Goatchrist
Well-Known Member
Well I would too appreciate it if they would go more in a traced in ait or focus direction. But if they do not I still highly enjoy their music. I would love if they would bring be ze Growl.
New Cynic EP in November 2011!!!!!
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Well I would too appreciate it if they would go more in a traced in ait or focus direction. But if they do not I still highly enjoy their music. I would love if they would bring be ze Growl.
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codync
Well-Known Member
Well, that would make sense- Both Paul and Sean are homosexual.
I prefer the Focus and TiA sound, but whatever this band puts out, I'll listen to.
gunshow86de
Beef Jerky Time
I haven't heard this about either of the Sean's. The rumor about Paul being gay was/is completely unsubstantiated.
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ArrowHead
Well-Known Member
I'm pretty sure where you put your penis doesn't effect vocal delivery. By "sounds gay" I think he was trying to reference Pauls flat and dry vocal delivery, which becomes VERY apparent on new tracks where he's dropped the harmonized vocals. He doesn't use vibrato, and most of his vocals are very soft and throaty.
It's not "gay", it's just not loud, passionate, and aggressive, which most metalheads expect these days.
ArrowHead
Well-Known Member
Paul has a wife and kids .
Where'd you hear that? Jason Gobel has a wife and kids, it's why he won't rejoin Cynic. From every interview I've read Paul and Sean are both single.
DLG
not guthrie govan
this stems from Sean's shirtless picture appearing on some gay dudes homepage back in the day.
From what I remember, it was some gay dude with a personal website, one of those shitty geocities type deals, listing all of the studs he talks to online and there was a picture of reinart on it with a little description.
paul was asked in an interview once and didn't really answer.
Rumors frequently pop up on message boards on the internet speculating about Sean Reinert and you (Paul) being gay. While this in itself is nothing noteworthy since every human being is free to be whichever he or she chooses to be. However, in the rock/metal world it still seems to be a stigma where people sometimes are surprised to hear that musician X publicly admits being gay while for insiders it was never a secret to begin with. Most recently, Gorgoroth’s frontman Gaahl admitted being gay in the German Rockhard magazine.
Now I know some people expect me to ask you about your sexual orientation but I leave that to you whether you want to answer that. Regardless of that issue though, it would be interesting to hear your point of view on this strange stigma that the metal music genre seems to have.
-Metal began as an overtly masculine, macho, armored male genre. Funny enough an artist like Rob Halford learned how to turn that around and use that (biker) masculinity in a deceptively homoerotic fashion. Now it’s blaringly obvious, but it went right over the metal scene’s heads back then. As the lines get further blurred and the genre expands with a more open-minded approach, we find the barriers that keep’s metal in the dark ages dissolving one day at a time. I only see fear when people are judging others. It’s all projection and inner confusion that leads to such ignorance.
From what I remember, it was some gay dude with a personal website, one of those shitty geocities type deals, listing all of the studs he talks to online and there was a picture of reinart on it with a little description.
paul was asked in an interview once and didn't really answer.
Rumors frequently pop up on message boards on the internet speculating about Sean Reinert and you (Paul) being gay. While this in itself is nothing noteworthy since every human being is free to be whichever he or she chooses to be. However, in the rock/metal world it still seems to be a stigma where people sometimes are surprised to hear that musician X publicly admits being gay while for insiders it was never a secret to begin with. Most recently, Gorgoroth’s frontman Gaahl admitted being gay in the German Rockhard magazine.
Now I know some people expect me to ask you about your sexual orientation but I leave that to you whether you want to answer that. Regardless of that issue though, it would be interesting to hear your point of view on this strange stigma that the metal music genre seems to have.
-Metal began as an overtly masculine, macho, armored male genre. Funny enough an artist like Rob Halford learned how to turn that around and use that (biker) masculinity in a deceptively homoerotic fashion. Now it’s blaringly obvious, but it went right over the metal scene’s heads back then. As the lines get further blurred and the genre expands with a more open-minded approach, we find the barriers that keep’s metal in the dark ages dissolving one day at a time. I only see fear when people are judging others. It’s all projection and inner confusion that leads to such ignorance.
gunshow86de
Beef Jerky Time
Whoops, some überfast skimming. The article was Paul talking about Jason being at home with his wife and kids. I guess reading is fundamental.
Goatchrist
Well-Known Member
Well the rumor always existed... I think in some interviews even Chuck Shuldiner sounds very gay.. so the FATHERS OF DEATH METAL HAD PROBABLY HUGE GAY ORGIES IN THEIR TOURBUS... funny thought..
I actually don't care... well hmmm.. he is pretty hot.. let's say, I don't mind... ^^
If you like rumors and stupid conspiracies: Paul Masvidal.... gay? @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com Forum Archive
But actually it's non of our business.
I actually don't care... well hmmm.. he is pretty hot.. let's say, I don't mind... ^^
If you like rumors and stupid conspiracies: Paul Masvidal.... gay? @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com Forum Archive
But actually it's non of our business.
ExousRulez
Banned
I like his vocals on focus but not on the current albums as much. IMO the robot shit is what made them cynic and he sounds better with it. The growls on focus weren't that great though and I don't see why they don't get a real singer comparable to bands like suffocation or even the band they were in before (death)
ArrowHead
Well-Known Member
I never liked the growls, I always thought they were very weak and sounded like the noises I made at 5 years old when trying to make a voice for my he-man action figures.
But the robot vocals - I admit, I LOVE them. I also like the new EP in parts where the female singer and Paul sing the harmonies. I don't know exactly what that interval is, but it's become kind of a signature sound. I love the way it cuts through and sounds unlike any other band. Kind of like how when you hear an Iron Maiden harmonized riff, you immediately know it's Maiden.
Without the harmonies (and the aggressive elements) it just sounds jarringly different. Not better. Not worse. Just a different band making different music for different reasons.
It's the megadeth vs. metallica thing: Some metal musicians start angry and STAY angry and release the same kind of music all their careers. Others (like Metallica) grow, mature, and find it hard to re-visit their angry-at-the-world days as their career progresses, no matter how much fans demand it.
DLG
not guthrie govan
Goatchrist
Well-Known Member
HAHAHA! That is amazing! I can barely hold myself!
+1 I wouldn't mind having good DM growls in their music, but the shit that's in there is pretty anemic.
brutalwizard
Pretty Your Petunia
2 things to note cause this is basically "the megathread" now
new album in 2012
they say the ep that was put together in 6 weeks, is the perfect stepping stone to transition there sound from traced in air to the new album.
also them talking about doing acid and dancing for eachother was interesting
new album in 2012
they say the ep that was put together in 6 weeks, is the perfect stepping stone to transition there sound from traced in air to the new album.
also them talking about doing acid and dancing for eachother was interesting
Omarfan
Well-Known Member
I like the new stuff a lot, but I do miss the vocals on Focus. That's probably the most disappointing thing about new Cynic. The music is spot-on but it's missing that piece of the puzzle that makes it all warm and Cynicy.
Goatchrist
Well-Known Member
I will buy anything these guys do, but growls like on Traced in Air and Focus would be even more awesome on the next album. I hope day ask Alex Phelbs, their touring guitarist to do some vocals. They didn't even have a growler for carbon based Anatomy..
Kyo
Myung at Heart
Last month I conducted a lengthy interview with Cynic's Paul Masvidal, check it out!
Interview with Paul Masvidal of Cynic : Prog Sphere
Interview with Paul Masvidal of Cynic : Prog Sphere
Goatchrist
Well-Known Member
Last month I conducted a lengthy interview with Cynic's Paul Masvidal, check it out!
Interview with Paul Masvidal of Cynic : Prog Sphere
Already read it, great interview! Thank you!
Goatchrist
Well-Known Member
About the new album:
Changing gear? I hope you still use Steinberger, Pauk!
I'm sooo excited, still a little hope for some growls.
Some moderator should make this thread the hyper thread!
Changing gear? I hope you still use Steinberger, Pauk!
I'm sooo excited, still a little hope for some growls.
Some moderator should make this thread the hyper thread!
Sikthness
Well-Known Member
well shit is it summer or end of the year? Thats a big difference in how long I have to wait for more Cynic. I really liked Carbon Based Anatomy. I miss some of their older sound for sure, and would like to see a nice mixture of old and CBA and of course some new direction.
