# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-masvidal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:27:01.946Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-masvidal"
name: "Paul Masvidal"
slug: "paul-masvidal"
description: "Paul Albert Masvidal is an American musician, best known as the guitarist, singer and a founding member of the progressive metal band Cynic. He has remained a continual member in Cynic for nearly three decades and has developed numerous other projects including Æon Spoke, Onward with Love, and Masvidal. Masvidal was ranked in Loudwire's 66 Best Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time and 50 Best Metal Songwriters of All Time."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Masvidal_11.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1971-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.49
  momentum:             2.055202541699762
  historical:           11.818556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://masvidalien.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Masvidal"
    title: "Paul Masvidal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پول ماسڤيدال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Masvidal"
    title: "Paul Masvidal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Masvidal"
    title: "Paul Masvidal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Masvidal"
    title: "Paul Masvidal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Masvidal"
    title: "Paul Masvidal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Masvidal"
    title: "Paul Masvidal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Masvidal"
    title: "Paul Masvidal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Masvidal"
    title: "Paul Masvidal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Масвидал, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Masvidal"
    title: "Paul Masvidal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%88%D9%84"
    title: "پال ماسواڈل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c14bcb5e-083f-44f3-8a86-4ba6493fc757"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q771072"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump