Metal Anarchy

Cynic’s 2014 track “Earth Is My Witness” has finally received an official release. Fans can check that out via Bandcamp.

Paul Masvidal commented:

“Surprise drop on Bandcamp today.

‘Earth is My Witness’ is the last full song Sean Reinert, Sean Malone, and I recorded together during the ‘Kindly Bent to Free Us’ sessions. It didn’t quite fit the album. It had its own spirit, a kind of post-‘Kindly’ language, so we left it off. It briefly appeared on a limited box set, but this is its first proper digital release. Starting with Bandcamp for now. Thanks for listening and for being here.

This one doesn’t begin so much as it unfolds. It moves like a rite of passage, emotional and raw, pulling through tension before opening into something wide and luminous. There’s a quiet reckoning inside it, a feeling of being shaped by unseen forces. Lyrically, it circles around what it means to be witnessed by the Earth itself. As Alan Watts said, “You didn’t come into this world. You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean. You are not a stranger here.”