Cynic and The Dillinger Escape Plan | Distorted Entertainment EP 37

Originally Recorded: January 24th 2026

Grab your headphones—Ethan and Mitchell are back for a jam-packed bi-weekly check-in on the world of heavy music, underground updates, and video game chaos.

We kick things off with some personal updates, including Mitch's grueling 4.5-hour session for a killer new skull tattoo and Ethan's pacing through God of War. In the news layout, we unpack Dave Mustaine's sudden desire to hit the road with Metallica, massive upcoming tours from The Black Dahlia Murder and Fleshgod Apocalypse, the legal conclusion of the Batushka name dispute, and Slipknot's legendary unreleased album Look Outside Your Window.

In our gaming quadrant, we talk about the imminent collapse of Ubisoft's stocks, the cancelation of the Prince of Persia remake, and why the internet needs to finally let go of Bloodborne Remastered rumors.

Finally, we hit the Meat & Potatoes to swap album reviews. Mitch tackles the complex mathcore structures of The Dillinger Escape Plan’s One of Us Is the Killer, while Ethan strips down the robotic, synthesizer-driven space themes of Cynic’s 2008 masterpiece Traced in Air. We wrap up the show by scrolling through half a century of music history via Loudwire’s "Best Metal Songs of Each Year Since 1970" list.

Inside This Episode:

• 00:00 — Markiplier hiatuses & Iron Lung movie hype
• 03:20 — Studio ink check: Fresh tattoos and cat scratches
• 07:20 — Gaming corner: Optional God of War bosses & mid-life career transitions
• 13:40 — Megadeth's Dave Mustaine wants to mend fences with Metallica
• 17:55 — Tour Announcements: Black Dahlia Murder, Fleshgod Apocalypse, & Patriarch (Batushka)
• 22:40 — Weather alerts cancel Ghost shows & Slipknot's hidden melodic rock project
• 32:15 — The Office in Fortnite & the tragic downfall of Ubisoft
• 43:00 — Album Review 1: The Dillinger Escape Plan – One of Us Is the Killer
• 55:00 — Album Review 2: Cynic – Traced in Air
• 58:55 — Production breakdowns: Explaining Vocoders vs. Auto-Tune
• 1:04:00 — Reviewing Loudwire's Best Metal Track of Every Year (1970–2025)
• 1:21:00 — Next week's heavy choices: Cognitive & Tesseract

Album Homework for Episode 38:

• Cognitive — Abhorrence (Technical Death Metal)
• Tesseract — Altered State (Progressive Metal/Djent)

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