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Mar 23, 2012 · The US band is finally presenting an official release of their famed and reverently discussed Portal tapes! After splitting up, CYNIC members Paul Masvidal, Sean Reinert and Jason Gobel formed the short-lived project PORTAL together with Chris Kringel on bass and stunning vocalist Aruna Abrams.
Portal's only release was a demo tape (here called "The Portal Tapes" and released under the Cynic moniker) which emphasized the jazz and ambient traits of what "Focus" ingrained into death metal, only without anything remotely technical or metal at all.
Mar 23, 2012 · - Originally released under the alternate band name Portal. The material was recorded after Cynic's 1993 Focus LP, and collected into a pre-production demo for this new project that involved some Cynic members.
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Jan 19, 2012 · Yet since their reunion in 2006, CYNIC have moved via the Progressive Metal of their highly acclaimed second album “Traced in Air” (2008) towards ever more open soundscapes combining many stylistic influences. With “The Portal Tapes” the missing link in CYNIC’s evolution is now available!
Mar 20, 2012 · Following the dissolution of Cynic, guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal, guitarist Jason Gobel and drummer Sean Reinert formed a new band, Portal, with Cynic live bassist Chris Kringel and vocalist/keyboardist Aruna Abrams.
Cynic - The Portal Tapes. Season Of Mist. Pop/Progressive Rock. 10 songs (45:33) Release year: 2012 Cynic, Season Of Mist. Reviewed by Charles. At the risk of seeming contradictory, since their reformation Cynic have been sort of prolific, but also sort of slow.
