I love the band Cynic. They started out in the late 80s as a progressive death metal band akin to other stalwarts of the Florida metal secne (Death, Atheist), put out an awesome album (“Focus”) in 1993, broke up a year later, and got back together and put out an even more awesome album (“Traced in Air”) in 2008. Along the way, their music has become much more experimental, and it’s debatable whether what they’re playing now should even be categorized as “metal.”
That said, they have a six-song EP coming out next month, and I just came across this clip of the title track, “Carbon-Based Anatomy.” Love it.
A Thinking Reed 