Sean Reinert
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Sean Reinert is the drummer of Cynic
Cynic (band)
Cynic is an American progressive rock band, incorporating experimental music, alternative, metal and jazz fusion elements, founded in Miami, Florida and currently based in Los Angeles, California. Their first album, Focus, released on September 14, 1993, is widely regarded as a landmark release of...

 and Æon Spoke
Æon Spoke
Æon Spoke is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles. It was created by members of Cynic and former members of Death, Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert, when they relocated from Miami to Los Angeles....

. He is known for his technical, original and creative drumming technique.

He credits such drummers as Dave Miranda, John Bonham
John Bonham
John Henry Bonham was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer of Led Zeppelin. Bonham was esteemed for his speed, power, fast right foot, distinctive sound, and "feel" for the groove...

, Dave Weckl
Dave Weckl
Dave Weckl is a highly acclaimed jazz fusion drummer. Weckl attended Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, MO and graduated in 1978. He majored in jazz studies at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut...

, Gary Husband
Gary Husband
Gary Husband is a British jazz and rock drummer, pianist and composer.- Short biography:Gary Husband is an English jazz and rock drummer, pianist and composer...

 and Vinnie Colaiuta
Vinnie Colaiuta
Vincent Colaiuta is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Republic, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14...

 as being huge influences in his formative years.

In 1991, Reinert and Paul Masvidal
Paul Masvidal
Paul Albert Masvidal is the guitarist, singer and a founding member of the progressive band Cynic and previously led the alternative rock band Æon Spoke. Born in Puerto Rico, Masvidal grew up in Miami, Florida and currently resides in Los Angeles...

 (also of Cynic) joined the band Death to record the Human album. This album is seen by many as the start of the technical death metal genre. After touring with Death, he returned to Cynic.

1993 saw the release of Focus (regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

) on the Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...

 label. Roadrunner re-released it in 2005 as a special collector's edition due to high demand. After Cynic's disbandment Reinert had been a member of the Cynic spin-off band Portal which released a demo but eventually disbanded. Having relocated to Los Angelos, Reinert continued working with music by writing and performing for television shows and motion pictures.

In 1999, Reinert helped form Aeon Spoke alongside Masvidal, which is described as an "ethereal rock" band. The band saw releases in 2004 and 2007, receiving national and satellite airplay, performing, hosting radio appearances, and even appearing on television show and motion picture soundtracks.

During this time in 2006, it was announced that Cynic would reform for a tour which took place in the summer of 2007. The reformed line-up then recorded a follow-up to Focus entitled Traced in Air, which was released in 2008 and followed by more touring. In 2009, a new EP with Cynic was recorded scheduled for release in May, 2010.

Discography

  • Death − Human (1991)
  • Cynic
    Cynic (band)
    Cynic is an American progressive rock band, incorporating experimental music, alternative, metal and jazz fusion elements, founded in Miami, Florida and currently based in Los Angeles, California. Their first album, Focus, released on September 14, 1993, is widely regarded as a landmark release of...

     − Focus (1993)
  • Sean Malone
    Sean Malone
    Sean Malone is an American musician who plays primarily fretless bass guitar and Chapman stick. However, Malone also plays piano, keyboards, and guitar. He is most well known as a member of the progressive band Cynic.- Biography :...

     − Cortlandt
    Cortlandt (album)
    -Track listing :# Controversy # Splinter # Fisher's Gambit # Hand Full of Earth # Giant Steps # At Taliesin # Big Sky Wanting # The Big Idea...

    (1996)
  • Gordian Knot
    Gordian Knot (band)
    Gordian Knot is an American progressive rock/metal band directed by bass guitarist Sean Malone. At times its shifting lineup has included Steve Hackett of Genesis, Bill Bruford of King Crimson and Yes, Ron Jarzombek from Watchtower and Spastic Ink as well as Jim Matheos of Fates Warning, several of...

     − Gordian Knot
    Gordian Knot (album)
    Gordian Knot was the debut album of Sean Malone's progressive rock project of the same name.-Track listing:#"Galois" - Malone#"Code/Anticode" - Malone, Reinert, Gunn, Jarzombek...

    (1999), Emergent
    Emergent (album)
    Emergent is the second album by American progressive rock band Gordian Knot, and is the only album apart from Focus to contain all original members of Cynic.- Track listing :#"Arsis" – 1:59#"Muttersprache" – 6:26#"A Shaman's Whisper" – 6:33...

    (2003)
  • Æon Spoke
    Æon Spoke
    Æon Spoke is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles. It was created by members of Cynic and former members of Death, Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert, when they relocated from Miami to Los Angeles....

     − Above the Buried Cry
    Above the Buried Cry
    Above the Buried Cry is the first album of American band Æon Spoke, led by Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert. Seven tracks from this album were re-recorded on the self-titled album in 2007.- Track listing :All tracks by Paul Masvidal...

    (2004), Æon Spoke
    Æon Spoke (album)
    Æon Spoke is the second studio album by American band Æon Spoke, led by Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert.- Track listing :- Personnel :* Paul Masvidal – vocals, guitar* Sean Reinert – drums, percussion, keyboards & backing vocals...

    (2007)
  • Aghora
    Aghora (band)
    Aghora is a progressive metal/technical metal band formed in 1995 by guitarist Santiago Dobles. In 2000 they released their first album, Aghora, recorded and produced by Santiago Dobles and Dan Escauriza in 1999, Miami, Florida. The album featured Sean Malone and Sean Reinert, both members of Cynic...

     − Aghora
    Aghora (album)
    Aghora is the self-titled debut album by progressive metal band Aghora, released on March 24, 2000. "Jazz-metal" Is another style commonly associated with this band.-Track listing:# "Immortal Bliss" – 4:34# "Satya" – 5:55...

    (2000), Formless
    Formless
    Formless is the 2nd album from progressive metal band Aghora, released in December, 2006.-Track listing:# Lotus – 1:14# Atmas Heave – 5:10# Moksha – 5:29# Open Close the Book – 4:58# Garuda – 2:53# Dual Alchemy – 5:36# Dime – 7:00# 1316 – 5:30...

    (2006)
  • C-187 − Collision (2007)
  • Cynic
    Cynic (band)
    Cynic is an American progressive rock band, incorporating experimental music, alternative, metal and jazz fusion elements, founded in Miami, Florida and currently based in Los Angeles, California. Their first album, Focus, released on September 14, 1993, is widely regarded as a landmark release of...

     - Traced in Air
    Traced in Air
    Traced in Air is the second full-length album by the progressive metal band Cynic. It is the first album since their 1993 debut Focus.-History:Cynic disbanded during the fall of 1994 while working on a new album...

    (2008)
  • Levi/Werstler - Avalanche of Worms (2010)
  • Cynic
    Cynic (band)
    Cynic is an American progressive rock band, incorporating experimental music, alternative, metal and jazz fusion elements, founded in Miami, Florida and currently based in Los Angeles, California. Their first album, Focus, released on September 14, 1993, is widely regarded as a landmark release of...

     - Re-Traced
    Re-Traced
    Re-Traced is an EP by the technical metal band Cynic. It is composed of four re-interpretations of songs from their album Traced in Air, as well as one new song. It was released through Season of Mist on May 17.-History:...

    (2010)
  • Cynic
    Cynic (band)
    Cynic is an American progressive rock band, incorporating experimental music, alternative, metal and jazz fusion elements, founded in Miami, Florida and currently based in Los Angeles, California. Their first album, Focus, released on September 14, 1993, is widely regarded as a landmark release of...

     - Carbon-Based Anatomy
    Carbon-Based Anatomy
    Carbon-Based Anatomy is an EP by the avant-garde metal band Cynic. It was released through Season of Mist on 11 November 2011.-History:Carbon-Based Anatomy EP is composed of six previously unheard tracks. However, the song "Carbon-Based Anatomy" is a reinterpretation of an older unreleased Æon...

    (2011)

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