CD Review: Static-X - Project Regeneration Vol. 1 (Nu Metal, 2020)

Sometimes there are these tunes that give you hope. This happened to me as I heard the new Static-X album "Project Regeneration Vol.1". One of the good sides of listening to music is that it is a source of good feelings. These came up quickly as I had these songs pumping out of the speakers.

It's the mixture of the heavy riffing with the driving force of the drums on the one hand that gave me good feelings. But all of this was topped by the vocals that always kept going up and down and always shining through in deep emotional shapes. It feels as if at times my feelings could speak through the noise that can be heard.  

Most of the time it's pure aggression coming out but on some tracks like "Bring You Down (Project Regeneration)" it also comes in waves of fear and sometimes despair. Few electronic effects underline this. That's something I love to hear.

A track like "My Destruction" illustrates the band's potential to transform today's merciless society's behaviour through straight and rough thrashing. It has lot's of mean laughs in it that sound like the evil showing it's face in it's many incarnations. Impressive to hear that music can make such things visible to the human ear.
 
The keyboards on "Something Of My Own (Project Regeneration)" follow more positive vibes, yet it has broken feelings in it the track shines a more lighter and better note out of it.
 
These are my favorites of the album. What are your faves ? Let me know in the comments below.
Make sure to buy a copy out of the band's hands.

Dirty Machine release heartouching and groundshaking new video

I love music videos. They can be such a strong force to express a topic in a way few other things can do. It's the combination of music and moving pictures that also caught my attention on this one.

From my perspective this one talks about problems in relationsships. It seems as if the woman wants to talk but the guy refuses to show any reaction. How does it end? Look for yourselves - just sayin' that the end surprised me...


This video single comes of the hand's of Dirty Machine, a nu metal band. It's impressive to hear how hard this style can be. After a mixed start it unfolds it's massive sonic detonation through the mixture of the vocalist performances that complement each other to erupt at a full explosion at the end. The hard knocking drums with the fine notes on the guitars put it even deeper in my mind and the DJ effects throw in more drive to the already explosive mixture.

The coverart for "Further from you" created by Jayden Braley and Jason Lindley. , (c) by Dirty Machine, used with kind permission

The track is the latest single of the band. Check the subpage on the band's current label Zombie Shark Records for a list of retailers that sell the track and keep a constant eye on Dirty Machine (I'll do for sure) - on Facebook.