CYNIC 17 years after "Portal" demos will finally be released officially

This is some piece of news that CYNIC fans have been dying to read for years: the famous, much sought-after Portal demos will finally be released officially! 17 years after, CYNIC masterminds Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert decided to share the 10 songs they recorded as Portal with guitarist Jason Gobel, bassist Chris Kringel and female vocalist Aruna Abrams on a worldwide scale.

"I never thought this day would come", Masvidal comments. "A couple demos we'd record after 'Focus', under the name 'Portal', would develop a life of their own, and somehow become part of CYNIC's larger discography. As an artist, it's an amazingly unpredictable journey, to see these quiet labors of love, find their way, in their own time."

"The Portal Tapes" will be released on next March 23rd (March 27th in North America), in strictly limited editions of 5000 digipak CDs and 1000 vinyl LPs.

CYNIC Headlining European Tour

Hot on the wheels of new EP "Carbon-Based Anatomy", Progressive legend CYNIC will embark on a headlining European tour for most of December with opening acts CHIMSPANNER and HYPNOSE.

03 Dec 11 Dublin (IE) The Village
04 Dec 11 Belfast (UK) Limelight
05 Dec 11 London (UK) Relentless Garage
06 Dec 11 Antwerp (BE) Trix
07 Dec 11 Rotterdam (NL) Baroeg
08 Dec 11 Paris (FR) Divan du Monde
09 Dec 11 Aarau (CH) Kiff
10 Dec 11 Romagnano Sesia (Novara) (IT) Rock'n'Roll
11 Dec 11 Ljubljana (SI) Gala Hala
12 Dec 11 Wien (AT) Arena
13 Dec 11 Budapest (HU) Club 202
14 Dec 11 Bratislava (SK) Randall
15 Dec 11 Prague (CZ) KD Kyje
16 Dec 11 Berlin (DE) Cassiopeia
17 Dec 11 Osnabrück (DE) Kleine Freiheit
18 Dec 11 Lyngby (DK) Templet
19 Dec 11 Hamburg (DE) Hafenklang
20 Dec 11 Amstelveen (NL) P60
21 Dec 11 Aschaffenburg (DE) Colos Saal

"Carbon-Based Anatomy" is available as limited edition digipak, 10" LP and coloured 10" LP onSeason of Mist's e-shop.

CYNIC's "Carbon-Based Anatomy" Release date: Oct 14 2011

CYNIC's upcoming release "Carbon-Based Anatomy" will hit the stores in exactly one month! To get a foretaste of this new EP, you can download the title track here and watch a teaser onSeason of Mist's YouTube channel.

Amidst The Coals Carbon-Based Anatomy Bija! Box Up My Bones Elves Beam Out Hieroglyph

CYNIC also warmly welcomes the talents of Brandon Giffin on bass and Max Phelps on guitar / vocals. You will have the opportunity to discover the new line-up live, on both a US and a European tour this November! Check out the tour dates in the LIVE section.

"Carbon-Based Anatomy" is available for pre-order as limited edition digipak and 10" vinyl LP on Season of Mist's e-shop.

Upcoming release: "Carbon-Based Anatomy"

Release date: Fri, Nov 11 2011, US Tue, Nov 15 2011

MP3 - CYNIC - Carbon-Based Anatomy - Carbon-Based Anatomy

CYNIC To Realese a New EP

Forefathers of Progressive Metal CYNIC have recorded a new EP entitled "Carbon-Based Anatomy", to be released on November 11th in Europe (November 15th in North America). Contrary to last year's "Re-Traced", this new EP exclusively consists of brand new material.

Here are the tracklisting and cover artwork of "Carbon-Based Anatomy":

1. Amidst The Coals
2. Carbon-Based Anatomy
3. Bija!
4. Box Up My Bones
5. Elves Beam Out
6. Hieroglyph

The artwork was designed by the great Robert Venosa, the artist behind the cover artworks of "Focus", "Traced in Air" and "Re-Traced". We regret to announce that Robert passed away last month. RIP.

Paul Masvidal describes this new EP as "both a philosophical as well as a musical journey, one that begins in the Amazon jungle on the lips of a shamanic wisewoman (as portrayed by Amy Correia) and ends in outerspace".

Last but not least, the fans will be excited to know that all bass parts on "Carbon-Based Anatomy" were recorded by Mr. Sean Malone.

Upcoming release: "Carbon-Based Anatomy"

Release date: Fri, Nov 11 2011, US Tue, Nov 15 2011