Portal (Cynic inside)

[Everflow]

Après la sortie du premier album de Cynic, ses membres ont ensuite enregistré une démo sous le nom de PORTAL en 1995, ici commercialisée.

PORTAL, the early 1990s project featuring CYNIC masterminds Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert alongside guitarist Jason Gobel, bassist Chris Kringel and female vocalist Aruna Abrams, will have its demo recordings officially released as "The Portal Tapes" on March 27 in North America (four days earlier in Europe) in strictly limited editions of 5,000 digipak CDs and 1,000 vinyl LPs via Season Of Mist.

"I never thought this day would come", Masvidal comments. "A couple demos we'd record after [CYNIC's 1993 debut album] 'Focus', under the name PORTAL, would develop a life of their own, and somehow become part of CYNIC's larger discography. As an artist, it's an amazingly unpredictable journey, to see these quiet labors of love, find their way, in their own time."

[Tony Le Pouilleux]

Au début, je pensais que c'était le groupe australien hyper-tordu qui collaborait avec Cynic, ce qui je trouvais totalement invraissemblable.

[Balin]

Il me semblait qu'il l'avait déjà ressorti...
Je dois confondre.

EDIT :

Here's the 'Portal Demo' which represented our post 'Focus' material that was never officially released. We recorded these demoes in late '95 early '96 as pre-productions for our next record, but broke up soon after and they disappeared with us. Through the internet, they became somewhat legendary among the Cynic community and so, when we officially headlined the US for Traced In Air, we decided to re-master them and offer an 'official' band approved version to the fans. The CD sleeve package folds out and contains lyrics. Enjoy!

limited quantities

[Everflow]

La "nouvelle" pochette :

Comme annoncé par le label Season of Mist, "The Portal Tapes" (compilation des démos post-Cynic jamais publiées officiellement) sera dans les bacs le 23 mars en Europe (le 27 en Amérique du Nord). Tirage limité à 5000 CDs et 1000 vinyles...