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Traced in Air

by Cynic

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ganondox They revolutionized progressive death metal, and they do just as well with straight progressive metal Favorite track: Integral Birth.
Cephalic Miasma
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Cephalic Miasma A highly unique album. Sean's creative and complex drumming never feels excessive and Paul delivers a highly emotive vocal performance over his excellent guitar structures and melodies. Favorite track: Evolutionary Sleeper.
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UbuntuStudioUser Masvidal's continued thematisation of humanity just underlines his inhuman writing skills. Favorite track: King of Those Who Know.
Joel P. Garcia
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Joel P. Garcia Classic. A staple in progressive metal.

Brings me back to college. Favorite track: Integral Birth.
GreenCamel96
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GreenCamel96 Themes, music and imagery blend together in a surprisingly light, pleasing and flowing work of art. One of my favourite albums, it feels just right (in medio stat virtus) Favorite track: Integral Birth.
HN
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HN Thank you so much for making amazing music. I met you guys in the summer of 2010 in Chicago at the Re-Traced/Re-Focus VIP tour. Favorite track: Evolutionary Sleeper.
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    When the legendary US band announced their reunion in 2007, all hell broke loose: a myriad of offers for festivals and tours immediately arrived on their desk and their dedicated fans as well as the press sang their praises. An obvious reaction for anybody versed in the history of progressive Death Metal. When guitarist Paul Masvidal and drummer Sean Reinert founded CYNIC in 1987, they had more in mind than just another brutal sound. Extreme Metal riffing was fused with Jazz and Progressive Rock gaining the Americans recognition far beyond the "scene". Their debut and until now only album “Focus” (1993) soon became a sought after cult classic. Now CYNIC come back stronger than ever: “Traced in Air” witnesses the band ascending to an even higher spiritual level of musicianship. Mathematical melodies pearl over oscillating soundscapes in glorious moments of pain and joy joining somewhere out in space: a monument of pure fascination!

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1.
Nunc Fluens 02:56
The space We claim the space The space
2.
Space, raise my arms Space, wake my eyes Space, grace my heart Can I be the space for this? Soft omens Traced in air Phantom warnings Disassembling the Captain's chair Can I be the space for this? Will I be the space for this? Breathe out, breathe in Out of ruins We've haunted like owls The future druids Drop the crystal goblet forming spells Can I be the space for this? Will I be the space for this? Breathe in, breathe out Must I bend the sky to realize? A bundle of thoughts On a dirty cloth perfumed To tell you who you are A bundle of thoughts On a lonely ghost pursuit Lost inside the space for this Raise my arms Space, wake my eyes Space, grace my heart Can I be the space for this? Will I be the space for this? Breathe in, breathe out Must I bend the sky to realize? Can I be the space for this (I will)? Will I be the space for this? Must I bend the sky to realize? I can be the space for this I will be the space for this I am now the space for this I am now the space for this I just bent the sky and realize
3.
Here's my hand you painted on A circle fades inside a heart Are you expected here? You whisper in my ear So I wash my hands till the water burns A circle sits outside a door Are you expected here? I whisper in your ear I'm whole, open I'm starved, broken I'm lost and found I'm an evolutionary sleeper If letting go means letting be And the truth beyond the mind is what I need If letting go means letting be And the truth beyond the mind is what I see I'm an evolutionary sleeper
4.
I touch the string though the harp may not sing Still I dig the sky for sun sparks to guide Down below there's a land with an ominous hole Dug deep in the sand of belief A million doves Orbit round the Earth with tears of blood Dare the virgin take integral birth From the void I am born into wave and particle In the uncreated light emerged an oracle A million doves Orbit round the Earth with tears of blood Slay the dragon, take integral birth Weep no more Noble silence usher my way home A million doves Orbit round the Earth with tears of blood Line in sand erased we are but one Cosmic cavalcade we are but one Time has come I take integral birth Reborn
5.
Memory, thunder cloud Sadi, Sati, killing down Starved at the root again We don't taste the air Mother tongue Om shrim maha Lakshmiyei swama om Vibrate (inner) universe Primal sate (counsels) To the unknown guest Penniless, in reverse A pathless land Where we touch Earth Dark at the bloom again We don't see the dawn Mother tongue Om shrim maha Lakshmiyei swama om Vibrate (inner) universe Primal state (counsels) To the unknown guest Pulsate Starved at the root again We don't taste the air Dark at the bloom again We hold our despair Mama tongue Om shrim maha Lakshmiyei swama om Vibrate (inner) universe timeless state (counsels) To the unknown guest Pulsate (silent) universe Mantra's grace Om
6.
Feet to hip Nave to breast Throat to brain And skin arranged Now we're one soul From my great arteries To every blade of grass A universal path Being A primal energy Where creation is born On sympathetic chords Healing Adam's murmur A Sanskrit alphabet On a holy apple tree With seven flowers Feet to hip Nave to breast Throat to brain And skin arranged A hole inside my chest I tap my heart to test The harmony within A merciful connection Healing Adam's murmur A Sanskrit alphabet On a holy apple tree With seven flowers Feet to hip Leaf to breast Throat to brain And skin arrange Feet to hip Leaf to breast Blood to brain And skin arranged Now we're one soul
7.
From the mountain top He looks upon the crowds Mindful among the mindless Unbound King of those who know I'm sheltering the fears The loneliness exposed An ocean born of tears For the world The churchyard bells Ring mine for just today Save me from hope That I'll be saved King of those who know My thirsts unquenchable The rain could become gold And share my box of bones In the ground We raise the vibratory level so high That all untruth will fall Of its own dead weight King of those who know I've taken off my clothes The diamond crushed the stone And gave the world a heart Our karma's all been burned The molecules emerge In a world beyond this world We dare speak the word King of those who know Into the pure abodes
8.
Nunc Stans 04:12
Hey comrade What will it be like on the day that we face our mortal life We're all given the misfortune of loss But that's a gift we call impermanence We don't own our work We don't own the Earth at all We're eternal Nunc Stans soldiers The eternal warriors We're accountants in the firm of life Entrusted with a body, heart and mind Hey comrade, did I love well? Have I learned to live moment to moment? We don't own our work We don't own the Earth We don't own our minds We don't own anything at all We're eternal Nunc Stans soldiers The eternal warriors It was not death It was not life It was love...

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When the legendary US band announced their reunion in 2007, all hell broke loose: a myriad of offers for festivals and tours immediately arrived on their desk and their dedicated fans as well as the press sang their praises. An obvious reaction for anybody versed in the history of progressive Death Metal. When guitarist Paul Masvidal and drummer Sean Reinert founded CYNIC in 1987, they had more in mind than just another brutal sound. Extreme Metal riffing was fused with Jazz and Progressive Rock gaining the Americans recognition far beyond the "scene". Their debut and until now only album “Focus” (1993) soon became a sought after cult classic. Now CYNIC come back stronger than ever: “Traced in Air” witnesses the band ascending to an even higher spiritual level of musicianship. Mathematical melodies pearl over oscillating soundscapes in glorious moments of pain and joy joining somewhere out in space: a monument of pure fascination!

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released November 17, 2008

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