"A few things you've got to bear in mind about the American version of 'AntiMatter'," explains Heal. "First of all, it's different from the UK version. The UK version is literally a strong demo, which the band put together in its first 6 months of existence. You can really hear us thrashing around for our sound. There are several experiments that veer around from one side to the other which make it an interesting album. But it makes it quite an erratic album, I think. With the US release of 'AntiMatter,' we dropped some songs from the original release and put stuff from the 'Metal' ep on it, so it's like the best of both worlds there. But that makes it even more diverse. "Cyberia," the LP that's just been released over here, was recorded last summer over a three month stretch. So because it was recorded much more homogeneously, its sounds much more homogenous, it's much more consistent. I think it sounds slightly more mature, slightly more structured.

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