I listened to the C-187 tracks last week, and I am not too sure what to think of them. There certainly is some nice guitar work and wow..THAT drum machine....mmmmm, tasty, hahahah!
As far as "Spheres" goes, I really believe it to be WAY ahead of it's time. It does have that Cynic/Death feel to it, but you know what? That's a good thing. The guitar synthesizers, the mid-rangey guitar tone, the drum sound, it all seems to work so well. I didn't 'get it' when it came out in '93, but after a couple of years, and after progressing as a musicican, I finally did 'get it.' It's my fave Pestilence CD now. And "Consuming..." was always my fave before that.
Long live Pestilence, and HELLO JAMES!
Dale