Cynic - Traced In Air

Piss on TheGooch.

By the way, I really dig this album. It has to be taken on its own merits, though. It's not like Focus. Sure, it's still heavy, progressive, with death metal and those weird robotic vocals. But it's clean. It doesn't have that deep, raw sound of Focus. It's crisp and clean.

So while that does leave you wanting that heavier sound of Focus, if you can get past that it's not Focus, or Focus II, then it's a great album.

I have liked all the songs that I have heard from this album, so I can't wait to get this.

The release date has been changed to November 17th.

So it's not the Focus that did Hocus Pocus? *just kidding*

Eyesore wrote:

Piss on TheGooch.

By the way, I really dig this album. It has to be taken on its own merits, though. It's not like Focus. Sure, it's still heavy, progressive, with death metal and those weird robotic vocals. But it's clean. It doesn't have that deep, raw sound of Focus. It's crisp and clean.

So while that does leave you wanting that heavier sound of Focus, if you can get past that it's not Focus, or Focus II, then it's a great album.

Oh please do, it would be kind of kinky don't you think?

TheGooch wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Piss on TheGooch.

By the way, I really dig this album. It has to be taken on its own merits, though. It's not like Focus. Sure, it's still heavy, progressive, with death metal and those weird robotic vocals. But it's clean. It doesn't have that deep, raw sound of Focus. It's crisp and clean.

So while that does leave you wanting that heavier sound of Focus, if you can get past that it's not Focus, or Focus II, then it's a great album.

Oh please do, it would be kind of kinky don't you think?

anyway, what is the album like, I get what eyesore said about it not being focus 2 but being good, but is it heavier on the progressive side or the death metal side?

in answer to your question i checked out the stuff on the myspace and it more prog than death IMO.

Neither of you have heard Focus, huh?

wrong. i have Focus on cd

The release date was pushed back from October 28 to November 25.

Eyesore wrote:

Neither of you have heard Focus, huh?

nope, hoped to bundle with this when it came out. the only stuff I've heard is from the videos of them playing live.

I read that the Japanese version of Traced in Air has three bonus tracks. Does anyone know about this?

I presume they are only remixes of tracks, but I'm still curious to know.

Required Fields wrote:

I read that the Japanese version of Traced in Air has three bonus tracks. Does anyone know about this?

I presume they are only remixes of tracks, but I'm still curious to know.

Could be the two demos and live track released on the promo sampler they gave away in Europe.

That seems like it could be it.

I got the album in the mail yesterday.

It's good, although significantly mellower than Focus, although I was expecting that. I know there are a lot of people who hated the more "robotic" (as some people have called them) vocals. Almost all of the vocals on Traced in Air fit that mold, with not many of the death growls, so if you didn't like Focus for that reason, you'll probably hate this album.

The album is pretty good "chill/mellow out" type music, though, in my opinion. I like it as a whole, although Focus is definitely the better album of the two. "The Unknown Guest" is the best song on it.

Also, the packaging of the album is fantastic.

I want this. Still haven't picked it up yet. So many cds, so little money.