Sean Malone, the longtime bassist of the great progressive metal band Cynic, has died aged 50, Loudwire reports. Malone played on all three of Cynic's full-length albums, leaving a great mark in music. "Without any hyperbole; a true legend" - Steve Di Giorgio of Death wrote, adding - "Sean Malone is basically responsible for an entire genre of metal bass playing. Very influential and definitively ahead of the rest of us".