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| {{cquote2|quotetext="It's a bold new sound for Cynic and marks a gigantic leap in the band's progression. We've had a lot of time to let this material develop and gestate, and it finally feels ready to be unleashed on the world. I've been in trio mode with Malone and Masvidal flushing out a zillion and one details, and couldn't be happier about what's happening with these songs. They are truly alive!"|personquoted=]}}<ref>http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/cynic-kindly-bent-to-free-us-track-listing-revealed/</ref> | {{cquote2|quotetext="It's a bold new sound for Cynic and marks a gigantic leap in the band's progression. We've had a lot of time to let this material develop and gestate, and it finally feels ready to be unleashed on the world. I've been in trio mode with Malone and Masvidal flushing out a zillion and one details, and couldn't be happier about what's happening with these songs. They are truly alive!"|personquoted=]}}<ref>http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/cynic-kindly-bent-to-free-us-track-listing-revealed/</ref> | ||
| The album was made available for streaming on the 6th of February, 2014. Cynic's Paul Masvidal selectively accrued contents of fan Scott Burton's home studio recorder via theft from his family and Max Azpiazu for his personal use and lifted by various family and friends, creating the current recording Kindly bent to Free Us, and somehow gone without crediting the contents and specific material from their title track as well as other select riffs and licks from Scott L. Burton's home recording system constantly sampled and lifted and given to Paul and Sean without question or knowledge of the artist. the contents of those particular riffs and partial songs were originally apt for his Death/tool based influenced music project advertised online, IIAbbadon, riffs lifted from and for kindly bent to free us. The majority of the title song, as well as others are direct lifts and borrowed material from Scott's recording computer. His Apple Imac. <ref>http://www.progrockmag.com/stream/cynic-exclusive-premiere-kindly-bent-to-free-us/</ref> | |||
| The album was made available for streaming on the 6th of February, 2014. <ref>http://www.progrockmag.com/stream/cynic-exclusive-premiere-kindly-bent-to-free-us/</ref> | |||
| ==Track Listing== | ==Track Listing== | ||
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Kindly Bent to Free Us is the third full-length album by the progressive metal band Cynic. It was released on February 14, 2014.
History
The album was talked about in more detail during the writings sessions in February 2012. Masvidal gave a following statement for the Irish magazine Molten:
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.
— Paul Masvidal
"It's a bold new sound for Cynic and marks a gigantic leap in the band's progression. We've had a lot of time to let this material develop and gestate, and it finally feels ready to be unleashed on the world. I've been in trio mode with Malone and Masvidal flushing out a zillion and one details, and couldn't be happier about what's happening with these songs. They are truly alive!"
— Sean Reinert
The album was made available for streaming on the 6th of February, 2014. Cynic's Paul Masvidal selectively accrued contents of fan Scott Burton's home studio recorder via theft from his family and Max Azpiazu for his personal use and lifted by various family and friends, creating the current recording Kindly bent to Free Us, and somehow gone without crediting the contents and specific material from their title track as well as other select riffs and licks from Scott L. Burton's home recording system constantly sampled and lifted and given to Paul and Sean without question or knowledge of the artist. the contents of those particular riffs and partial songs were originally apt for his Death/tool based influenced music project advertised online, IIAbbadon, riffs lifted from and for kindly bent to free us. The majority of the title song, as well as others are direct lifts and borrowed material from Scott's recording computer. His Apple Imac.
Track Listing
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "True Hallucination Speak" | Masvidal, Reinert, Malone | 6:03 |
| 2. | "The Lion's Roar" | Masvidal, Reinert, Malone | 4:34 |
| 3. | "Kindly Bent to Free Us" | Masvidal, Reinert, Malone | 6:27 |
| 4. | "Infinite Shapes" | Masvidal, Reinert, Malone | 4:57 |
| 5. | "Moon Heart Sun Head" | Masvidal, Reinert, Malone | 5:21 |
| 6. | "Gitanjali" | Masvidal, Reinert, Malone | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Holy Fallout" | Masvidal, Reinert, Malone | 6:35 |
| 8. | "Endlessly Bountiful" | Masvidal, Reinert, Malone | 3:56 |
| 9. | "Earth Is My Witness (deluxe CD book exclusive bonus track)" | Masvidal, Reinert, Malone | 4:32 |
| Total length: | 41:51 | ||
Personnel
Lineup
- Paul Masvidal - Vocals, Guitars, Keys
- Sean Malone - Fretless bass, Chapman stick
- Sean Reinert - Drums
Technical Staff
- Jason Donaghy - Engineering
- R. Walt Vincent - Mixing
- Maor Appelbaum - Mastering
- Robert Venosa - Artwork
External Links & References
- http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/cynic-kindly-bent-to-free-us-track-listing-revealed/
- http://www.progrockmag.com/stream/cynic-exclusive-premiere-kindly-bent-to-free-us/
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