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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings
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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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Jul 15, 2015What happened to this band? A once powerhouse of prog/jazz-fusion/metal has turned to pure boredom. There is nothing here to listen to. Every song monotonously drags to the next. Whatever happened to the creativity of Focus?
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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, 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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Feb 20, 2014This isn't a slight dip in quality, it's an avalanche.