Traced in Air not only reinvigorated but reinvented Cynic, a metal band co-founded by guitarist Paul Masvidal and drummer Sean Reinert, who died Friday. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Circuit Des Yeux ENTER TEASER
Circuit Des Yeux
Roy Montgomery's Suffuse is out Aug. 17. Maeve Montgomery-McCarthy/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Rata Negra, Chuck Johnson, Chepang, Circuit Des Yeux. Miguel Martin Vargas, Andrew Paynter, Aaron Nichols, Michael Vallera hide caption
Six Organs of Admittance's new album, Burning The Threshold, comes out Feb. 24, 2017. Elisa Ambrogio/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jackie Lynn. Julia Dratel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The artwork for VHOL's Deeper Than Sky perfectly illustrates the shredded cosmos the album explores. Brandon Duncan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Circuit des Yeux's new album, In Plain Search, comes out May 19. Julia Dratel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Mind Over Mirrors. Saverio Truglia/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
As a high schooler in Lafayette, Ind., Circuit des Yeux's Haley Fohr was encouraged by Pink Reason's Kevin Failure to pursue music. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Clockwise from top left: Circuit des Yeux, Jeremiah Cymerman, Katie Gately, Satan, SubRosa. Courtesy of the artist hide caption