CYNIC guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal recently told Molten magazine that the band has been working on material for their next record for a tentative late 2012 release.
Masvidal explains:
Right now we’re deep in [writing] the album. It’ll probably come out towards the end of the year. I think that’s the goal, to deliver it by the summer. So that’s it right now; just make a killer album. I feel really great about it already; I think that we’re in good shape.
In regards to the musical direction of the album, Masvidal states:
It’s almost like, I don’t know how to explain it, but if I had to put it in a box it’s more sci-fi, futuristic and alien but at the same time very song-driven. It’s kind of like, to me, coming into Cynic’s body more. It feels very modern and at the same time it just feels really cool. I’m big in the space. It’s definitely new. It’s not like anything we’ve done before. It’s a new color, a new space. I think people will really take note of even the guitar stuff. I’m really shifting gears, I’m trying things in a different way and the way stuff is played. It’s a new space for Cynic, for sure. It definitely sounds like us, except completely new.
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