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Cynic Announces Lineup Changes

posted Dec 15, 2010 at 3:54 AM by The_Avant_Garde.  (6 Comments)

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Progressive metal veterans Cynic have posted the following statement online;

"We're announcing a change in the band's lineup this winter.

"After much soul-searching and discussion, CYNIC will say goodbye to bassist Robin Zielhorst and guitarist Tymon Kruidenier. This decision was reached mutually, with great respect for each other as people and the work that we've done over the past 2-3 years.

"The logistical challenges of maintaining a band that is half based in The Netherlands and the other half in the United States (drummer Sean Reinert and guitarist Paul Masvidal live in California) has become unworkable.

"The pre-production stages for CYNIC's next release have just begun and it seemed like an appropriate time to define the next chapter of the band.

"The new CYNIC release is coming in summer 2011 on the Season of Mist label."

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6 Comments on "Cynic Announces Lineup Changes"

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1. zombieritual87 writes:

even though they are losing those 2 guys, im excited for the next cynic album

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2. OlafBerzerker writes:

X 2

np: Death Human

# Dec 15, 2010 @ 1:39 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. THRASH TILL DEATH writes:

Wow. i gess there gona have to find some new incredible players again

# Dec 15, 2010 @ 2:20 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. hellcannon writes:

ooohhh thats rough. Tymon and Robin were great. But Paul and Sean have done it before, i'm sure the next album will still be amazing.

# Dec 15, 2010 @ 2:32 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. Progressivity_In_All writes:

Paul and Sean ARE Cynic. No worries.

# Dec 15, 2010 @ 3:07 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. Cynic writes:

I suspect that, being such talented guys, Tymon and Robin figured out that being in the band you've always idolized (despite how cool it sounds) will never be as good as producing your own material.

They've got their name out anyway so hopefully we will see more of them in the future. Too bad Exivious never produced an album that followed through with what their first demo promised.

Oh and new Cynic album... years ago when Cynic was still obscure, them reuniting was a pipe dream and I spent my time hunting down extremely low quality bootleg videos (way pre-youtube, lol) I would have chewed my own arm off for a new release. Nothing much has changed :P

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