CYNIC Hard At Work On New Material

Guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal the progressive rock/metal band CYNIC has revealed to Andrew Pennington of Ireland's Molten magazine that the group is working on material for a new full-length album for a tentative late 2012 release.

"Right now we're deep in [writing] the album," Masvidal said. "It'll probably come out towards the end of the year. I think
that's the goal, to deliver it by the summer. So that's it right now;
just make a killer album. I feel really great about it already; I think
that we're in good shape." Regarding the musical direction of the new
material, Paul said, "It's almost like, I don't know how to
explain it, but if I had to put it in a box it's more sci-fi, futuristic and alien but at the same time very song-driven. It's kind of like, to
me, coming into CYNIC's body more. It feels very modern and at
the same time it just feels really cool. I'm big in the space. It's
definitely new. It's not like anything we've done before. It's a new
color, a new space. I think people will really take note of even the
guitar stuff. I'm really shifting gears, I'm trying things in a
different way and the way stuff is played. It's a new space for CYNIC, for sure. It definitely sounds like us, except completely new."

CYNIC's latest EP, "Carbon-Based Anatomy", was released in November via Season Of Mist. The CD artwork was designed by the great Robert Venosa, the artist behind the covers of CYNIC's previous releases "Focus", "Traced in Air" and "Re-Traced".

All bass parts on "Carbon-Based Anatomy" were recorded by one-time CYNIC bassist Sean Malone.

CYNIC was joined by Brandon Giffin on bass and Max Phelps on guitar and vocals during the group's recent North American and European tours in support of "Carbon-Based Anatomy".

Source: RNR