Cynic playing Gods of Metal festival in Milan, Italy on June 28, 2009. Credit: Photo via Shadowgate, CC BY 2.0

Focus is a monumental footnote in the history of Miami-based death metal, and Cynic is celebrating the 30th anniversary of releasing its debut album this year.

Original drummer Sean Reinert and longtime bassist Sean Malone—who both appeared on the original album—died on opposite ends of 2020, leaving singer Paul Masvidal as the last surviving original member still in the band.

This gig finds Masvidal and some new friends performing Focus cover-to-cover and is the last of what appears to be a string of homestate gigs, so we can’t rule out a possible guest spot from Jason Gobel, the album’s guitarist who left the band not long after release.

Tickets to see Cynic play Orpheum in Tampa on Friday, Sept. 8 are still available for $25.