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Sean Reinert
Sean Reinert
American musician
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Paul Masvidal
Paul Masvidal
American musician
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Sean Malone
Sean Malone
American musician
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Gordian Knot
Gordian Knot
American rock band
4
Death
Death
American death/progressive metal band
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Aghora
Aghora
band
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Dååth
Dååth
band
7
Pestilence
Pestilence
Dutch death metal band
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Extol
Extol
band
9
Jason Gobel
Jason Gobel
American musician
10
Leprous
Leprous
Norwegian progressive metal band
11
Scale the Summit
Scale the Summit
American instrumental / progressive metal band
12
OSI
OSI
American progressive rock band
13
Labyrinth
Labyrinth
Italian power metal band
14
James LaBrie
James LaBrie
Canadian vocalist
15
Scott Clendenin
Scott Clendenin
American musician
16
Arsis
Arsis
band
17
Conception
Conception
Norwegian band
18
Symphony X
Symphony X
American progressive metal band
19
Dream Theater
Dream Theater
American progressive metal band
20
Charlie Dominici
Charlie Dominici
American musician
21
Graveyard
Graveyard
band
22
Fates Warning
Fates Warning
American progressive metal band
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Defeated Sanity
Defeated Sanity
Metal Band
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Obscura
Obscura
band
25
Stone Sour
Stone Sour
American heavy metal band
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Coroner
Coroner
Swiss thrash metal band
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Power Quest
Power Quest
British power metal band
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Crimson Glory
Crimson Glory
American band
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Believer
Believer
band
30
Canvas Solaris
Canvas Solaris
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Voivod
Voivod
Canadian heavy metal band
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Tad Morose
Tad Morose
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Between the Buried and Me
Between the Buried and Me
American metal band from North Carolina.
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Brann Dailor
Brann Dailor
American musician
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Beyond Twilight
Beyond Twilight
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Dan Swanö
Dan Swanö
Swedish musician
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To-Mera
To-Mera
band
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Novembers Doom
Novembers Doom
American death-doom metal band
39
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
American thrash metal band
40
Opeth
Opeth
Swedish progressive metal band
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Cruachan
Cruachan
Irish band
42
Heathen
Heathen
American thrash metal band
43
Johan Reinholdz
Johan Reinholdz
Swedish musician
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Into Eternity
Into Eternity
Canadian band
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Sadist
Sadist
Italian death metal band
46
Tristania
Tristania
Gothic metal band from Norway
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Pain of Salvation
Pain of Salvation
Swedish metal band
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Trivium
Trivium
American heavy metal band
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Monstrosity
Monstrosity
American death metal band
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Lynch Mob
Lynch Mob
band
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Haken
Haken
British band
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Soilwork
Soilwork
Swedish melodic death metal band
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Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian
German power metal band
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Pagan's Mind
Pagan's Mind
Norwegian band
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Vio-lence
Vio-lence
American thrash metal band formed in 1985
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Byzantine
Byzantine
band
57
Secret Sphere
Secret Sphere
Italian band
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Vektor
Vektor
American thrash metal band

Cynic is an American progressive metal band formed in Miami, Florida in 1987 which incorporates elements of progressive rock, alternative rock, and extreme metal. Their first album, Focus, released on September 14, 1993, is widely regarded as a landmark release of the progressive metal genre. Cynic disbanded in 1994, but they reunited in 2006 and released their second album on November 17, 2008. Traced in Air was released through French label Season of Mist, followed up by an EP titled Re-Traced on May 18, 2010 and an EP titled Carbon-Based Anatomy on November 11, 2011. Their third studio album, Kindly Bent to Free Us, was released on February 14, 2014. In December 2017, after two years of an uncertain future, Reinert confirmed his split from Cynic, leaving Masvidal as the only remaining original member left. Reinert died at the age of 48 on January 24, 2020. Malone died at the age of 50 eleven months later.