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10.30.2008

CYNIC'S TRACED IN THE AIR AVAILBLE FOR DOWNLOAD

CYNIC's "Traced in Air" now officially available for download

Although the much-anticipated new album Traced in Air (Season of Mist) from reunited progressive metallers CYNIC won't be released in North America till November 25th (it was originally scheduled for an October 28th release), the album is now officially available for download:

iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=292143369&s=143441

eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/album/Cynic-Traced-In-Air-MP3-Download/11289133.html

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001HF1SD0?ie=UTF8&child=B001HF1SOE

Rhapsody: http://www.rhapsody.com/cynic/tracedinair

Napster: http://free.napster.com/view/album/index.html?id=12956241

The first run of CYNIC's "Traced in Air" CD will be a limited-edition hard cover digi-pak with the cover artwork embossed to further showcase the beautiful cover by renowned artist Robert Venosa, as well as eight original pieces of art paired with the eight songs found on the album. Venosa created the unmistakable cover and visuals for 1993's groundbreaking "Focus" album. This limited-edition will also feature a poster of the cover art.

Also released the same day is the Traced in Air Collector's Box, which will only be available for order on-line and limited to 1,000 copies. The box contains the following:

    * USB keychain with the Cynic logo included
    * DVD size album art and lyric booklet
    * Three stickers with Venosa art from Traced in Air
    * Postcard sticker of the Traced in Air cover
    * Plexiglas case, etched with the Cynic logo and album title for CD included
    * Compressed Cynic t-shirt
    * Limited Edition Poster
    * Journal: Limited edition also contains a one of a kind translucent 24-page journal booklet (magnifying glass included), with personal notes, lyric sketches, rare photos, thoughts and dreams taken directly from Cynic's universe, mostly consisting of Paul Masvidal's personal journals which tell the story of Traced In Air and his own creative process as a songwriter. Equally lucid and esoteric, a true Cynic fan will cherish the raw beauty of this unique and profound piece of art.

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10.14.2008

NEW CYNIC RELEASE AT SEASON OF MIST

The release date for "Traced in Air," the new album from reunited progressive metallers CYNIC originally slated for release on October 28th via SEASON OF MIST RECORDS in North America, has now been pushed back to November 25th, 2008. The album will be released a week earlier by Season of Mist in Europe on November 17th, 2008.

In a statement about the date change, guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal comments, "When Season of Mist made us aware of the release date change, it was immediately apparent that this offered us the potential to spread the word even more about this album. Sean and I are extremely proud of the new record and are looking forward to sharing it with CYNIC fans around the world, even if we have to wait just a bit longer. We're thrilled about touring with OPETH next month in Europe, and of course the states tour beginning in January is going to be on fire!"

The first run of CYNIC's "Traced in Air" CD will be a limited-edition hard cover digi-pak with the cover artwork embossed to further showcase the beautiful cover by renowned artist Robert Venosa, as well as eight original pieces of art paired with the eight songs found on the album. Venosa created the unmistakable cover and visuals for 1993's groundbreaking "Focus" album. This limited-edition will also feature a poster of the cover art.

Also released the same day is the Traced in Air Collector's Box, which will only be available for order on-line and limited to 1,000 copies. The box contains the following:

    * USB keychain with the Cynic logo included
    * DVD size album art and lyric booklet
    * Three stickers with Venosa art from Traced in Air
    * Postcard sticker of the Traced in Air cover
    * Plexiglas case, etched with the Cynic logo and album title for CD included
    * Compressed Cynic t-shirt
    * Limited Edition Poster
    * Journal: Limited edition also contains a one of a kind translucent 24-page journal booklet (magnifying glass included), with personal notes, lyric sketches, rare photos, thoughts and dreams taken directly from Cynic's universe, mostly consisting of Paul Masvidal's personal journals which tell the story of Traced In Air and his own creative process as a songwriter. Equally lucid and esoteric, a true Cynic fan will cherish the raw beauty of this unique and profound piece of art.

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10.06.2008

NEW SITE CHANGES!

You may have noticed that over the past few months quiet changes have been made to the site. First we gave you new artist pages. Check out your favorite and you'll find widgets, videos, music, and much more. Plus they look great.

A few weeks back we also updated our Artists page. You'll see highlighted artists up top in blue. These change as artists are updated with news, video, and music. This is a great page to make your first port-of-call after the news section!

Today we've relaunched three other pages. Music and Video are all new. You can now embed all of our music and video posted to the site in your blog, web site, or MySpace/Facebook profiles. At the right of these pages you'll see charts driven by what YOU do on our site. You can also leave comments at all songs and videos, rate them, and favorite them in our new profile system (more on that in a sec).

The Releases page has gotten a huge makeover. Every album now has its own home page where you can see the available tracks, rate it, leave a review, or comment on others' reviews. Snazzy huh?

Finally, we just launched our new profile pages. If you're a subscriber to our email newsletters, you can log in, add your own picture, keep track of the latest updates on our site (and partner sites), follow your favorite videos and music, and tell us what bands you want to hear about.

Of course, many of these new features require that you be a member of the site to use them, so please join today!

We are, of course, in a beta phase and need your help to make the site work the best for YOU. If you see any problems or want to suggest changes to the new features, please send an email to webmaster@roadrunnerrecords.com with "NEW SITE REPORT" in the subject line. If you receive an error, please be as detailed as possible, including what page you were on, what browser you are using, and copy any error message you receive into the body of the email.

Please feel free to leave comments here below!

Cheers!

Jeremy Rosen

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01.19.2006

ROADRUNNER ON MYSPACE

We have a new page for you to bookmark alongside our main hub here at RoadRunnerRecords.com...

Our newly revamped and relaunched official home on MySpace - come take a look at www.myspace.com/roadrunnerrecords.

Once there, you can join our network of friends, make new ones to talk music and whatever else you please with, and enjoy everything from pictures, to banners, to videos and jukeboxes, to special promotions and prize giveways for all your favorite Roadrunner artists.

We're looking forward to seeing you there and welcome your feedback to help us make Roadrunner's MySpace page the best that it can be.

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10.13.2005

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'Captains' Joey Jordison ( Slipknot ), Dino Cazares (ex- Fear Factory/Brujeria ), Robert Flynn ( Machine Head ) and Matthew Heafy ( Trivium ) play on the songs they have written and have also assembled a unique team of artists to appear on each track. I n cluding contributions from such metal luminaries as Corey Taylor, Paul Gray and Jim Root of Slipknot, Howard Jones and Mike D. from Killswitch Engage, Peter Steele and Josh Silver from Type O Negative, Dez Fafara of DevilDriver/Coal Chamber fame, Mark Hunter of Chimaira, King Diamond and members of Opeth, Machine Head, Fear Factory, Trivium, Sepultura, Soulfly, Deicide, Life of Agony and many, MANY more - this is an album in which the whole is even greater than the sum of it's parts.

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Cynic was formed in November of 1987 in Miami, Florida by Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert . Paul and Sean were elementary school classmates when they first started making music together. After a series of mini-projects and explorations, they decided to seriously seek out other musicians. For junior high, Paul was sent away to boarding school in upstate New York where he found bass player Mark Van Erp. Mark eventually moved to Miami along with his friend Jack Kelly who was added on vocals thus completing the first official Cynic line-up. This early incarnation of Cynic was focused on making brutal death metal with primary influences taken from bands such as Venom, Possessed, Slayer, Kreator, Destruction and Dark Angel. It is this lineup that would later be featured on the release of their first, self-titled demo in 1988.
Cynic parted ways with Jack in 1988, and Paul took over vocal duties. Jason Gobel (whom they met at a show they performed at) was added on guitar and and in 1989, they cut their second demo, entitled Reflections Of A Dying World, consisting of four songs. All of the songs on this demo were of the speed metal/thrash genre, with even some punk elements incorporated. This lineup soon began touring the south Florida area and bootlegs exist of them as far back as May of 1988. Soon after, Mark was out of the band and Tony Choy was added on bass. In 1990, Cynic released their third demo (also self-titled). This helped to gain them a large following throughout southern and central Florida, as well as their constant touring and cameo appearances (opening for national acts) in the South Florida area. This new lineup would remain intact until 1991.
During this time, the bands' influences were beginning to dramatically change. While they were still listening to contemporaries like Atheist and Death, and enticed by the sheer intensity of these extreme forms of music, their musical and creative abilities were growing, and consequently, they began listening to more complex and eclectic forms of music. Classic jazz, bebop and fusion groups such as Mahavishnu Orchestra and Allan Holdsworth began influencing their work. Artists such as Pat Metheny and Frank Zappa, 20th Century classical music and even certain forms of pop were expanding their record collections. This change in technical and creative skill had already made its way into their songs as the band took a great leap forward in musicianship for their second and third demos.
By the early part of 1991, Cynic had evolved into a progressive death metal band, although the band themselves didn't consider themselves to be death metal. The music had the technicality of progressive metal with the brutal vocal qualities of death metal. They cut a fourth and final demo in 1991 (financed by Roadrunner Records) consisting of three tracks. Two of these tracks would, in a drastically different form, make it onto their debut album. In April of 1991, Paul and Sean played on the groundbreaking Death album Human alongside the band's mastermind Chuck Schuldiner and Steve DiGiorgio of Sadus. They described their relationship with Chuck as "very laid-back", and were able to help Chuck with the writing by giving him input, which had been missing on the earlier Death records. The result was a classic record, and Death even got some MTV airplay for their video "Lack Of Comprehension". At the same time, Tony Choy was filling in for the late Roger Patterson on Atheist's Unquestionable Presence, also a great album in its own right, and guesting on Pestilence's Testimony of the Ancients. Paul did guitars on Master's On The Eighth Day, God Created Master, and Jason worked with Monstrosity (whom Mark Van Erp joined), playing lead on their Imperial Doom album. All of this guest work helped to enlarge the fan base for Cynic, making them, according to Roadrunner Records, "...the most popular underground act to never record an album."
Cynic was planning to record their first full-length album on the Roadrunner label after recording the Death record, but Paul and Sean decided to complete the tour cycle for Death's European tour through the rest of 1991. These and other delays were part of what expanded Cynic's popularity and also gave them more time to develop their sound. Immediately upon Sean and Paul's return from Death's European tour, they scheduled to go into the studio in October of 1992 with Scott Burns to record their debut album , when catastrophe hit. Unfortunately for everyone, Hurricane Andrew destroyed Jason's house along with the band's rehearsal facilities. Their plans to record were put on hold until March of 1993. Incidentally, this also interrupted Chuck Schuldiner's plans for the next Death release, Individual Thought Patterns, for which Sean Reinert was his first choice as drummer. Sean decided to put his energies back into Cynic. Chuck hired ex-Dark Angel drummer Gene Hoglan (whom he met through writer / long-time associate Borivoj Krgin) to fill in. During this time, Cynic was working with ex-Viogression vocalist Brian DeNeffe. Also around this time, a track of Cynic's was finally released on CD. "Uroboric Forms" appeared in demo form on the Roadrunner compilation At Death's Door II in 1992 with a note that Cynic's debut album would be released in May 1993.
May 1993 came and went and no album appeared. The band mutually parted ways with Tony Choy who went on to become Atheist's full time bass player. Soon after, Chris Kringel joined the band, whom they met through Brian Deneffe (Viogression). Chris played with the band for a while (and eventually with Portal), but logistics and stylistic differences led to Darren Mcfarland (from Atheist) whom went into the studio with the band. When things didn't work out with Darren, Cynic were back in Miami with all tracks recorded minus bass. Days after their return, Steve Digorgio was at Morrisound recording Death's Individual Thought Patterns. One day in a phone conversation with Paul, Steve passed the phone to Sean Malone who happened to be an employee at Morrisound. Steve learned of his bass playing skills during the Individual recording sessions. After sending his bass demo to Cynic and meeting shortly after, he recorded bass tracks at Morrisound Studios (where the band had recorded their previous demos), and they finally mixed the record. September 14, 1993, Focus was finally released. With over two years since their last demo, Focus was a remarkable change from the style of any of their previous material, and quite different from anything else in the music world as well.
After the release of Focus, Cynic went on a European tour supporting Pestilence. For their live shows, they added a fifth member, lead singer/growler Tony Teegarden, who had actually sung th

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