Project Regeneration Vol. 2

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Project: Regeneration Vol. 2
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Studio album by
Static-X
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)
Recorded2003–2005, 2013–2014, 2019–2023
Genre Industrial metal [1]
Length41:20
Label Otsego Entertainment Group
Producer
Static-X chronology
Project: Regeneration Vol. 1
(2020)		Project: Regeneration Vol. 2
(2024)
Singles from Project: Regeneration Vol. 2
  1. "Terrible Lie"
    Released: February 8, 2023 [3]
  2. "Stay Alive"
    Released: September 7, 2023 [4]
  3. "Zombie"
    Released: October 5, 2023 [2]

Project: Regeneration Vol. 2 is the eighth studio album by American industrial metal band Static-X. It features 14 tracks, with some of the final material written and recorded by the late vocalist Wayne Static. [5] It was slated to release on November 3, 2023, [6] but was eventually announced to be pushed back to January 26, 2024, nearly ten years after Static's death. [7] [8]

Contents

The album was announced with the first single "Terrible Lie", a cover of the Nine Inch Nails song from Pretty Hate Machine , on February 8, 2023. [3] The second single, "Stay Alive", was released on September 7. [4]

Background and recording

The album features vocal recordings and synthesizer programming [9] by the late frontman Wayne Static that were discovered after he passed away in November 2014 after an accidental drug and alcohol overdose. [10] The material was so voluminous that it was eventually decided to be split up into two albums, with the first album releasing in 2020. [11]

Producer Edsel Dope has stated about Vol. 2 that it was "more challenging" to put together, as the song fragments they had that were more cohesive and more developed ended up on Vol. 1. [12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Blabbermouth.net 8/10 [13]
Metal Injection8/10 [14]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]

Like the first volume, the album garnered positive reviews: Dom Lawson of Blabbermouth.net gave the album 8/10, saying it "is satisfyingly heavy, aggressive and dark, but it's also celebratory, slightly unhinged and vastly more entertaining than anyone could have anticipated". [13] David Pope for Metal Injection wrote, "Project Regeneration Vol. 2 reminded me why I fell in love with this band to begin with." [14] Stephen Hill writing for Metal Hammer said that the album is "perfectly serviceable, and often very enjoyable" and "this line-up continues to prove its worth", but admitted to having "minor quibbles" and that the album "start[s] to drag a bit". [15]

Track listing

All music is composed by Static-X

Project: Regeneration Vol. 2 track listing
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Stay Alive" Wayne Static 3:46
2."Zombie" Xer0 3:11
3."Jic-Boi"Xer0, Static2:58
4."Black Star"Static4:00
5."Kamikaze"Xer02:59
6."No Hope"Static3:17
7."Take Control"Xer0, Tony Campos 3:55
8."Tone"Static3:15
9."Run for Your Life"Xer02:48
10."Dark Place"Static, Xer03:19
11."Disco Otsego"Xer03:57
12."From Heaven" (cover of "The Disease" by Echo and the Bunnymen [13] )Static3:55
Total length:41:20
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsLength
13."Terrible Lie" (Nine Inch Nails cover) Trent Reznor 4:03
14."Grover-Yoda-Data 14"Static, Xer02:38
Total length:48:01

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Project: Regeneration Vol. 2
Chart (2024)Peak
position
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [16] 26
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [17] 29
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [18] 10

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