So Death (Chuck) somehow took a scoop of this Cynic concoction to his progressive death metal soup. Pretty interesting. It sucks that this band stop playing. Atheist, Death and Cynic were an amazing TRI-LOGY in this style.
One time during their second gig in Serbia I had a chance to ask him what was it like playing with Chuck of Death, and he simply said: It was pretty like playing with friend... awesome guy, true intelectuall.
Best band evaaaarrrr!. I hope I can make songs as good as Cynic in time. I've been playing for 2 and a half years and am very heavily influenced by Paul.
As with everything, Paul Masvidal is right about original music media, answering "piracy" question. There is a feeling when you hold bought cassette (yes, I am so old) or CD, like you have traced a part of artist spirit through that artifact. Come to Serbia Cynic, please play again for us!