STATIC - X Start A War Reprise
Static-X keeps their style of being a heavy metal industrialesque band in Start a War. Start a War sounds as good as it looks to have Koichi Fukuda back in the band. The band has suffered enough this year with their ex-guitarist Tripp (ex-dope member) facing jail time. But beautiful art comes from the most painful anger, so this album is a true recording of staring the end right in the face and turning your back on the leering eyes and the people expecting you to fail. Start a War sounds like a band of old friends who have put their true personalities on CD. Start a War is a perfect combination of all of Static-X’s albums combining the edginess of Wisconsin Death Trip with the catchier songs of Machine. Start a War is not trying to be radio friendly, or apologize for any problems the band has recently had. Instead Static-X is offering a stripped down heavy version of themselves to get the fans back to the Static-X formula of scratchy, industrial vocals, mixed with pure metal instrumentation. Well, done. - Sara Josephine
Posted by MK Magazine