Cyanotic - Transhuman 2.0 (2007)

   After the spectacular uprise of industrial music by mixed up with metal incluences in the '90s, there was a longer silence until the genre took a piece again from the actual main scene. This return included modern influences of electronic music, that had some refreshing effect on the genre.
    Cyanotic debuted with the EP "Mutual Bonding Through Violation", and it was one of the earliest bands who gave a taste of this new sound. On the side of the traditional industrial metal features drum n bass and EBM influences showed up, and their music refers to bands like Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and 16 Volt. The EP was very stunning, but their aggressive and cold sound materialized with full power on the first full-lenght album "Transhuman", that lately had an extended release ("Transhuman 2.0") with remix songs. It's definitely something far different than what '90s industrial was. Less compatible for both metal or electronic music fans, even though there was stronger focus on the electronic influences. It just wasn't the way how to invite people on the dancefloor. Skinny Puppy 2 decades earlier and industrial metal 1 decade earlier wasn't either, but this was even a way further. This style showed less propensity for compromises too, even if it counted as something very actual and modern in the '00s, and therefore it was able to gather smaller audience too. This was another way of the extreme development of electronic music, but this time with less metal assistance.