Cynic

Earlier this week, the folks at MetalSucks.net announced that they would be holding The Metal Suckfest, a two-day concert event on November 4th and 5th in New York City. So far the only bands announced include headliners Municipal Waste and Cynic...

Relapse Records has announced that it will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Death's classic album 'Human' with a remastered reissue featuring previously unreleased demos. The album has also been re-mixed by Jim Morris, a longtime producer of Death records...

Cynic had a busy 1991. Members Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert played on Death's 'Human' album, while Cynic scored a deal with Roadrunner Records. Touring for 'Human' pushed back the recording of 'Focus' -- a masterpiece of progressive death metal...

The much-worshipped prog metallers Cynic were more noticed long after their now-classic 1993 release, 'Focus.' They released their second album, 'Traced in Air,' in 2008, but they will be heading out this July on the inaugural Decibel Hall of Fame Tour, where they will, well, focus on 'Focus,' playing the entire album, as well as tracks from 'Traced in Air...

When fans of California's Brain Drill lay ears on the band's new LP, 'Quantum Catastrophe,' which drops May 10, they're going to notice that the band has unbelievably boosted the technicality of its unique brand of death metal. And according to bassist Ivan Munguia, that was totally and utterly intentional...

For Levi/Werstler to pull off writing and recording their debut, 'Avalanche of Worms,' a lot of juggling had to take place. Guitarist Eyal Levi had to deal with his responsibilities in Daath and his production work; also having to deal with the day job of Daath is guitarist Emil Werstler...

"This opportunity was something that I couldn't turn down. Since I was young, I wanted to put out multiple recordings under different names, different sounds, different genres." guitarist Eyal Levi told Noisecreep about the guitar focused side project Levi/Werstler...

If you're sitting back and waiting for Levi/Werstler to bring the transcendent prog they showcase on the upcoming 'Avalanche of Worms' to a stage near you, don't hold your breath. There is a chance that the studio-designed side project of Eyal Levi and Emil Werstler of Daath could tour, but it's going to take some work and some voices to make it happen...

In 2009, former Strapping Young Lad throat Devin Townsend released what was perhaps one of the best metal discs of the year, 'Addicted,' the second of four records he plans on releasing under the Devin Townsend Project banner. Townsend toured in support of the disc for the first time in years, hitting the road with Between the Buried and Me and Cynic...

Master, the '80s Chicago underground death metal veterans now residing in the Czech Republic, are previewing the track 'Worship the Sun' from their 10th album, 'The Human Machine,' which comes out later this spring on Pulverised Records. The track can be heard online...