Cynic - Box Up My Bones (Carbon-Based Anatomy - 2011)

[Kiriff]

I fucking love everything they released since 2008, but their latest songs are more different from each other than the songs in TiA - plus, with no robot vocals. Man, I can't wait for another full length album.

[240ROACHsx]

!!!!!!!!!!!I FWUCKENNNNN LOVE CYNIC!!!!!!!!!!!

[OBNOXIOUSUSERNAME]

I listened to this EP at the peak of an acid trip last night, holy shit. It was borderline sexual, this EP is amazing.

[ekskremit]

i love the cover artwork. it reminds me of some old school death metal covers by DAN SEAGRAVE (Suffocation, Pestilence, Morbid Angel etc).. however this one was painted by someone else.

[y7u7r7i]

What do we have here? Another trully amazing band deviating from the monotone and cheesy realms of metal and into the glorious path of freer progressive musical creation... and I say it's all right for me!!!

[choganskateboarding]

* Now playing in a Hot Topic near you *

[dumdumdugan500]

@choganskateboarding This isn't "bring me the horizon", chode. If you don't like their new stuff then go fuck yourself.

[choganskateboarding]

@dumdumdugan500 I'd happily fuck myself then listen to a band I used to love gone gay.

[dumdumdugan500]

@choganskateboarding And i'm sure they'd rather fuck themselves than cater to closed minded fans such as yourself, double chode. Stop complaining and go listen to the butt rock on your ipod. If liking masterful music like this is gay then I'll be coming out to my parents the next time I visit. It'll be hard but I think I'll manage. Also, you're a chode. Optimus Chode, leader of the autochodes from Michael Bay's "Chodeformers".

[Dtoburn2]

@choganskateboarding you really mentioned Hot Topic under a Cynic song? Really? you cant be serious

[choganskateboarding]

@Dtoburn2 Look man if this is the side of Cynic you liked the most in the first place then more power to you. I on the other hand listened for that feeling of ruling the world while the solo from Integral Birth blasts through my headphones. All Im saying is dont be suprised when Cynic starts opening for Underoath.

[AChozenSunn]

its all love

[TheGuitaroid]

Check this band out !!! youtube.com/watch?feature=play­er_embedded&v=6jAmhCqeq1U

[Adamshredsify]

This is incredible on first listen, paul is certainly a genius. they've progressed well from traced in air.

[fatalkill101]

@Adamshredsify i like what Paul has done with Cynic, but i can't help but miss the Focus days.

[redshaftedflicker]

Evolution and continuous progession is the answer. Too bad more bands don't do the same. Long live creativity

[MrDJAK777]

3:45 to 4:06 need a whole song like that

[daffydub]

Im a metalhead who (unlike most) is mature and appreciates other music. This song/EP is great. But from a totally serious standpoint, Focus was absolutely their best album. I wish they would still write (Even as a side project) something like their old-school stuff.

[prenticeanyonywright]

@daffydub ye

[Djobohobo]

the album artwork reminds me of Max Ernst :)

[SoapyTaco]

I'm enjoying the music, but was I the only hoping for more songs like Wheels Within Wheels?

[sNajdinatorN]

one of those songs, you wish they never end

[redneckdipper1337]

@sNajdinatorN Thank the Lawd for the replay button.

[websterx9]

I love Cynic <3 My Favorite Band <3

[itomeck]

I deeply relate to the lyrics and find the music fucking bad ass...afterall, "I have everything I need"!!! But still want more....isn't that the human nature??? "Box up my bones, I'm coming home, I'm free"....damn!!! I'm ready!!!

[SlayerJes]

excelent song

[matt420740]

First Opeth goes soft now Cynic... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­O!!!!!!!!

[Suddenregression]

@matt420740

Lol bands change and progress it is what happens!

[ChanakHaRazim]

@matt420740 opeth still the shit, period. they aint gone soft, the lyrics to the songs on heritage could NOT have sounded more evil had they been sung with screams and growls. fuck aqll that other bullshit. "god IS DEAD!!!"

[TheHostUnknown]

@matt420740 It happens to every talented musician. When we are young we want to write heavy and technically challenging music, it allows us to outlet our aggression, and impress our peers. As we grow older, those things lose our interest, and writing something clean and more appealing to the ear begin to replace those lost interests

[maniacablator]

@TheHostUnknown damn it! youre right

[emblazedskater]

@TheHostUnknown

I wish A7X had learned this lesson by now.

[WeveGotNoTimeToLose]

@TheHostUnknown Eh, not really, it's that when musicians are young they have that burn but its a burn for music, for individuality, when they grow older they learn to manipulate it so that that's all they do is draw out what they write before they feel it, when in our youth, we feel it deeply, youre right about the youth part but its the experience that dulls the blade that once cut reality, if you listen to metallica you'll hear the clear manipulation as well as many others.

[redneckdipper1337]

@matt420740 I wasn't aware that was a bad thing.

[TerryHXC]

If I listen to this song one more time, I think I may just go crazy.....and I'm perfectly fine with that!

[MrMrFreddy]

This song is totally awesome live

[Vynsyr]

That guitar that starts fading in at about 0:20 is so beautiful!

[charlescdog]

this is so fucking gay

[PromWolf]

and when i feel scared

i declare

i have everything i need

So simple yet so true. That's my favorite part of the song both melodic and lyrics wise

[MrAlexeivich]

Just got this, it’s amazing. I loved Traced In Air, but Re-Traced was a welcome breath of fresh air. This album just pummels you with gusts of fresh hurricane winds. Best of both worlds in my opinion :)

[TheBlessedhellride1]

interesting artwork, reminds me of H.R. Giger

[LiveMental]

When I first heard Cynic, I literally cried from joy. They make me happy when I'm sad, only band to do so. Greatest band ever to exist. Since their demos to now.

[petegrind]

This is... not the worst thing I've ever heard.

[ThaigerDon]

AWWWW SHIT CYNIC IS BACK! BUYING THIS AND THE NEW AAL TOMORROW ALONG WITH A SHIT TON OF WEEED, FUCK YEAH

[Jestas77]

And if I feel scared, I declare I have everything I need. Box up my bones, I'm free!

[EnragedSephiroth]

I recently saw Cynic for the first time along with 3, and Scale the Summit. I purchased all their albums the next day.

[AChozenSunn]

@EnragedSephiroth you did good, im proud of you

[Megadedly]

@EnragedSephiroth Wow I'm surprised you haven't heard them.

[FoStoFoSho]

@EnragedSephiroth SCALE THE SUMMIT rule!!! InstruMetal is the future

[TheHostUnknown]

@EnragedSephiroth I saw them with StS and btbam, Most killer prog show ever.



[MarkuzLee]

@EnragedSephiroth Cool story, bro.

[EnragedSephiroth]

@MarkuzLee Old meme, man.

[danteslasher]

@EnragedSephiroth In Canada?

[EnragedSephiroth]

@danteslasher Los Angeles.

[anewt72690]

@EnragedSephiroth That was the first time I saw them too!

...except I already had all their albums. So I bought a shirt like he asked everyone to, haha.

[aldrichp]

animals as leaders, this is how drums should sound. Go hire Sean and get rid of that crappy electro drum sound

[TheMorfiend]

Im still trying to enjoy Paul's new vocals but regardless, this is immense.

[BlakeDPena]

@TheMorfiend

thats what she said

[charlescdog]

it kind of sounds like the backstreet boys or that song about fireflies

[ntfarley92]

@charlescdog shut ur mouth

[supertrixxx]

@ntfarley92

u mad?

[ntfarley92]

@supertrixxx nahhh i just told u to shut ur mouth because i never heard someone make so much since in one sentence....idiot lol

[tehsprite]

@ntfarley92 sense* Yours makes none.

[ntfarley92]

@tehsprite oh hi there spellcheck

[tehsprite]

@ntfarley92 hey

[TheSkeepondotcom]

this is my favorite song from all the newer cynic stuff

[PaleFolklore13]

ITS SO FUCKING GOOD

[stopsiqn]

Hello person from omeagle!

[cl0aked]

Fucking god damnit fucking fuck what the fucking shit crap this is awesome. Sorry, this song fucked up my words brain.

[squizz222]

Also, great cover art. Reminds me of Wayne Barlowe's work.

[squizz222]

I love the vocals. Amazing song.

[rockerz18]

A beautiful, meaningful and spiritual song.

[mujuma]

Disappointed in the vocal approach, hopefully they'll go back to Traced in Airs.

[MartineStella]

Totally in love with this. <3

[CaptainPie5]

MIND BLOWING

[GoongalaGoongala]

I don't wanna be a dick, but this track actually sounds sorta like something you might hear on one of those college indie stations. The type of music the kids who hang out in "scenes" would enjoy. White belts and skinny jeans all the way. I think its the clean vocals that give me that impression. I have nothing against clean vocals at all, and I actually really enjoy them, but there are just some singing styles/voices I just don't enjoy...Cynic features a voice I don't enjoy.

[minusurs]

@GoongalaGoongala If you go read Paul's interview with npr, you'll realize these guys aren't college indie douches. Far from it, Paul and Sean are musical geniuses. The influence of this album comes from shamanic tribes in Peru that believe music can heal a person's consciousness and ease their souls. If anything, this is their greatest album/ep. You really have to understand and love music to not sell out like most artists today. Why would you compare Cynic to indie kids?

[supertrixxx]

@minusurs

I read that interview. I don't see how pseudoscientific, new-age mysticism-type beliefs are genius. They're good musicians, but their beliefs outside of music are hardly genius. I bet Paul thinks psychics have real powers. Also, the concept is pretty much the type of thing indie kids would love. Besides, this EP is a lot poppier than their previous works. It's almost like they... sold out... JK bro, they prefer simple music. Which is why Tymon left. Ease up on the fanaticism, bro.

[squizz222]

@supertrixxx Yeah, it bothers me when musically brilliant musicians have stupid beliefs. Like Varg Vikernes, or Sun Ra, or the dudes from maudlin of the Well (at one point). Although, since the music is usually inspired by their beliefs, I can't hate on em too much. I don't think Cynic sold out, btw. It's possible for musicians to make a conscious or unconscious choice to go a more "accessible" route without it necessarily being motivated by a desire for popularity.

[thejesman]

@GoongalaGoongala Dude, no offense, but why would you even allow that thought to come into your head at all when you're listening to music? I care about music, not clothes.

[GoongalaGoongala]

I didn't much like Cynic before, but their newer material has turned me off completely. Not a fan and listening to this track only reinforced my opinion of the band.

[deathbox75]

@GoongalaGoongala Hmmmm....I liked 'Focus' a lot back in the day, and I thought 'Traced...' had some cool moments, but this? I dunno, it's not grabbing me...

[PitchforkRape]

@deathbox75 THATS WHY YOU STINKY POO POO!

[deathbox75]

@PitchforkRape Ah, ya got me! That's EXACTLY why I'm not sure on this E.P....I was gonna chaulk it up to shitty Youtube sound quality, and actually buy this to be able to listen to it properly, but I'll just say "I'm stinky poo-poo!" if I'm asked whether I've heard it & what I think of it. Thank you, kind stranger!!

[SexRobotOfDoom]

@deathbox75 Man remove the stick, he was just joking...

[deathbox75]

@SexRobotOfDoom As was I....Was the sarcasm too subtle?

[SexRobotOfDoom]

@deathbox75 Well it seemed uncalled for, I'm sorry to lash out on you.

[CherubicGuardian]

An absolute masterpiece. This band is awesome, one of my biggest influences :)

[LunarSand]

aural gasm <3 this song is amazing beyond words

[Groovywaves11]

this is beautiful; these dudes are truly gifted with a vision..most excellent tunage!!

[CtrlRm]

Damnit why isn't this band more popular? wtf?

[MrStringedbean]

solo sounds very Gordian Knot. Rightfully so I guess...

[redneckdipper1337]

No longer metal.Not even a little bit.It doesn't stop it from being amazing.

Thumbs up if you like pop-tarts.

[ainsleywalker]

@redneckdipper1337 That's a good thing, it means it can be as beautifully progressive as it wants without the baggage of that ugly metal attitude. :D

[charlesandhisworld]

@ainsleywalker What ugly metal attitude?

[ainsleywalker]

@charlesandhisworld Well, as Adam Jones (guitarist of Tool) put it, "when people call us metal i feel like taking a bath, its an insult. i hate all that '''ughhh'' metal attitude"

Thats what i mean basically. a lot of progressive bands are pretty sophisticated, dont rely on ridiculous images, facial expressions and the sort.

IE: i love this stuff, dream theatre, tool, porcupine tree, but i personally cannot stand stuff like Iron Maiden and Metallica and those metal bands as its all as adam said

[charlesandhisworld]

@ainsleywalker Yeah, I'm a fan of Tool but Adam's statement really doesn't make any sense at all to me. Its completely nonsensical? Whats wrong with over-the-top imagery and....facial expressions? What? I've been a metal fan for many years and only a select minority of fans I've met possess an "ugly" attitude if thats what you're referring to. You're missing out on a lot of great music if you take that kind of attitude. Listen to the MUSIC, ignore the stuff you don't like.

[ainsleywalker]

@charlesandhisworld No no I'm not saying I don't listen to things with a certain imagery. For example, I was listening to bloody Tokio Hotel earlier haha, Monsoon is a great song. It just so happens a lot of bands I don't enjoy, happen to have a very metal attitude. when i say ugly metal attitude i dont mean physically ugly btw, i meant just a general nasty, holier-than-thou attitude you know what i mean?

[charlesandhisworld]

@ainsleywalker I think you're highly mistaken with your assessment of Metallica and Iron Maiden for having a nasty holier-than-thou attitude, because that simply isn't true, especially in Iron Maiden's case. And why does a "nasty, holier-than-thou" attitude necessarily have to be a "metal attitude"? Why malign an entire genre? I could easily apply the same derogatory description to say, jazz fusion or classical music, but I don't, because I know its simply not true. 

[ainsleywalker]

@charlesandhisworld Either way I don't like those bands. I study Music journalism and I have an very open minded view of music, I just don't like them, not to say I can't see good in their music!

Just a lot of bands in that general area come packaged with a very metal attitude, as Adam and a lot of other people despise, so it's not like it doesn;'t exist. But anyway been nice talking to you take care

[charlesandhisworld]

@ainsleywalker Yeah or maybe you and Adam are just mistaken? You have a very open minded view of music, which is why you judge whether you like a band or not based on some fabricated "attitude". Right.

Nice talking to you too, bye.

[ainsleywalker]

@charlesandhisworld Oh yeah Adam Jones who was a contemporary artist with a lot of the bands he's talking about, must be wrong, as are a lot of other commentators of that time.

and you're just twisting what I'm saying now so just forget it, seriously sick of people like you on youtube who HAVE to attack other peoples views when they have basis.

Give Adam Jones and Maynard etc a call they obviously know fuck all.

[charlesandhisworld]

@ainsleywalker I'm not saying he knows fuck all, I'm saying he just might be mistaken about one thing. Its a possibility. Anyways, u mad?

[ainsleywalker]

@charlesandhisworld I AM MAD YES. IM GOING TO CRY AND LISTEN TO LATERALUS

[fullatvideo]

@ainsleywalker Great song from Tool, very good band

[ainsleywalker]

@fullatvideo Yeah I love Tool. I love how my comment is a top comment, I was just joking at the end of a slightly heated conversation. I guess people liked my sarcasm ha

[OBNOXIOUSUSERNAME]

@ainsleywalker Don't bag on Lateralus just because Tool's got some fans who are morons. That album is legendary in its own right, most bands will never even come close to creating something as mind-expanding as that album.

[ainsleywalker]

@OBNOXIOUSUSERNAME Woah I can't remember why I said that but I'm a huge huge Tool fan I was probably saying it in a sarcastic way man, check the comments I'm not entirely sure but I definitely wasn't dissing Tool, I think I was joking that i'm a crybaby Tool fan or whatever the conversation was even about.. I'm going to check now.

[belongtoit]

@redneckdipper1337 .. I respect your POV , but I have to challenge the idea of it not being "metal".On one side of that there is a lot of bands that piss me off claiming that they are "metal" .but Id gladly be handed this as a metal record than half the shit that is coming out in the last 10 years.I find this closer in relation to death human (for obv reasons) more so than most "metal" bands claim to be.maybe there is a good heavy dose of thrash hidden somewhere in this album

[ivnisandzic]

@redneckdipper1337 Come on, genres are not important. Cynic are genre on their own.

[tigershark421]

I didn't have faith in humanity until Cynic's new EP dropped. Faith restored.

[igotwoodhaha]

Ok in the beginning of the song I keep hearing something that sounds like Paul shredding up a scale super fast....is that really there or am I imagining it?

[supertrixxx]

@igotwoodhaha

lol, you can't make that out? get better speakers/headphones/fix EQ. it sounds very similar to the "solo", might be a looped sample. also, all guitar parts were written and recorded by paul.

[AlexEatsSpicyStuff]

@igotwoodhaha skip to 3:40 and all your dreams will come true!

[iRzLegacy]

This albums haven't touched market yet but has already gave me chills with those 2 songs

[MyEggIsBoiled]

One useful description that aids in the nature of how to explain their evolution is bringing up how The Mars Volta evolved from The Bedlam in Goliath to their latest album, Ochtahedron. Very similar, in retrospect.

[VatsABingo]

When people say metal is nothing but screaming and chugs and shit... I'll show them this. :)

[MyEggIsBoiled]

@VatsABingo Cynic is one of those bands that I think has actually evolved themselves out of the metal genre. This is.. it just lacks description.

[dildotaskforce1]

@VatsABingo this alternative rock track isn't metal

[MrMrFreddy]

Art. Just that.

[AlexK878]

1:15 onwards always makes me smile. It's so beautiful.

[IanChristopherMusic]

I love Cynic and Paul, and I'm glad that he's comfortable with his voice now to sing without the vocoder, but I get so annoyed when he says "everything I 'nade'" instead of "need". New Cynic rules, but he shouldn't try to change his voice to match the indie rock-ish direction.

[bmth4111]

What a creative way to begin the song!Need to purchase this album.

[XxFiascox]

One of the few artists that I will purchase entire albums from.

[joaoaldo13]

I'm enjoying all the album. Found it really good! Don't bitch about my oppinion.

[itslikesexinyoears]

This track is drowned by the chorus which plays like 4 times in the song, kind of reveals a lack of work for me.

[evanstheone]

I didn't think I'd love a song more than Carbon Based Anatomy....until Bag Of Bones came along.

[akaPierce]

@evanstheone Check out Homosapien - Aeon Spoke, its an earlier version of Carbon Based Anatomy.... ;)

[Kryp6]

@evanstheone That is so not the title of this song bro.

[Lordgout]

The sound and the artwork take me back to a time when I was lost in my own world. Magic

[PrometheusSherman]

Just this one song makes this EP worth it.

[Pakanahymni]

I want to punch everyone who says they're fans of Cynic but don't like the new EP. Paul no longer expresses his art in a metal form, like we saw on the last year's EP. It doesn't make Cynic worse or gayer, those idiots just can't see anything past the METAL label.

[Dtoburn2]

@Pakanahymni So what? some people only listen to metal, its as valid as only listening to jazz or classical music

[QAE486]

@Pakanahymni - I understand your frustration - yet - I wish people were more willing to accept our differences in artistic taste. I think Cynic's new direction is wonderful. I find this EP as emotionally freeing as any record I have ever listened to. I would like my peers to share in that joy - but if they can't - I wish them the best in finding music that CAN liberate them the way this music liberates me. I declare - I have everything I need.

[supertrixxx]

@Pakanahymni

jesus christ bro, it's possible to dislike this album even if you're not a metalhead. the biggest gripe i have with this album the minimalism and repetitiveness. frankly i don't think it contains many interesting musical ideas. paul's vocals aren't great either. your idea of fandom is ridiculous, as if to say to be a 'fan' you must mindlessly accept all output in whatever form. i don't give a shit if it's metal or not, i barely listen to metal. to me, this is underwhelming.

[matternicuss]

@supertrixxx Totally agree with you, and while I don't find this new direction to be totally unprecedented, it does feel surprisingly generic most of the time, and even lazy. The most interesting moments in the songs I've heard so far were the electronica and instrumental bits, but the pop choruses were almost too much to bare. Some times it works when bands incorporate pop music into their sound (dillinger escape plan), but here it feels too easy, and in the end boring.

[Draclord35]

@matternicuss I quite agree with you... But the more I listen to this song, the more I find the chorus acceptable (but maybe "acceptable" is not what I was expecting from a Cynic song).

[matternicuss]

@Draclord35 Yes, it is 'acceptable.' I mean, after all, it isn't especially obnoxious, but it isn't exciting or exceptional either. Focus and (to a lesser degree) Traced in Air were great albums, full of ideas that I've yet to hear another band properly duplicate. I think it's important that bands experiment, but I still demand quality derived from passion.

[Dtoburn2]

Much better than the tittle track but it still sounds like a bit heavier Aeon spoke than Cynic

[phreestylesk8r]

must pe order!

[MegaUltraJMan]

One of the most astonishing tracks I've ever heard, wonderful to see Cynic constantly pushing the boundaries.

[Hepanlol]

An buy the album, not just lurk here of course :)

[supertrixxx]

@Hepanlol

i have it preordered l0l

[vukstanovcic]

i'd really prefer more vocoder in certain parts of the song, but hell, this IS cynic and it's fucking good.

[supertrixxx]

pretty please, upload elves beam out as well 8)

[Hepanlol]

@supertrixxx it is the only non ambiental track that is left, so you should wait and be surprised when it comes out ;)

[blackhawks116]

thanks! i can't wait for this. reinert + masvidal + malone recording together is always going to be good