"Today I post with a heavy heart, but also a lightened spirit," drummer Sean Reinert (Cynic, Death) posted via social media over the weekend. "A settlement has been reached between Paul (Masvidal) and I in regards to Cynic.

"I am unable to disclose any of the details regarding this agreement but I am at peace with the arrangement. I am going to step aside from Cynic and continue with my personal projects - Paul is going to continue with Cynic and his.

"I want to take this last Facebook post as an opportunity to humbly thank all of the musicians, engineers, technicians, companies, booking agents, managers, crew, press, labels and friends that I've worked with (and will likely continue to) over this past 30-year span. Most of all - I would like to thank the fans, who to this day still blow me away with their loyalty and love. You've always been the inspiration and the fuel for the machine!

"To Paul, I sincerely wish him and the musicians he hires nothing but the best.

"If you are interested in what's going on in my world check out some of the links below."

Find Reinert on Facebook here.

InsideOut signing Perfect Beings, now featuring Sean Reinert, will issue their Vier album on January 19th. Since the album recording, Perfect Beings have added Reinert to the band's founding core of Ryan Hurtgen (vocals, piano), Johannes Luley (guitar, bass, production), and Jesse Nason (keyboards).

The album is split into four distinct compositions. Tracklisting below:

Guedra - 18:23  
“A New Pyramid”
“The Blue Lake Of Understanding”
“Patience”
“Enter the Center”

The Golden Arc - 16:47
“The Persimmon Tree”
“Turn The World Off”
“America”
“For A Pound Of Flesh”

Vibrational - 18:17
“The System And Beyond”
“Mysteries, Not Answers”
“Altars Of The Gods”
“Everywhere At Once”
“Insomnia”

Anunnaki - 18:42
“Lord Wind”
“Patterns Of Light”
“A Compromise”
“Hissing The Wave Of The Dragon”
“Everything’s Falling Apart”

“Patterns Of Light” video:

"A New Pyramid" snippet:

About the band:

Singer Ryan Hurtgen originally met Johannes Luley as a client in Luley’s Los Angeles-based recording studio, My Sonic Temple. Luley, who was instantly impressed with his personality, song-crafting skills, and voice, asked Hurtgen to join him on a new project. This new group was going to continue the path Luley’s former band Moth Vellum had set out on. The two became fast friends and soon put together a full band which would also include founding member Jesse Nason on keyboards.

After releasing Perfect Beings (2014) and II (2015) to critical acclaim, a few personnel changes occurred that left the band without a rhythm section. The guys decided they wouldn’t be deterred, even by such a major setback. Instead, they hired Minneapolis transplant Ben Levin to play the drums on their next album, with Luley taking over the bass spot in addition to playing guitars.

The result is the exhilarating double album, Vier. As the group got closer to completing the record, they approached InsideOut, whose label chief Thomas Waber had shown interest a couple of years earlier. The parties agreed to join forces and release the record in early 2018. Levin dropped out and progressive rock drumming phenom Sean Reinert joined the band to add even more life force to an already powerful and highly skilled group. The band can be seen in its current lineup at ROSfest 2018, early May in Gettysburg, PA.
 
Lineup:

Ryan Hurtgen - vocals; piano
Johannes Luley - guitars; bass
Jesse Nason - keyboards
Sean Reinert - drums; percussion