Cynic - Carbon-Based Anatomy

I Could Be Eternity

#147) Cynic - Carbon-Based Anatomy (2011)

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


on first listen i was pretty disappointed with this album. 3 of the tracks (Amidst the Coals, Bija! and Hieroglyph)  are "worldy" instrumentals, the other 3 tracks find Cynic once again removing the metal from their sound. the songs here are more like the re-imaginings found on Re-Traced. so like i said, first listen i was disappointed. to me half the album was bullshit filler and the 3 real songs weren't metal. then i listened to the album a couple more times and i really fucking dig it. i'm still not crazy about the instrumental tracks but the 3 "songs" are amazing. Masdival's voice sounds great and though there isn't as much proggery going on the songs still sound rad. while i hope they bring back the metal for future albums i wouldn't be horribly disappointed if this record represents the new sound of Cynic.