“DECIBEL HALL OF FAME TOUR” WILL FEATURE CYNIC PLAYING FOCUS IN FULL
Not to be outdone by silly bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Testament and Motley Crue, [relatively] recently reunited prog metal pioneers Cynic want their moment in the “playing our classic album in its entirety” sun too.
According to an email from the band’s label Season of Mist, Cynic will hit the road this July and August for “The Decibel Fall of Fame Tour” on which they’ll play their classic 1993 record Focus in full. We know that Cynic will headline, but we don’t know which other bands will be on the tour. Seeing as a criterion for Decibel Hall of Fame inclusion is that all band members must be alive to talk about the album, we haven’t got much to help us whittle down the list of the 50-some-odd Decibel Hall of Fame bands listed here. But we’re MetalSucks so we’re gonna speculate anyway!
It’s safe to assume that if Cynic are headlining then bigger bands like Slayer and Anthrax won’t be on the tour, and that, for example, the classic Sepultura lineup isn’t about to reunite. It’s also reasonable, but by no means fool-proof, to make assumptions based on style… like, I doubt they’re gonna throw Converge on tour with Cynic (but ya never know). With that in mind, here’s my short-list for possible other bands:
- Carcass
- Atheist
- Morbid Angel
- Obituary
- Suffocation
- Nile
- Enslaved
This is fun; and this tour will undoubtedly be fun too. We’ll keep you apprised of any developments.
-VN
