Cipher Press Release: Guitarist Search

CIPHER is looking for a guitar player!

The political hardcore/metal band, and Uprising Records recording artists, are looking for a guitarist to round out their line-up in preparation for the completion of their follow up to their critically acclaimed full length release, "Children Of God's Fire."

Practices are based in Long Beach, NY. We are looking to complete the writing and recording process by the fall and record this coming winter....with an early summer 2009 release date in mind.

We're looking for someone who

-has a desire to challenge themselves musically (beyond the confines of traditional hardcore or metalcore for that matter. No power chords damn it!) as well as politically (question what society, the media, your family and your schools have shoved down your throat).

-is drugs and drama free

-has the skills, experience, focus and commitment needed to play in a professional band.

Contact us through www.myspace.com/cipher or directly at d2dabob@aol.com

The band will be playing a few select shows in the coming months stay posted and connected via cipher myspace.

cipher listed in DECIBEL magazine Top 40 Albums of 2005

Cipher's Children of Gods Fire listed in DECIBEL magazine's Top 40 albums of 2005! Go out and cop it.

April's issue of Metal Hammer features Cipher as one of the 28 bands to watch in 2006

Cipher is featured in the Spring issue of Clamor Magazine and the July 2006 issue of Thrasher Magazine blog.myspace.com/cipher

What the industry has been saying about CHILDREN OF GOD'S FIRE...

"Metalcore bands may be 10-a-penny, but metalcore bands that can rise above the mosh and deliver albums worth savoring are priceless...this hour-long debut from Long Island's Cipher is one of those rare, rare instances."[9/10] -Decibel

“Most metalcore bands are either spastic and harmonically dissonant, or full of groove and mosh. Few combines both, and even fewer combine both successfully like the neo-revolutionary band Cipher…Cipher plays tough, chest pounding music that has plenty of brains amongst the brutality." [8/10] -Outburn

"This band really grabbed me by the throat and didn't let go until the album was done...Brutal, brilliant metal with a responsible, thoughtful head on it's burly shoulders. Get into it." -AMP

“…a brilliant, brutal and even touching album that is sure to help ignite the flames of consciousness back into hardcore… it manages to punish ear-drums while enlightening minds at the same time…” -Skyscraper

“…A shining display of intellect, compassion, and skull-crushing power… one of the surefire, best politically themed hardcore albums to come out in some time” -Pastepunk.com

"With this release, Uprising has one of the most promising and intersting acts of our time in their rooster - get to know them while you can still impress your friends with a new name, I assume that this band will be much, much bigger very soon, and they deserve every bit of attention they can get." Poisonfree.com

“I am now kicking myself for not checking this band out sooner …I had truely thought the days of well thought out and perfectly executed metalcore were long gone…” -Siczine.com

“Their powerful, historical, passionate message of humanity just happens to come wrapped in heavy, brutal music. This is an encyclopedia written on the side of a war machine…Lyrically, sonically, and passionately this band has honed this beauty and delivered it to us in the time of a little over an hour.” [9/10] -Wrank Music.com

“Children of God's Fire is an ultimately satisfying journey through extreme musical territory. Cipher is progressive, intelligent and provocative -- a combination that's tough to come by these days.” -Splendid.com

“Cipher take the word hardcore to expansive levels…This disc is a must for anyone into hardcore, or metalcore, or any person willing to try something that’s abrasive yet intelligent…” [9.5/10] -Riftrock.com

“…this disc is simply a must have for anyone with a brain. Cipher hinted at greatness in the past, but all their elements come together perfectly here and this is a relevant album...”[9.5/10] -Transcending the Mundane

“Cipher delivers “Children on God’s Fire,” a solid 62 minutes of heady, thoughtful metalcore that gives as much to the listener lyrically as it does musically. Combining a small book’s worth of social and political commentary with 14 months worth of perfected technical music work, Cipher effectively sets themselves apart from the teeming masses of metalcore.” -Quitmyscene.com

“Listening to this album is like simultaneously taking a tough college course and getting run over by a truck… If classic tough-guy hardcore is a bodybuilder, Cipher is hardcore gone Robotech, with 21st century armor and weaponry…” -Stylus.com

“Cipher’s music is heavy and lurching, like fists on a giant man with Tourette’s, lashing out and smashing, punching with mean riffage, strattling perfectly the gray line between hardcore and metal.” -Fishcom Collective.net

“a mathematically precise chaotic metal album… Cipher promises to be one of those bands that sticks in your mind hours after their show…Grab this up now [editor’s choice]” -Smother.net

“Passionate, venomous, and steadfast, this New York based group attacks with a frenziedly schizophrenic blend of hardcore and metal that's as much potent musically as it is lyrically…Yes!” -Fake Train.com

“Blast beats, breakdowns, all done without studio polish - this is how heavy music needs to be done… Cipher offers up a refreshing, heavy album for 2005.” -Buzzgrinder.com

“Hardcore has lost its true meaning, lets bring it back. Cipher is one of the many bands that have the power to recreate the "Hardcore Community" [A++] -Houseofthelivingdead.com

“…a whole world of ideas, concepts, and connections are made and completely blow your mind…Not only is this heavy in musical delivery, but probably even more heavy in conceptual presentation…” -Hanging Like a Hex

“Cipher are evolving a musical style, a musical movement: metalcore hasn't anymore limits and borders in this "Children of God's Fire".” -www.firealive.it