Focus
by Cynic
- Type: Album
- Released: 14 September 1993
- Label: Roadrunner
- Country: United States
- Length: 35:56
- Community rating: 4.03/5 from 11 ratings
Artists on this release: Michael Fuller, Sean Malone, Paul Masvidal, Jason Gobel, Sean Reinert
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A highly controversial album upon release that became an undisputed masterpiece, 'Focus' radically fused extreme technical death metal with smooth jazz fusion. Cynic utilized robotic vocoder effects and incredibly complex, virtuosic musicianship to deliver deeply spiritual, philosophical, and futuristic metal.
Genres
Descriptors: avant-garde, fusion, technical, complex, progressive
Tracklist
- Veil of Maya (5:20)
- Celestial Voyage (3:37)
- The Eagle Nature (3:28)
- Sentiment (4:24)
- I'm But a Wave to ... (5:27)
- Uroboric Forms (3:30)
- Textures (4:40)
- How Could I (5:27)
Credits
- Cynic - primary artist, producer, written-by [music], written-by [lyrics]
- Monte Conner - a&r
- Modino Graphics - art direction
- Robert Venosa - artwork [cover art: angelic manifestation], design [cynic logo], design/illustration
- Sean Malone - bass, chapman stick
- Sean Reinert - drums, drums [electronic drums], keyboards
- Jason Gobel - guitar, guitar [guitar synth]
- Mike Fuller - mastered by
- Theresa Blauch - photography by [photo's], photography
- Scott Burns - producer, mixed by, engineer
- Sonia Otey - vocals [additional]
- Steve Gruden - vocals [additional]
- Tony Teegarden - vocals [additional]
- Paul Masvidal - vocals, guitar, guitar [guitar synth]
- Michael Fuller - mastering