In some trendy zines or sites this is the new dimension of extreme music, but in my ears "Cypher" is an ordinary pseudo-extreme and modern release. When some people talk about the term "extreme music" they usually lost the real meaning of that word. When I think to a modern example of extreme futuristic metal album I don’t think to the trendy and easy listening solutions of The Kovenant "Animatronic" but to the harsh music of the Dodheimsgard "666 International" or the incredible Aborym first two albums. In this "Cypher" There’s not any experimental sign but only some simple solution to give a modern appearance to their sound.
In "Cypher" I don’t feel the rebel spirit, the madness of an extreme band, there are some futuristic and modern keyboards but the usual lack of inspiration on the guitars, the ordinary "zum-zum" on them, is the dominant tune. If those guys think to be the new sensation of the extreme music I say that they’re a weaker version of a sort of futuristic new metal, not surely a post-black band.
It’s not a secret that this band have born to be a follower, with the debut they tried to do a nicer version of the Dismal Euphony-Dimmu Borgir early albums, then, after the decadence of that trend, they searched to evolve their sound to not become obsolete, and this is another chapter of their search for "glory..."but not surely for something to be proud.