RIP SEAN REINERT

rummers have always been integral to the potency of heavy and progressive music, and even more so in the wildly technical world of left-field extreme metal. When legendary drummer Sean Reinert passed away on January 24 this year, the impact was both immediate and jarring; the response from the former Cynic mainstay’s admirers and collaborators, effusive and full of genuine love. A key figure in the development of progressive heaviness and the man whose extraordinary percussive talents graced numerous classic records, Sean Reinert’s untimely passing has robbed prog metal of one of its most gifted and daring protagonists.