Tymon Kruidenier is a Dutch

Dutch people

The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...

  guitarist. He became well known in the world of metal, being a member of the technical death metal

Technical death metal

Technical death metal is a musical subgenre of death metal that focuses on complex rhythms, riffs and song structures. Technical experimentation in death metal began in the late '80s and early '90s by bands such as Death, Atheist and Cynic...

 band Cynic from 2008-2010.

Biography

His previous project was a Dutch metal fusion band called Exivious

Exivious

Exivious is a heavy metal band, featuring former members of American progressive metal band Cynic and current members of Dutch band Textures. They released one self-titled album independently. Exivious incorporate heavy metal riffs with a jazz fusion approach to phrasing and time signatures,...

, in which he recorded one and the only release before Exivious actually disbanded. He was a guest musician during the recording session of the highly acclaimed Obscura

Obscura (band)

-History:Obscura was founded in 2002 by Steffen Kummerer. The band was named after the Gorguts album Obscura. In 2006 Obscura self-released their debut album Retribution and toured alongside Suffocation within Europe. A European headlining tour through East and South Europe followed in 2007...

's 2009 album, Cosmogenesis

Cosmogenesis (album)

- Band lineup :* Steffen Kummerer - guitars, vocals* Christian Muenzner − guitars* Jeroen Paul Thesseling − bass* Hannes Grossmann - drums* Ron Jarzombek - guest guitar on track 9* Tymon Kruidenier - guest guitar on track 2...

. In the meantime, it was announced that he joined Cynic along with his Exivious bandmate, bassist Robin Zielhorst

Robin Zielhorst

Robin Zielhorst is a Dutch bass player, and a current bassist of the Dutch fusion-metal band Exivious. He is also well known for his work in Cynic.-Biography:...

. Besides playing the second guitar in Cynic, he also handles all of the death

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 growls. He is also active as a producer / mixing engineer. Tymon uses Steinberger guitars, like his bandmate, Paul Masvidal

Paul Masvidal

Paul Albert Masvidal is the guitarist, singer and a founding member of the progressive band Cynic and previously led the alternative rock band Æon Spoke. Born in Puerto Rico, Masvidal grew up in Miami, Florida and currently resides in Los Angeles...

.

In December 2010, Tymon Kruidenier and Robin Zielhorst

Robin Zielhorst

Robin Zielhorst is a Dutch bass player, and a current bassist of the Dutch fusion-metal band Exivious. He is also well known for his work in Cynic.-Biography:...

parted ways with Cynic and currently they are working on a new Exivious album which will be released during 2011. Kruidenier also started to work as an online columnist for Prog Sphere webzine. In his first column, Tymon writes about his plans for the future.

In his second blog for the aforementioned webzine, Tymon talks about the upcoming Exivious album with retrospect on their debut.