Feb 21

Cynic Working On Material For New Album

Posted by Chris Harris on February 21, 2012 in New Records, News

Cynic

It is true, you prog nerd. It’s OK. I can call you a prog nerd because I’m a prog nerd.

Cynic’s Paul Masvidal says the band have been working on material for a new full-length album, which will be out by year’s end.

“Right now we’re deep in [writing] the album,” Masvidal says.

“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,” he adds. “I feel really great about it already; I think that we’re in good shape.”

When asked what fans could expect, Masvidal said that the new material is “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.”

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Chris Harris is an internationally-published music journalist and writer whose work has appeared on the pages of Rolling Stone, IFC.com, Revolver, Alternative Press, and Radar. The former news editor for Noisecreep.com, AOL’s heavy metal blog, Harris also served as co-host for the site’s weekly podcast, “Creep Show." Harris spent four years as a reporter and on-air talent for MTV News.