Cynic's "How Could I" is the greatest guitar solo ever written.

[noodles]

I agree with your statement, but I was only talking about the solo. S O L O!

The guitarists from Cynic COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY OWN George Lynch.

 

[AVWIII]

You have no idea how awesome it is to find people that
A: know who cynic are
B: give them the respect they deserve
I used to post on HC, and if it wasn't about Joe Bonamassa or EVH, it was deemed tasteless.

 

[The Hoff]

Where's the love for Malone?!

The man is a sick bassist.

The solos are great though, Focus is definitely one of my favourite CDs.

 

[yellowv]

Wow, thanks for posting this guys. I've been watching their Norway live vids on youtube and those guys are amazing. I'm gonna have to get their cds.

Their CD. Yes only one. They made one masterpiece and then broke up. However they are recording a new album.

 

[zilong]

holy shit! i never knew about evolutionary sleeper! that song's pretty badass.

i think my fave solo from the cynic guys are actually portal songs. the cosmos and circle's gone solos are so tasteful.

 

[sakeido]

You have no idea how awesome it is to find people that
A: know who cynic are
B: give them the respect they deserve
I used to post on HC, and if it wasn't about Joe Bonamassa or EVH, it was deemed tasteless.

how about option C
C: one of the guitarists from Cynic is a member here

 

[JeddyH]

lol who?

 

[eleven59]

I get that they can play well, and it's cool and everything, but the song just doesn't grab me, and none of their songs ever have. Though, in all fairness, part of the issue for me is I can't get past the vocals and the bad mix. Maybe I just need to give it a proper chance sometime when I'm in the right frame of mind.

That being said, that is a pretty badass solo.

Now, Portal, that seems to be doing something for me. First time hearing them, and I'm liking it.

 

[Carrion]

lol who?

Tymon.

 

[The Hoff]

HOLY SHIT IT'S CARRION

 

[JJ Rodriguez]

Cynic's music is okay, but I absolutely hate the vocals. No denying the talent on the instruments though.

 

[Naren]

"How Could I" is my favorite Cynic song and the solos in it are good (more Jason's solos than Paul's), but it's very very far from the greatest solo(s) ever written.

Cynic's music is okay, but I absolutely hate the vocals. No denying the talent on the instruments though.

I really like Cynic, but I don't like Paul's vocoder vocals too much. If he had done them as just normal clean vocals, I would prefer them. I love Tony's death metal vocals, but I'm not really a fan of the vocoder stuff.

 

[E Lucevan Le Stelle]

You have no idea how awesome it is to find people that
A: know who cynic are
B: give them the respect they deserve
I used to post on HC, and if it wasn't about Joe Bonamassa or EVH, it was deemed tasteless.

Hmmmm... maybe you shouldn't be posting on HC?

I know I abandoned it as a cesspool of retardation long ago...

HC: EPIC FAIL.

Cynic however... incredible band, one of the best gigs of my life was when I saw them last summer on the reunion tour in London... (played Evolutionary Sleeper, whole of Focus, Cosmos and an amazing cover of Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Meeting of the Spirits") And Sean Malone is a great bassist, especially on "Textures".

 

[Joel]

good post for outlining how good cynic really are...but, imho the solo from veil of maya is better... but hey, its still cynic! paul masvidal is unreal...