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Genre :: Death Metal Source :: CDDA . :: :: Label :: Century Media Records R.date :: 2017.05.19 :: _::__ Cat.nr. :: N/A Size :: 103,86 MB __::_ ::// \\:: ::/---------------------------------------------------------------------\:: :: :: /: Encoder :: LAME 3.98.4 -V0 :\ ..: Bitrate :: avg. 257kbps : . . Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint Stereo . . . Website :: N/A __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ tracklist /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: 01. Uroboric Forms 03:46 :: :: 02. The Eagle Nature 03:28 :: :: 03. Pleading for Preservation 05:04 :: :: 04. Lifeless Irony 04:08 :: :: 05. Thinking Being 04:53 :: :: 06. Cruel Gentility 04:33 :: :: 07. Denaturalizing Leaders 03:47 :: :: 08. Extremes 02:30 :: :: 09. A Life Astray 02:45 :: :: 10. Agitating Affliction 03:39 :: :: 11. Once Misguided 03:00 :: :: 12. Weak Reasoning 03:39 :: :: 13. Dwellers of the Threshold 03:59 :: :: 14. Uroboric Forms (Alternative) 03:47 :: :: 15. The Eagle Nature (Alternative) 03:34 :: :: ------- :: .. >> 56:32 .. __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ release notes /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: :: :: While the current status of Cynic remains fluid (neither :: :: Paul Masvidal or Sean Reinert have made a definitive :: :: statement in well over a year), the band's highly-regarded :: :: demo period is getting its just due by way of Uroboric Forms :: :: û The Complete Demo Recordings. A collection of all four of :: :: the band's key late '80s/early '90s demos, Uroboric Forms :: :: shows just how vital and lively Cynic was as they progressed :: :: (pun intended) into their legendary debut, 1993's Focus. :: :: :: :: The more recent Cynic has displayed a progressive-lite :: :: touch, even ditching some of their primary metal elements. :: :: The material here, though, are total progressive death metal :: :: works. Masvidal is in full Floridian death metal growl mode, :: :: oftentimes resembling his former Death bandmate Chuck :: :: Schuldiner on "The Eagle Nature," culled from the bandÆs :: :: 1991 demo. The interplay between Reinert and then-bassist :: :: Tony Choy is simply electric, with the two creating an :: :: active, carefully-constructed field of drum and bass action, :: :: as so captured on ôThinking Beingö and "Cruel Gentility" :: :: from their 1990 demo. :: :: :: :: The production on the 1990 and 1991 demos is top-notch, with :: :: the band utilizing the services of Morrisound Studio, the :: :: undisputed hotbed for Floridian death metal. The Reflections :: :: of a Dying World demo is the roughest of the bunch, finding :: :: Cynic ensconced in thrash; the same bodes for their 1988 :: :: demo. As an additional bonus, the vocalist audition tapes :: :: from the unknown Brian De Neffe are excellent, begging to :: :: wonder why Cynic didnÆt add the man to the band. :: :: :: :: Because very few of these songs made it onto Focus, theyÆve :: :: achieved exalted status, and rightfully so. By the time :: :: Roadrunner signed the band for Focus, Cynic was already :: :: moving away from death metal, but Uroboric Forms & The :: :: Complete Demo Recordings is a brilliant snapshot in time. :: :: :: :: . _ _ . :: \: :. \\ ___________ . ___________ // .: :/ __\____ :: ____ ___\ _ / BERC : 2017 \ _ /___ ____ :: ____/__ \\\f3! :: \\\ __ _/_________i_________\ /___/ /// :: cRO/// \ :: :\-\___________\_ ___ / _ _/___________/-/: :: / :: | . . _ _ _/ __/ . \_ _ _ . . | :: : :::::::: | | \\\\\/ _______\____|\ \///// | | :::::::: : :: | | -\-\/____/-------------\____\/-/- | | :: :: | | \ :|: / | | :: : : | . ` ::: ' . | : : . . | : ::: : | . . | :::....:::....::: | : ::::::::::::::::: : . :::''``:::''``::: . : ::: : . ::: . .:. :