Photo Credit: Stephanie Cabral
Progressive metal legends Cynic have announced an extensive North American co-headlining tour with Atheist. The trek starts on June 10 in Austin, TX, and concludes on July 9 in Greensboro, NC. The tour will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Cynic’s iconic album, Focus, with the band performing the album in its entirety and paying tribute to late members Sean Reinert and Sean Malone. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (28th).
Cynic founding member Paul Masvidal comments:
“Come join us for a night of Cynic/Atheist magic! We’ll be celebrating our lifelong journey together with a night of progressive music and timeless memories. Don’t miss it!”
Atheist’s Kelly Schaefer states:
“This has been something that Paul (Cynic) and I have been talking about in some capacity since we were in our early 20s. It’s surreal to share a 30 year milestone together, and this tour will showcase for us a chance to play songs from our first 3 records as a special trilogy anniversary set, including songs not performed live in decades. Two titans of technical progressive metal coming together for a unicorn of a tour….one you will not want to miss!”
Tour sponsor Simon of Pull the Plug Patches adds:
“Pull The Plug Patches have been longtime fans since the early 1990s, and both Atheist and Cynic are two of our absolute favorite bands. It’s an honour to be able to be the presenting sponsor on such a landmark tour for two of the godfathers of Progressive Death Metal. I remember picking up ‘Unquestionable Presence’ right around the time of release, blew me away and is to this day one of my favorite albums. And for Cynic my first introduction was the At Death’s Door II’ sampler that Roadrunner released. I bought Focus the day it came out and again, one of my all time favorite records.”
Tour Dates:
06/10 Austin, TX @ Come and Take it Live
06/11 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
06/12 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
06/13 Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
06/14 San Diego, CA @ Brick by Brick
06/16 Las Vegas, NV @ Backstage Bar
06/17 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
06/19 Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom
06/20 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
06/21 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
06/23 Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
06/24 Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater
06/25 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
06/26 Milwaukee WI @ X-Ray Arcade
06/27 Chicago, IL @ Reggies
06/29 Ft. Wayne, IN @ Piere’s
06/30 Detroit, MI @ The Sanctuary
07/01 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
07/02 Quebec City, QC @ La Source de la Martinière
07/03 Montreal, QC @ Fairmount Theater
07/05 Boston, MA @ Middle-East Downstairs
07/06 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
07/07 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
07/08 Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
07/09 Greensboro, NC @ Hangar 1819
09/06 Atlanta, GA @ ProgPower USA*
*festival date, Cynic only
