Influences
Atheist had previously fused death metal with jazz. Cynic itself has had a notable influence on some later groups. Echoes of Cynic's approach can be heard in the music of many later death metal groups such as Veil of Maya, Martyr, Aletheian, Textures, Decrepit Birth, Behold... the Arctopus and even Meshuggah, as well as some progressive metal groups such as Spiral Architect, Opeth, Sceptic, Between the Buried and Me and Continuo Renacer.
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