Cynic announce new album ‘Ascension Codes’
CYNIC have announced a new album!
Titled Ascension Codes, the upcoming album from the influential progressive metal band is the long-awaited follow-up to 2014’s Kindly Bent To Free Us and is scheduled to be released in November this year, via Season of Mist.
The upcoming album arrives after a turbulent and distressing time for the band following 2020’s premature deaths of drummer Sean Reinert in January, at age 48, and bassist Sean Malone in December, at age 50.
Speaking about the upcoming album, Michael Berberian, president and founder of Season of Mist, says, “I have, by now, released close to one thousand albums. None have been more dramatic, none have even been more difficult than this one. I can’t listen to Ascension Codes without goose bumps, a mixed feeling of pride – because it’s a musical milestone, but it also contains a lingering layer of sadness. I hear Paul’s pain on this record. I can feel it, I can touch it. But it’s transcended. ‘Art is to console those who are broken by life,’ said Van Gogh. Here is a demonstration of that.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released the first song from the upcoming new album; Mythical Serpents. Speaking about the new song, band mastermind Paul Masvidal says, “I invite you to sit back, close your eyes, and listen to Mythical Serpents as a fully realized piece of music. No phones or screens necessary, just the power of sound communicating directly into the ears of your heart. In the coming weeks, CYNIC will be revealing further details on the constellation that is Ascension Codes, including a Mythical Serpents animated video, featuring the artwork of Martina Hoffmann & Robert Venosa. Stay tuned.”
Listen to Mythical Serpents here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. Mu-54*
2. The Winged Ones
3. A’-va432
4. Elements and their Inhabitants
5. Ha-144
6. Mythical Serpents
7. Sha48*
8. 6th Dimensional Archetype
9. DNA Activation Template
10. Shar-216
11. Architects of Consciousness
12. DA’z-a86.4
13. Aurora
14. DU-*61.714285
15. In a Multiverse Where Atoms Sing
16. A’jha108
17. Diamond Light Body
18. Ec-ka72
Ascension Codes is set for release on November 26th via Season of Mist. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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