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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Salesrank: 52741
Released: June 14, 2005 |
| Our Price: $8.85 |
| Used Price: $1.91 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Start a War Track Listing:
1. Enemy
2. I'm the One
3. Start A War
4. Pieces
5. Dirthouse
6. Skinnyman
7. Just in Case
8. Set It Off
9. I Want to F***ing Break It
10. Night Terrors
11. Otsego Amigo
12. My Damnation
13. Brainfog
Editorial Review:
With their fourth album, thrash heroes Static-X head back to the future of metal as Start A War marks the return of original producer Ulrich Wild and original guitarist Koichi Fukuda, both of whom were instrumental in the success of the band's platinum debut Wisconsin Death Trip. Unrelenting and uncompromising, Static-X elevate their bone-crunching hard rock to a new level of earth-scorching destruction.
Start a War Reviews:
Noise 
2008-11-28 - For those who like lots of fast fun and raunchy metal. Its not brilliant songwriting or inspiring or any of that crap. Just aggressive and catchy rifts vocals and a variety of sounds. I just enjoy hearing it and can't get it out of my head give it a try.
Absolutely nothing redeemable 
2008-09-21 - 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.
WOW !! 
2008-09-17 - Hell of an album ! I bought it after Cannibal because all I had before was just WDT. I don't think Cannibal can be topped, but this is a worthy purchase and besides, who's comparing ? Not a return to the WDT like many people say, or Shadow Zone part 2, as others claim, but an album with a sound and merits of its own. The songs are the usual kick-in-the-b·lls- industrial numetal with incredible amounts of groove to it, and it's bassist Tony Campos who's mainly responsible for that. Gurgling, stomach-wrenching basslines that could make the dead walk; every song has a different hook and the whole of the record functions as a cohesive tour de force opus. Guitarrist Fukuda is back but without a vengeance since the guitarwork, while effective and powerful, is nothing too notorious for originality. Oshiro is a very competent drummer and Waynw Static fortunately abandons his previous record crooning vocals in favour of the ultra-fast stacatto delivery he's so famous for. And man it suits him !
Some guitars borrow a lot from Fear Factory and some songs have a certain Kornesque vocal style to it but it's a well-known fact these people are friends of and fans of these band acknowledging them as big influences.
Now on the sound : It lacks treble, the sound is murky and calls for a lot of equing : what hapenned Mr Ulrich ??!! The mix on WDT was outstanding and the sound of Cannibal perfection achieved, so this strikes as odd, but it can be fixed.
The last song is pure evil disco, no vocals, and features a ghost track with Tony Campos swearing his a·· off in spanish (I LMAO)by reciting the intro of a Brujeria song (he's their bassist) followed by the vocal track for Otsego Amigo without the music. Do yourself a service and add this great album to your metal collection.
Shadow Zone Part II, But heavier and better.
2008-08-21 - This band seems to make pairs in their albums, Wisconsin Death Trip/Machine sound somewhat the same. Shadow Zone/Start a War have a bit of the same sound. A-lot of people don't really like this album. But this is probably one of my favorites. It still has the melodies from Shadow Zone, but still has more heavy stuff as well. And they added more techno into the music, which is great, because it fits in their music very well. My favorites include "Dirthouse," "I'm The One," "Skinnyman," and "Break It" I can't really explain why this CD is so great in my opinion. It has some filler songs, though. But Dirthouse is easily the best song on this CD IMO. the drums sound amazing. I don't know what else to say. If you liked Shadow Zone a bit, check this one out. Actually, just check it out regardless, this CD is my second favorite by them, 5 stars.
Another solid static-x offering.
2007-08-01 - First off, other than Machine, I really love all of their records. Machine was kind of dull to me. This one has some great songs like "Start A War", "I'm the One", "The Enemy" and "Dirthouse". My favorite for some reason, is "Dirthouse", even with the crazy synth-driven beats. It is a really fun song. Wayne never has been one to change up his vocal style, and even though he never shows great range other than his usual growls and barks, he keeps things interesting with unusual vocal patterns. I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's not what you sing, it's how you sing it. and he does a great job of creating vocal hooks. in this genre of music, so many vocalists are predictable and sound the same. But Wayne always throws in some crazy vocal patterns to change things up. The emphasis is always on the right words, syllables, and phrases. I recommend this to anyone who is a fan of heavy music, especially industrial thrash.
