I thought Cynic were a tech death metal band...???
No.
I know that they changed their sound to progressive metal a while back, but this is a bit weird
No.
They've always been a prog band, with jazz and death influences. Paul Masvidal (the guitarist and vocalist) and Sean Reinhart (the drummer) also played on the Death album, "Human". Which came out in '91, and the first Cynic album, "Focus", came out in '93.
They have that and the new album, Traced in Air, which is very similar but more mellow and less death-y.
The song I posted, and the one I'm about to, are from a new EP they did called "Re-Traced", where they have reworked and re-imagined versions of some songs off of Traced in Air, plus a new song.
Anyway, here's the original version of the song you just heard.
And here's another Re-Traced song, Space (based off Space for This from TiA).
And if you want the original, it's here.
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