Cubanate

Cubanate were an industrial band from London, England, founded in 1992 by Marc Heal (vocals), Graham Rayner (keyboards), Phil Barry (guitars), and Steve Etheridge (drums). The group became well known for their combination of electro-industrial with distorted heavy metal guitars and techno percussion (later incorporating breakbeats). After the release of their debut album Antimatter in 1993, Rayner and Etheridge departed from the band. From that point on, Cubanate revolved around Heal and Barry, with various other musicians joining the lineup at times.

In 1995, Cubanate released their second album Cyberia. It contained the band's most successful single, "Oxyacetylene". Their third album, Barbarossa, followed in 1996. Cubanate then signed with Wax Trax! Records for the release of 1998's Interference. After the release of the band's fifth album (Search Engine) was aborted, Cubanate went into a hiatus. They briefly reunited from 2010 to 2011, and again from 2016 to 2022.