Progress — A Step Into the Future or a Plunge Into the Abyss?
The memories of the band's three-track demo released back in 2002 have barely faded, yet the impatient listener is already presented with the full-length "CyberWarMachine" for listening, tearing apart, dragging through the mud, and exalting to the heavens. It's a matter of taste, of course, but the one thing that can be said is that regardless of what we'd hear on the new disc, it would already cause considerable resonance among music critics, simply because music in the cyber-thrash style doesn't fit into any framework, and it's difficult to definitively say what it actually is (and that's precisely how their first demo was presented).
If you still try to label what the band plays using more or less established terminology, it would be a heterogeneous blend of techno-black, thrash, horror, and electronica, which could primarily appeal to admirers of THE KOVENANT (well, that is if those admirers don't accuse them of plagiarism). As for the sound, that's the factor that should be criticized last (and no wonder — the recording was done at MediaWorks Studios and mastering at the renowned Finnvox Studios).
I can note that as someone who appreciates experimentation, this remarkable mixture pleased me with its defiance of templates and unconventional approach, as the compositions have a rather interesting structure, and the selection of electronic samples (well, you can't do without them!) is quite individual, in the sense that the emphasis was placed not on what had already been done somewhere, sometime, by someone, but on what could still be done. This raises the logical question: what if everyone did this — wouldn't it lead to the collapse of the musical genre? That question is far beyond my competence; the only thing I can advise is — listen and draw your own conclusions. There's plenty to think about.