Project Regeneration Vol. 2
2024 studio album by Static-X
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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.[4] It was slated to release on November 3, 2023,[5] but was eventually announced to be pushed back to January 26, 2024, nearly ten years after Static's death.[6][7]
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| Released | January 26, 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2003–2005, 2013–2014, 2019–2023 | |||
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| Length | 41:20 | |||
| Label | Otsego Entertainment Group | |||
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| Singles from Project: Regeneration Vol. 2 | ||||
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.[2] The second single, "Stay Alive", was released on September 7.[3]
Background and recording
The album features vocal recordings and synthesizer programming[8] by the late frontman Wayne Static that were discovered after he died in November 2014 after an accidental drug and alcohol overdose.[9] The material was so voluminous that it was eventually decided to be split up into two albums, with the first album releasing in 2020.[10]
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.[11]
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [12] |
| Blabbermouth.net | 8/10[13] |
| Metal Injection | 8/10[14] |
| Metal Hammer | [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.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
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| 1. | "Stay Alive" | Wayne Static | 3:46 |
| 2. | "Z0mbie" | Xer0 | 3:11 |
| 3. | "Jic-Boi" | Xer0, Static | 2:58 |
| 4. | "Black Star" | Static | 4:00 |
| 5. | "Kamikaze" | Xer0 | 2:59 |
| 6. | "No Hope" | Static | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Take Control" | Xer0, Tony Campos | 3:55 |
| 8. | "Tone" | Static | 3:15 |
| 9. | "Run for Your Life" | Xer0 | 2:48 |
| 10. | "Dark Place" | Static, Xer0 | 3:19 |
| 11. | "Disco Otsego" | Xer0 | 3:57 |
| 12. | "From Heaven" (cover of "The Disease" by Echo and the Bunnymen[13]) | 3:55 | |
| Total length: | 41:20 | ||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
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| 13. | "Terrible Lie" (Nine Inch Nails cover) | Trent Reznor | 4:03 |
| 14. | "Grover-Yoda-Data 14" | Static, Xer0 | 2:38 |
| Total length: | 48:01 | ||
Personnel
- Wayne Static – lead vocals, programming (1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10, 12–14)
- Tony Campos – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals (7, 10)
- Koichi Fukuda – lead guitar, keyboards, programming
- Ken Jay – drums
- Xer0 – rhythm guitar, programming, lead vocals (2–3, 5, 7, 9–11, 14)
Additional personnel
- Ulrich Wild – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
- Edsel Dope – executive production, engineering
- Tommy Shaffner – additional programming (1 to 6, 8, 10, 13, 14), additional music (5)
- Nikk Dibbs – additional programming (2, 7, 9, 11), additional music (6), additional vocals (9)
- Sinister – additional vocals (9)
Charts
| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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| UK Album Downloads (OCC)[16] | 26 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[17] | 29 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[18] | 10 |