The Advent may refer to the alias of techno artist Cisco Ferreira or the Christian metalcore band. aka Cisco Ferreira The Advent is the techno/electro project of Cisco Fereirra (and formerly, Colin McBean). Soon after leaving school, Ferreira began working as an engineer at Jack Trax Records, a job which enabled him to glimpse first-hand the work of pioneers such as Derrick May and Marshall Jefferson. He began recording in 1988 with C.J. Bolland