Static X "Cannibal (Expanded)" SYEOR 2026 and swirling guitars

and swirling guitars

The album is produced predominantly by Gabe Simon (Noah Kahan’s Stick Season) alongside a string of trusted collaborators like Josh Serrato

an unreleased 28-song performance recorded in August 1984 at the Cubby Bear in Chicago

but his attempts kept morphing into other projects

Static X "Cannibal (Expanded)" SYEOR 2026 and swirling guitarsWith a title like Cannibal, its no surprise that this 2007 album presents Static X at its most, er, bloodthirsty. Lead singer Wayne Static put it plainly: I think it's the most metal record we've ever made, and it's arguably the heaviest record we've ever made. Cannibal is the first Static X record to have numerous guitar solos, which herald the return of founding guitarist Koichi Fukuda; and the change in producers (from Ulrich Wild to John Travis)