New vinyl pressings of progressive metallic outfit Cynic‘s “Kindly Bent To Free Us” and the “Traced In The Air” companion piece “Re-Traced” are headed for a February 14th launch by Svart Information. “Kindly Bent To Free Us” might be accompanied by a bonus monitor titled “Earth Is My Witness“, marking its first time on vinyl. The band’s vocalist/guitarist Paul Masvidal commented:
“‘Kindly Bent to Free Us‘ is reborn on vinyl for its tenth anniversary. This file holds a particular place in my coronary heart for a lot of causes. First, the songs and the journey they take, exploring inside realms as represented by the duvet artwork. Then, there are the preparations—uncooked and explosive—which R. Walt Vincent was so good at capturing the stay power we shared as a trio within the rehearsal room when these concepts have been developed.
There’s additionally one thing poignant about this being the final file the three of us would make collectively. It’s thrilling to lastly see ‘The Earth is My Witness‘, which was beforehand solely a bonus monitor on the field set, introduced into this format for the primary time.”
“Re-Traced” will characteristic “Integral” (Sean Malone bass), “Wheels Inside Wheels” (Sean Malone bass) and “Wheels Inside Wheels (drummer and bass monitor – Sean Reinert & Sean Malone) as bonus materials. Each Malone and Reinert have tragically since handed away. Masvidal commented of this new urgent
“Seeing ‘Re-Traced‘ pressed on a legit 12” vinyl is an thrilling first, particularly with the inclusion of bonus tracks like Sean Malone’s lovely, never-before-released bass rendition of Wheels Inside Wheels and his magical efficiency on Integral, which I initially launched digitally as a memorial tribute to him.
The digital renditions of Traced in Air tracks like House, Evolutionary and King take the songs into solely new realms. It’s additionally synchronistic that I’m now enjoying these songs in my solo acoustic ambient exhibits, lastly bringing them right into a stay format. Altogether, it feels fairly particular to see these two information reborn.”
Pre-orders for each pressings might be obtained by svartrecords.com.