The third album, Barbarossa (1996) continued the crossover format, and despite being name-checked as influences by bands such as The Prodigy, the group decided a change was clearly needed. 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 and Boy Kill Boy). For live work around the Cyberia tour the band hired Shep Ashton on guitar and Darren Bennett on keyboards. The second album Cyberia (1995) spawned the hit single "Oxyacetylene", generally considered Cubanate's creative peak. In May 1994, the Metal EP was Single of the Week in Melody Maker magazine and later that year Cubanate received media attention when they were weirdly paired with Carcass for what turned out to be a notoriously violent UK tour ending in death threats to Heal and an on-air confrontation on the Radio One Rock Show with Bruce Dickinson. The pair were replaced by Julian Beeston (ex – Nitzer Ebb drummer). Rayner and Etheridge departed after the first Machinery single, "Body Burn" (1993). The group signed to Berlin's Dynamica Records shortly afterwards. Cubanate played their first UK tour in November 1992 supporting leftfield UK techno duo Sheep on Drugs.
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