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Feb 20, 2014While Cynic's songwriting here is far from simple, their ability to create cohesion between the many elements at work in their music is a boon to the listener, providing the opportunity to enjoy the depth and complexity of the music without needing to spend an excessive amount of time trying to make heads or tails of it.
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Feb 20, 2014The dynamics are top notch, shifting masterfully from a melodic tone to a heavy, empowered voice.
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Feb 20, 2014Cynic’s shredders utilize their skills to construct great melodies and riffs, which often blossom into solid tunes that demand the listener’s attention.
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Feb 20, 2014While Kindly Bent To Free Us carries Cynic’s trademark sound, it simultaneously sounds like it could’ve been written by a number of groups.
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Mar 10, 2014Kindly Bent to Free Us works as a sort of retroactive insult: It resurrects many of the misgivings people have always had about Cynic--the overindulgent vocals, for instance, or the ponderous new-age musings--and runs wild with them.
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Feb 20, 2014This isn't a slight dip in quality, it's an avalanche.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 24
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Mixed: 2 out of 24
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Negative: 16 out of 24
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