Since I don't have many hardcore followers

I know better than anyone. This is a brand new blog, and no one knows about it. I do need help spreading the word, because word of mouth is often the best helper. If anyone likes this, tell someone else that might.
Today I definitely feel like talking about bands I call "borderline bands".
These are the bands that everyone has LOVES to argue whether they are "industrial" or not. All people have their own opinion on whether they count or not.
Regardless. The one's I feel like talking about definitely have certain industrial elements to them.


For this post I picked one of my favorite bands. Static-x

I started listening to Static-x quite a long time ago. I can't even remember where I initially heard them, but the earliest memory was listening to them on my way to my first dirtbiking trip. The first album I has was "Start a War" and oh man did I have fun with it. Even I can agree that it really in no way can be considered industrial, but Static-x undoubtedly has industrial influences.

Any real listening Can recognize the heavy metallic sounds in the background... Starting the songs with lots of electronic beats. Their harsh, fast paced vocals and pounding bass. Lots of distortion also lends them to the "industrial metal" catagory.

In their most recent cd, "Cult of Static" Wayne Static leaned more away from the industrial feel. I still enjoy almost the whole cd, but it didn't have the same brutal feeling. What I keep wondering about is whether they will keep heading in that direction, or return to more industrial metal.