On today's episode, we have long time friend and metal legend, Paul Masvidal of Cynic, Death and Aeon Spoke to discuss his career, beginnings, all things metal and beyond.

This conversation was recorded May 2022, produced and edited by Daniel Martinez.

Technical Death Metal is one of metal's most beloved and popular genres. But where exactly did it start from? Today, in this Metal Documentary series we analyze the history of bands like Cynic, Atheist, Death, and Pestilence to determine the true origins of one of metal's most famous and well-known genres.

Technical death metal (also referred to as tech-death) is a musical subgenre of death metal that began and developed in the early- to mid-1990s, with a particular focus on challenging, demanding instrumental skill and complex songwriting.

Technical experimentation in death metal began in the late 1980s and early 1990s by four bands that are often grouped together as "technical death metal's Big Four" – Death, Pestilence, Atheist, and Cynic – as well as Nocturnus; all but Pestilence being part of the Florida death metal scene.

Some of the distinct features of this genre include dynamic song structures, complex and atypical rhythmic structures, abundant use of diminish

Malone playing bass

Great things happen when extraordinary talent comes together! Check out this video play through of a song that was born from a collaboration between Francesco Artusato of Devil You Know, Sean Malone of Cynic and Mike Heller Drums of Fear Factory! The song is entitled "For What it's Worth'.

Francesco Artusato - Guitar Sean Malone - Fretless Bass Mike Heller - Drums

Here's a fun clip of us listening back to my final drum tracks to make sure we can move on to recording guitars and bass. We're inside the control room of studio B at Morrisound Studios....blast from the past!

Hi everyone. Here is a video i made in memory of the great Sean Malone who passed away recently. I Tried to make a Solo Collection of his work and to compil bass epic moments from his discography. I'm pretty sure that i've forgotten some other things, but i think it's enough to resume his career and beautiful talent. I Made this video as a remembrance of him: Sean we'll never forget your Amazing creativity.

We love you so much. Rest In Eternal Peace.

Track List :

• 00 - 0:18, Cynic - Sentiment - Focus
• 0:18 - 0:46, Cynic - Textures - Focus
• 0:47 - 0:58, Sean malone - Controversy - Cortlandt
• 0:58 - 2: 14, Sean Malone - Controversy - Cortlandt
• 2:15 - 3:15, Sean Malone - Splinter - Cortlandt
• 3:16 - 3:54, Sean Malone - Hands Full Of Earth - Cortlandt
• 3:54 - 4:13, Aghora - Kali Yuga - Aghora
• 4:14 - 4:22, Aghora - Frames - Aghora
• 4:22 - 4:38, Aghora - Frames - Aghora
• 4:38 - 4: 58, Gordian Knot - Rivers Dancing - Gordian Knot
• 4:58 - 6:4

Cynic - 'Focus' (1993) The brilliant debut album from Florida’s Cynic, turns 30 in 2023. After years of forging a path in the death metal world, Cynic pushed every imaginable boundary to fuse their love of DM, fusion, prog and jazz, into one brilliant offering that altered the course of heavy music.

https://youtu.be/JohAktU71fQ

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