Over four years in the making, Kindly Bent to Free Us is a new apex in the evolution of progressive rock visionaries Cynic. The album's eight tracks are rich, vibrant, and evocative, and the mark of a band that are masters of their craft. As “True Hallucination Speak”, “The Lion's Roar”, and the title track personify, Cynic 2014 is transcendent. Without a doubt, Kindly Bent to Free Us is Cynic's tour de force and yet another crescendo in the band's illustrious, ground-breaking career.
Recommended if you like: Anathema, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, Opeth, The Pineapple Thief, Katatonia