Project Regeneration Vol. 2

{{Further|Project Regeneration Vol. 1#Background and development}}

The album features vocal recordings and synthesizer programming{{Cite news|url=https://loudwire.com/static-x-project-regeneration-volume-1-album-interview/|title=Static-X Triumph Through Emotional Journey Saluting Wayne Static on New Album|first=Chad|last=Childers|website=Loudwire|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706223633/https://loudwire.com/static-x-project-regeneration-volume-1-album-interview/|archive-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=live}} by the late frontman Wayne Static that were discovered after he passed away in November 2014 after an accidental drug and alcohol overdose.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/wayne_static_cause_of_death_revealed|title=Wayne Static cause of death revealed|work=Alternative Press|date=March 13, 2015|access-date=February 27, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150315222107/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/wayne_static_cause_of_death_revealed|archive-date=March 15, 2015|url-status=live}} The material was so voluminous that it was eventually decided to be split up into two albums, with the first album releasing in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theprp.com/2020/02/07/news/static-xs-project-regeneration-album-has-been-expanded-to-two-parts-band-debut-hollow-video/|title=Static-X's "Project Regeneration" Album Has Been Expanded To Two Parts, Band Debut "Hollow" Video|date=February 7, 2020|website=The PRP|access-date=February 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302135839/https://www.theprp.com/2020/02/07/news/static-xs-project-regeneration-album-has-been-expanded-to-two-parts-band-debut-hollow-video/|archive-date=March 2, 2020|url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iW9_nlxz54|title=Tony Campos of Static-X & Edsel Dope of Dope | Ep. 222|author=Battleline Podcast|date=2024-01-16|via=YouTube}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |publisher=AllMusic |last=Yeung |first=Neil Z. |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/project-regeneration-vol-2-mw0004124085 |title=Static-X - Project Regeneration, Vol. 2 |access-date=February 4, 2024}}

| rev2 = Blabbermouth.net

| rev2score = 8/10

| rev3 = Metal Injection

| rev3score = 8/10

| rev4 = Metal Hammer

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}

}}

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".{{Cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/project-regeneration-vol-2|title=Project: Regeneration Vol. 2|date=January 18, 2024|website=Blabbermouth.net}} David Pope for Metal Injection wrote, "Project Regeneration Vol. 2 reminded me why I fell in love with this band to begin with."{{Cite web|url=https://metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-static-x-project-regeneration-vol-2|title=Album Review: Static-X Project Regeneration Vol. 2|first=David|last=Pope|date=January 25, 2024|website=Metal Injection}} 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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/static-x-project-regeneration-vol-2-review|title="Considering how people scoffed at the idea of Static-X without their most recognisable member, this line-up continues to prove its worth." Static-X's Project: Regeneration Vol. 2 is worthy of the band's legacy|first=Stephen|last=Hill|date=January 26, 2024|website=Louder Sound - Metal Hammer}}

{{track listing

| headline = Project: Regeneration Vol. 2 track listing

| all_music = Static-X

| title1 = Stay Alive

| length1 = 3:46

| lyrics1 = Wayne Static

| title2 = Z0mbie

| length2 = 3:11

| lyrics2 = Xer0

| title3 = Jic-Boi

| length3 = 2:58

| lyrics3 = Xer0, Static

| title4 = Black Star

| length4 = 4:00

| lyrics4 = Static

| title5 = Kamikaze

| length5 = 2:59

| lyrics5 = Xer0

| title6 = No Hope

| length6 = 3:17

| lyrics6 = Static

| title7 = Take Control

| length7 = 3:55

| lyrics7 = Xer0, Tony Campos

| title8 = Tone

| length8 = 3:15

| lyrics8 = Static

| title9 = Run for Your Life

| length9 = 2:48

| lyrics9 = Xer0

| title10 = Dark Place

| length10 = 3:19

| lyrics10 = Static, Xer0

| title11 = Disco Otsego

| length11 = 3:57

| lyrics11 = Xer0

| title12 = From Heaven

| lyrics12 = Static

| note12 = cover of "The Disease" by Echo and the Bunnymen

| length12 = 3:55

| total_length = 41:20

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Bonus tracks

| title13 = Terrible Lie

| length13 = 4:03

| note13 = Nine Inch Nails cover

| lyrics13 = Trent Reznor

| title14 = Grover-Yoda-Data 14

| length14 = 2:38

| lyrics14 = Static, Xer0

| total_length = 48:01

}}

• Wayne Static – programming, lead vocals (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)

• 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)

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