by Bram Teitelman | Sep 10, 2015 | News, Splits
Well, this sucks. It looks like we might have seen the last of progressive metal/fusion band Cynic. The band, whose groundbreaking debut, 1993’s Focus, inspired countless other bands, took a 12-year hiatus before reforming in 2006. After a pair of albums, the...
by Zach Shaw | Jun 27, 2014 | Interviews
It’s a little after 8pm on a Thursday evening. Revocation just finished its set at the DevilDriver / Whitechapel tour’s stop in New York City, and now frontman David Davidson is standing a few blocks away from Stage 48, holding a spot on a semi-busy street for the...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 26, 2014 | News
In an interview with Terrorizer, Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford was asked about Cynic members Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert, who recently publicly came out. First, channeling Daffyd Thomas from the sitcom Little Britain, he stated “I am the only gay in the...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 3, 2014 | Crowdfunding, News
[youtube]http://youtu.be/vkQWWT7Tx9U[/youtube] Metal label Rogue Records doesn’t have a particularly large or well-known roster (Synthetic Breed, Means End, Humanity’s Last Breath and Dischordia are a few of it’s bands), but what they lack in size,...
by Bram Teitelman | May 22, 2014 | News, Touring, We're Getting The Band Back Together
[youtube]http://youtu.be/K6NK-kDL5Nk[/youtube] Fans of Cynic are already excited that they’ll be touring behind Kindly Bent to Free Us in July and August. Now, there’s more of a reason to get excited, especially if you’re an old school fan of the...