Air was negative. Cynic was never super brutal or heavy, but they had a death metal edge on their first album that is missing on this one. In fact, it sounded at first like emo-influenced prog-metal, and struck me as less adventurous than the jazz-death-metal of Focus.

But after a few listens, I stopped caring. The songwriting on the album is just that good. Whereas some of the riffs on Focus's songs were unmemorable, every single riff on Traced in Air is golden. The instrumentation is intricate, and the music is passionate. Just like on Focus, the lyrics are very spiritual (with plenty of influence from Hinduism and Indian spiritual philosophy in general). I am not a spiritual person, but these are some really good lyrics. The production is surprisingly good, and does not suffer from the usual clipping that plagues many modern rock/metal releases.

There are a lot of music artists who make emotional music. But very few of these artists are able to support such emotionality with appropriately gripping music (hence why I'm not a fan of emo or any whiny music for that matter). But Cynic did it on Traced in Air. You have to give this album a chance. It's practically a spiritual experience, and one of the best albums of the decade."