"Symbiocene" by Dutch progressive Christian metal band Mystic

Hi all,

not sure whether allowed and whether the right topic (oh no, another topic starter with one of those lines...) I read the sticky rules etc and I'll be polite huhuh. If there's a more appropriate place to post this, please let me know.

Mystic has just released a new EP (after an instrumental album 11 years ago that was awarded co-winner of instrumental tech death album of the year 2011 by Invisible Oranges). It's available for free streaming and lossless downloading on Bandcamp. It's progressive metal with screams and lots of melody. Hope you'll enjoy it!


LINKS:

https://mystic.bandcamp.com/ (free lossless downloads of the new EP and the old instrumental album)

https://www.soundclick.com/mysticnl

https://www.youtube.com/MysticNetherlands (videos being added, including a lyrics video soon)

https://soundcloud.com/mysticnl

BIO:

Mystic is a one-man band from the Netherlands that enlists session musicians on vocals (and one guest solo). Mystic started in 2007 and released an instrumental progressive metal album called “Grace” on the 31^st of December 2011, on Bandcamp only. Without any promotion it was recognized by the Invisible Oranges webzine and awarded as co-winner of instrumental album of the tech death category After that the band only posted a few sketches on Soundclick. Now however, it has released a new 4 song EP called “Symbiocene” on the 30^th of December 2022 on its Bandcamp page, but also on Youtube, Soundcloud, and Soundclick. The songs feature vocals and lossless versions are free to download from Bandcamp. Since people like references… the style is somewhere between old Psychotic Waltz, Cynic and Coroner, but with a more modern production.

Welcome to the board. I will definatley check this out.

Thanks sir, and thanks!

Sold!

This is awesome stuff!

Is there a physical copy for sale anywhere?  Where can I read the lyrics?

Thanks!

Thank you kindly good sir! I'm afraid there are no physical copies available. Besides the screams I'm doing everything myself (all instruments, lyrics, vocoder, mixing, mastering, artwork, video, distribution etc) and I decided not go for physical copies on top of that. But I'm flattered by the notion. You may download the lossless WAVs if you so please. The lyrics are printed on all media. They are not overtly Christian, but  there are hints (in Superluminal and, especially, Ex Nihilo). Enjoy, thanks for your great feedback!

Super music! I loved it. I love the creative and techno elements; it's unique and interesting. Well done!

Welkom op het forum (Nederlander hier)!

I'll check it out later for sure. And if it's any good I'll share a song on my Epic Metal themed fb page.

Dank voor het welkom

It's not Epic Metal I'm afraid but thanks for the offer hehe

We mean 'epic metal' as in metal that sounds grandiose... and we occasionally stray a bit from that path. But usually things like Rhapsody, Wintersun and Ensiferum. My AOTY last year was progressive metal though, so there's a chance

Excellent. I figured out AOTY all by myself btw. Und sprechen Sie Deutsch? Bist Du Deustch oder Niederlander?

Let me know if you need more info on the band or whatsover.

I'd suggest you to hurry up and claim "I discovered them first" status quickly, as I'm earning s**tloads of money already from Bandcamp, 0.50 EUR!!! (that was a lame joke, but the 50 eurocents is true lol)

I agree, it's not epic metal.

It's progressive/technical metal.

^Nobody said it was... we share the kind of metal that we like at the moment. The other page admin has started dabbling in techdeath.

Tof je hier weer tegen te komen man, 2 tegen de rest op Zware metalen was het.


I will check the song man, shall i promote it to?
I run a Instagram page called Christian metal Horde

Finally bought this one today.

Great stuff!

Progton wrote:Tof je hier weer tegen te komen man, 2 tegen de rest op Zware metalen was het.


I will check the song man, shall i promote it to?
I run a Instagram page called Christian metal Horde

What on earth were you doing on Zware Metalen?

Haha to share Christian metal and receive non positive reactions...
Only a few who likes to listen Antestor.
But i am not doing that anymore, this fora is more my cup of tea