Cynic vs. Animals as Leaders

Cynic are not clinical shred music, that goes for all of their albums. I personally don't even consider them that "technical" either, as that would insinuate all out complexity, which I don't think they are. 

Animals As Leaders for me.

Wow that is a tough one, I really can't vote...for once I may have to say "like them equally"

If you like Cynic look into Atheist. They are not as jazzy and certainly not as mellow....more technical than progressive, but awesome stuff and still jazzy influenced. At least look into "Elements" by them!

Cynic, though I think 90s tech death has a lot more to offer than those guys

I don't like neither of them, clinical shred music.
(ducks and retreats) 

ctehguitar wrote: Wow, thanks, I'm really stoked that you like my band haha. In a few weeks, we should have a new song up, a full one that's much longer than the clips we have up (around 7 minutes) called Stars and Vermin, and if you like the sci-fi thing you'll really like this one in particular. The lyrics are about the idea that stars are living organisms and in the far future civilizations come to realize this and a struggle for control of solar energy erupts between the stars and their host planets. I don't know whose gonna do the vocals though, if anyone knows anyone that would be interested, that would be sweet...I'm looking to do an online collaboration with someone. After that's finished I'll be recording the full version of Organic Universe. Once again, thanks for the kind words, and like us on Facebook if you have one!

Nice! It sounds like a really cool and original storyline that should go great with the music. And yes, I already liked your band on facebook

Wow, thanks, I'm really stoked that you like my band haha. In a few weeks, we should have a new song up, a full one that's much longer than the clips we have up (around 7 minutes) called Stars and Vermin, and if you like the sci-fi thing you'll really like this one in particular. The lyrics are about the idea that stars are living organisms and in the far future civilizations come to realize this and a struggle for control of solar energy erupts between the stars and their host planets. I don't know whose gonna do the vocals though, if anyone knows anyone that would be interested, that would be sweet...I'm looking to do an online collaboration with someone. After that's finished I'll be recording the full version of Organic Universe. Once again, thanks for the kind words, and like us on Facebook if you have one!

adace1 wrote: ^That reminds me. I can't wait until Tesseract comes out with their debut record. That song rules.

All the hype leading up to their release reminds me of Sun Caged. They had these awesome demos and mp3.com clips that got everybody all excited. Then we waited....and waited...and waited. When it was finally released it was washed out studio polished drivel and everything was done to make them sound as much like Dream Theater as possible. Very disappointing. I predict similar for Tesseract. How long has the same hair swishing video been out? At least 6 months that I have known about, and likely more since I'm usually late on this stuff. Don't get me wrong, I like the couple songs I've heard, but the scenario smells all to familiar.


On the subject of the poll:  Cynic was a ground breaker with their debut. But as far as my musical enjoyment, Animals as Leaders is much more enjoyable. Especially compared to Cynics latest releases. They did nothing for me.

ctehguitar wrote: Two of my favorite bands ever, but Cynic will always be number one! If you guys want to hear a band that kind of sounds like a fusion of Cynic and AAL you should check out my band Crossing The Event Horizon. http://soundcloud.com/crossingtheeventhorizon http://listn.to/crossingtheeventhorizon

Wow dude! Your band rules! It really does sound like a mix between them. I'm also really interested to see what the rest of Organic Universe sounds like. The mix between synths and metal in your songs is really fresh and satisfying. Will you be coming out with an album? If so then I can't wait to hear it! Oh and I'm a pretty huge fan of sci-fi stuff so I think your band name is also pretty epic


Edited by adace1 - December 21 2010 at 22:41

Cynic.