Editing Cubanate (section)

==History==
===Initial career===
Graham Rayner originally used the name Cubanate for various one-off shows in the UK during the early 1990s. By 1992 however, the band's lineup became solidified with Marc Heal, Phil Barry, and Steve Etheridge joining Rayner. They released a demo cassette in the summer of 1992, titled ''UK 92''. It featured six songs which eventually found their way to the band's full-length album.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/9292998-Cubanate-UK-92/images |title=UK 92 Credits |publisher=self-released |type=liner notes |access-date=September 1, 2024}}</ref> Cubanate played their first UK tour in November 1992 supporting leftfield UK techno duo [[Sheep on Drugs]]. The group signed to Berlin's [[Dynamica Records]] shortly afterwards. The band's debut album, ''[[Antimatter (album)|Antimatter]]'', saw a UK release in 1993. After the release of the album's lead single, "Body Burn", Rayner and Etheridge departed from the band in order to form K-Nitrate.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/180530-K-Nitrate-Hyperphobia/images |title=Hyperphobia Credits |publisher=Synthetic Symphony |id=CD085-61502SPV |type=liner notes}}</ref> The pair were replaced by [[Julian Beeston]] (former [[Nitzer Ebb]] drummer).

In early 1994, the band released the ''Metal'' EP which featured two new songs ("Angeldust" and "Metal") plus a few ''Antimatter'' remixes. In May of that year, the ''Metal'' EP was Single of the Week in ''[[Melody Maker]]'' magazine. Later that year, Cubanate received media attention when they were weirdly paired with [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] for what turned out to be a notoriously violent UK tour ending in death threats to Heal. There was also an on-air confrontation on the ''[[BBC Radio 1|Radio One Rock Show]]'' with [[Bruce Dickinson]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Joel McIver|title=Nu-metal: the next generation of rock & punk|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|date=2002|page=44|isbn=9780711992092}}</ref> In 1995, ''Antimatter'' was belatedly released in the US with an altered tracklisting.

The second album ''Cyberia'' (1995) spawned the hit single "Oxyacetylene". The album peaked at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 3 on the CMJ RPM Chart in the U.S.<ref name="cmj-02-96">{{cite journal |last=Frampton |first=Megan |title=RPM |journal=CMJ New Music Report |date=19 Feb 1996 |volume=45 |issue=462 |page=14 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CMJ/1996/CMJ-New-Music-Report-1996-02-19.pdf |access-date=12 December 2021 |publisher=College Media, Inc. |location=Great Neck, NY |issn=0890-0795}}</ref> For live work around the ''Cyberia'' tour the band hired Shep Ashton on guitar and Darren Bennett on keyboards. After 1996, Ashton and Bennett were replaced by Roddy Stone (currently fronting UK metal act [[Viking Skull]]) and David Bianchi (who later went on to become manager of rock bands [[The Enemy (UK rock band)|The Enemy]] and [[Boy Kill Boy]]).

The third album, ''Barbarossa'' (1996) continued the crossover format, and despite being name-checked as influences by bands such as [[The Prodigy]],<ref name="Tales of the RIFF - Marc Heal">{{cite web|url=http://snakesixx.com/tales-of-the-riff-marc-heal/|title=Tales of the RIFF – Marc Heal|year=2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903061300/http://snakesixx.com/tales-of-the-riff-marc-heal/|archivedate=3 September 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> the group decided a change was clearly needed.

Signed in the United States to [[Wax Trax! Records|Wax Trax!]] Recordings for the act's fourth and final official full-length album to date, ''[[Interference (Cubanate album)|Interference]]'' (1998) was a departure from Cubanate's earlier techno experiments with a strong [[drum and bass]] influence that alienated some of their traditionalist fans but was heralded as revelatory by others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eruptzine.com/rev6.html|title=cyberia for gigakiddies like you|website=Eruptzine.com}}</ref> The album was co-produced by [[Rhys Fulber]].

===Early 2000s hiatus===

In 2004, a [[Torrent file|torrent]] appeared on the Internet with nine leaked demo tracks recorded by Heal in 2000 titled ''Search Engine''.  Featuring such tracks as "Razor Edge", "Superstructure", and "Drowning Hands"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://soundcloud.com/marc-heal/drowning-hands-demo-2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907204059/http://soundcloud.com/marc-heal/drowning-hands-demo-2000|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2014|title=Drowning Hands Demo 2000 by Marc Heal on SoundCloud|date=7 September 2014}}</ref> the material had been abandoned by Heal in 2000.

In October 2010, the band announced that they were recording again and would be releasing new material in 2011. A new track titled "We Are Crowd" was released on Alfa-Matrix's compilation ''EBM1''.

In a posting on his Facebook page dated 13 September 2011, Cubanate founder Marc Heal stated: "Marc here. I should have posted this a while back, but I wanted to let everyone know that I have decided conclusively not to do another Cubanate album. It was a real blast getting back into studio with Phil – and he came up with some brilliant music. But I'm doing something different with my life now and I've come to the conclusion to leave it. Thanks for all your support, I really appreciate it. I'll keep posting. M".<ref>[http://side-line.comnews_comments.php?id=46818_0_2_0_C] {{dead link|date=August 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

Both Heal and Barry have released solo work since that announcement.

===Reunion===
On 24 September 2016, Cubanate reformed to play the Cold Waves Festival (an annual industrial music festival held in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], United States)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gourley |first1=Bob |title=Marc Heal |url=https://chaoscontrol.com/marc-heal-interview-the-hum/ |website=Chaos Control Digizine |access-date=16 February 2025 |date=11 December 2016}}</ref> with members Marc Heal, Phil Barry and Vince McAley (variously from Dead on TV, GoFight and Die Warzau). The festival lineup included The Cocks (ex-[[Revolting Cocks]] members: [[Richard 23]], [[Luc van Acker]], [[Chris Connelly (musician)|Chris Connelly]] & [[Paul Barker]]), [[Pig (musical project)|<PIG>]], [[16Volt]], Dead When I Found Her, Bloody Knives, and Kanga, many of whom had previously collaborated with Heal in projects such as [[Pigface]] and C-Tec.<ref name="CW5">{{cite web|title=Full Band Bios|url=http://coldwaves.net/|website=ColdWaves.net|publisher=Cracknation Records|accessdate=14 April 2016|date=25 March 2016|quote=Most chemical engineers can probably tell you what "Oxyacetelyne" is... and so perhaps can Marc Heal, finally returning to the US with Phil Barry and Julian Beeston as CUBANATE}}</ref><ref name="CW5FB1">{{cite web|title=Cold Waves Festival added a new photo.|url=https://www.facebook.com/coldwavesfestival/photos/a.144076355765238.1073741827.144068512432689/519404121565791/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/144068512432689/519404121565791 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|website=ColdWaves.net|publisher=Cracknation Records|accessdate=14 April 2016|date=25 March 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The band returned to Cold Waves for its first Los Angeles event in November 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=TK |first1=Levan |title=Chicago’s Cold Waves Industrial/EBM Festival Hits L.A. for the First Time |url=https://www.laweekly.com/chicagos-cold-waves-industrial-ebm-festival-hits-l-a-for-the-first-time/ |website=LA Weekly |publisher=Street Media |access-date=16 February 2025 |date=13 November 2017}}</ref>

On 5 May 2017, Cubanate released a compilation album titled ''[[Brutalism (Cubanate album)|Brutalism]]'' via Armalyte Industries, featuring 14 remastered songs from Cubanate's first three albums.

In 2019, Cubanate released ''Kolossus'', their first new material since 1998.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Alex |title=Cubanate "Kollosus" |url=https://www.idieyoudie.com/2019/06/12/cubanate-kolossus/ |website=I Die, You Die |access-date=16 February 2025 |date=12 June 2019}}</ref>