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4.9 out of 5.0 stars 9 Ratings (9 Reviews)

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    Metal Perfection

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 6, 2001

    Everything in here is perfect.From the artistic conceptions and orchestrations to Scott Burns's production, this should be considered the best metal album of the '90s.

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    Great progressive technical death metal!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Aug 19, 2001

    Awesome and unique effort from a band of incredible musicians. The songs range from more ethereal (Sentiment) to the intense and hard driving Uriboric Forms. The musicianship is top notch with incredible drumming and bass playing by Sean Reinert and ...Sean Malone highlighting the mix. The vocals are half synth, half death metal growl and are strongest when they alternate back and forth between these two moses. The guitar work is excellent and noticeably improved over their demos from 1990 and before. While every song on Focus is excellent, Uriboric Forms and How Could I? stick out as my personal favorites and the well played instrumental Textures also gets me going. The only other releases that compare to this are Atheist's Unquestionable Presence (even more technical with jazzy interludes but exclusively death vocals and more brutal) and early Mahavishnu Orchestra (substitute the synth vocals with Goodman's violin). Definitely a must have for fans of technical progressive death metal (a long lost artform!!!!!!!!!) and if you love Focus check out this bands earlier demos, especilly their incredible 1991 demo which includes earlier versions of Uriboric Forms (KILLER!!!!!) and The Eagle Nature as well as my favorite song from this band of all time Pleadinf For Preservation. Also check out Death's Human, Gordian Knot, Aghora and Spiral Architect's A Sceptic's Universe which features the musicianship of some of the memebers in this band. Also, Sean Malone will be appearing as a guest musician on Spastik Ink's upcoming release Ink Compatible, and if its anything like their debut, it should definitely be worth the price!!! Read more Less

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    De coleccion

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  May 24, 2001

    El disco de Cynic es inconseguible por el momento, pero los pocos que lo hemos conseguido, o siquiera lo hemos oido, sabemos que es un disco que pudo cambiar la historia del metal. Demasiado perfecto para ser cierto

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  • Overall:

    ..Just Listen..!!!!!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 13, 2000

    AWESOME ALBUM!!! The Year is 2000 This Music Is still so Inteligent & Original>>> No Daubt!!!!!

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    robot voice reply

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  May 15, 2000

    idiot!!! i'm sure you and your band would have used a much better effect to symbolize the future of things to come!

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  • Overall:

    INTENSE!!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  May 12, 2000

    This is one of my favorite albums of all time. I love the robot voice. He can sing melody without sacrificing the heavy appeal of the music and while aiding the futuristic technical appeal. Most death metal groups just grunt and growl and their voca...ls have no range. 2 of the guys in the group play on "Human" by Death - also a great cd! Read more Less

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    Robot voice corny

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 7, 2000

    Return to Forever meets Sepultura! The only metal-jazz crossover I've heard. Incredibly challenging. Too bad they had to throw in the robot voice.

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    Wow.

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 1, 1999

    Holy technicality, Batman! This album is nothing more than a chops-showcase; that doesn't make it a bad album, though, far from it. My god, the months of homework they gave me to work on is incredible. Absolutely astounding skill from all the perfor...mers.However, they need to work on one skill in particular; how to properly write a song in the first place. As I said, this record was intended for them to show off, or so it seems. Uroboric Forms is the only song they have that has a discernable path throughout it.But, in any case, it's up to you. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. Don't let my snobbish complaints dissuade you. Read more Less

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  • Overall:

    Cynic is God!!!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 10, 1999

    This album is one of the best metal album in the planet. The combination of jazz to death metal is brilliant!!! Including the talents of Sean Reinert and Paul Masvidal. Pure technicality!!!

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