{"id":16892,"date":"2014-02-14T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=16892"},"modified":"2018-01-15T17:31:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T17:31:19","slug":"news-cynic-release-third-studio-album-kindly-bent-to-free-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-cynic-release-third-studio-album-kindly-bent-to-free-us\/","title":{"rendered":"CYNIC Release Third Studio Album \u2018Kindly Bent To Free Us\u2019 (February 14th, 2014) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CYNIC Release Third Studio Album \u2018Kindly Bent To Free Us\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nFebruary 14th, 2014<\/strong><\/span>
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\nAmerican progressive metal outfit Cynic issued third full-length studio album Kindly Bent To Free Us<\/em><\/a> in Europe on February 14th, 2014 through Season Of Mist. The label scheduled North American release for February 18th.<\/p>\n

Production duties were handled by Cynic at Perfect Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California, while engineering duties were handled by Jason Donaghy. Mixing was overseen by R. Walt Vincent, and mastering was overseen by Maor Appelbaum.<\/p>\n

The cover artwork was designed by the late Robert Venosa.<\/p>\n

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The track listing was as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018True Hallucination Speak\u2019
\n02. \u2018The Lion\u2019s Roar\u2019
\n03. \u2018Kindly Bent To Free Us\u2019
\n04. \u2018Infinite Shapes\u2019
\n05. \u2018Moon Heart Sun Head\u2019
\n06. \u2018Gitanjali\u2019
\n07. \u2018Holy Fallout\u2019
\n08. \u2018Endlessly Bountiful\u2019
\n09. \u2018Earth Is My Witness\u2019 (deluxe CD book bonus track)<\/p>\n

Cynic\u2019s line-up was as follows;<\/p>\n

Paul Masvidal (vocals, guitar and keyboards)
\nSean Malone (bass)
\nSean Reinert (drums)<\/p>\n

Official lyric videos were created for the title track and the songs \u2018The Lion\u2019s Roar\u2019 and \u2018True Hallucination Speak\u2019, which can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Second studio record Traced In Air<\/em> was released in November 2008.<\/p>\n