The Static Wake – Natural Selection (2022)
There are a lot of serious crises that we are facing as a planet but the approach being taken often leaves a lot to be desired. The Static Wake is unleashing their thoughts and criticisms regarding nuclear war, climate change and corruption through the blistering metal tones of ‘Natural Selection’. A heavy-hitting single, it is packed with the band’s crunchy guitars, building suspense, melodic synths and punching vocals.
Hailing from the birthplace of rock n roll, the band formed in 2019 and began releasing music the same year. Unapologetic in their lyrics, they have been gaining more and more attention in the metal world. Growing in expertise and depth over the years, they are definitely a band to keep an ear on if you are a fan of hard-hitting metal that is an absolute blast to listen to.
‘Natural Selection’ draws you in with a suspenseful guitar line that bursts into the band’s crunchy tones and punchy drums. The building of suspense remains through this burst with the higher synths adding a creeping touch. As the vocals enter, the melody turns to a blast of metal tones that pulses through your body. It is like a live wire is pulsing electricity through your body as the guitars push against your ribcage and the drums pound in the back of your brain. There are intricate drum rolls that meet a punch of guitars only for those melodic synths to eerily warble in the higher levels like light flittering through smoke.
While you are vibrating with metal energy, the vocals have a hard-hitting critique of where the planet is heading. The screaming opening vocals slap you upside the head and shake you up. This is true perfection as it drives the message of the opening verse home. The vocals then slide into melodic choruses with screaming verses that continue to punch the band’s thoughts through the soundscape. It is an intense single that you feel the strong urge to rock out to and shout out with. The movement of screaming to melodic tones is powerful as the lyrics covered by the melodic flows squeeze your heart and take root in your brain.
The Static Wake unleashes their criticism of the handling of major world crises including climate change and corruption in the blasting tones of ‘Natural Selection’. The melody builds suspense before bursting with metal guitars and rolling intricate drums that send a bolt of electricity through you. The vocals swing from screaming critique to melodic punches that hit hard and really get you thinking while shouting out with the band.
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