Hey, remember when we were pretty sure Cynic was playing a secret show last Friday? They did. Cynic took the stage for the first time since 2015 at the Knitting Factory in North Hollywood, CA last Friday to play the entirety of their 1993 album Focus alongside a few tracks from Kindly Bent To Free Us, Traced In Air, Ascension Codes, and Carbon-Based Anatomy.
Check out some fan footage above and below. The setlist ran as follows:
- "Veil Of Maya"
- "Celestial Voyage"
- "The Eagle Nature"
- "Sentiment"
- "I'm But A Wave To…"
- "Uroboric Forms"
- "Textures"
- "How Could I"
- "Kindly Bent To Free Us"
- "Adam's Murmur"
- "Aurora"
- "Box Up My Bones"
- "Evolutionary Sleeper"
- "DU-*61.714285"
- "In A Multiverse Where Atoms Sing"
Cynic will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1993 debut album Focus by playing it in full at both the 70000 Tons of Metal and ProgPower USA festivals this January and September, respectively. Cynic has also announced the return of Max Phelps (Exist, Death to All) on additional guitars and vocals and Brandon Giffin (ex-The Faceless, The Zenith Passage) on bass to their live lineup, both of whom played with Cynic live between 2011 and 2014.
