Search - Static-X :: Start a War (W/Dvd)

Absolutely nothing redeemable

exploding_pool | middle-of-nowhere, PA USA | 09/21/2008

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I don't ever like to say that an album is a total failure. There HAS to be something good about it. No one would put a disc out if it possibly sucked that much. Well, it's happened. This album is a total failure.



Where do I begin? The grating vocals? The idiotic and bland lyrics? The stupidly simple song structures that consist of one or two riffs repeated and sound like something from the mid-90s? Or how about their annoying "aren't we so funny" vibes?



Frontman Wayne Static is known for his phallic hair style, but he should be known for potentially being one of metal's worst frontmen. His vocals are totally soulless and monotonous. And his lyrics sound like something an angry 13-year-old would write; they're often obnoxious, trite, and just plain dumb. Take this line, from the song "Set it Off", for example: "I feel like death wearing a disguise/Can't catch my breath/From all this noise". If I were him, I would have been embarrassed to pen something like that.



It's almost not even worth mentioning the music. For one thing, the production's horrible. But the music itself somehow manages to sound worse. Every single riff is boring, uninspired, and dated. The band is all over the place in terms of arrangement; they want to sound electronic and fake, so they throw in some keyboards...but they also want a thick, organic sound. They don't succeed in getting either.



Possibly the most annoying thing about this disc is their irritating desire to seem clever, cliched expressions and all. I think "Otsego Amigo" is a joke, but it's hard to tell when it's not funny. And if it wasn't funny enough the first time, imagine how hilarious it is to hear it as a hidden track at the end...only this time without music! Who was asking for that?



All of this culminates into what is possibly the worst CD I own. I'm just glad someone else bought this for me."