Upfront of their headlining Rise of the Machines tour with particular visitors Dope, Concern Manufacturing unit and extra, Static-X have simply unveiled an all-new masks and outfit for the nameless frontman recognized solely by the pseudonym Xer0.
To showcase the newest evolution of Xer0, Static-X partnered with Eddie Yang of Deity Inventive, a notable costume designer and prop maker whose work has been featured in large identify films reminiscent of Avatar, Iron Man, Robocop, The Wonderful Spider-Man, Terminator: Salvation, Man of Metal and extra.
Yang, alongside artistic director Edsel Dope (who simply dropped a brand new Dope album, Blood Cash Half Zer0, as we speak – Feb. 24) and Ed McDonough of ECCO Studios, have offered Xer0, the figurehead paying tribute to the late Wayne Static onstage with StaticX, with a well-timed replace.
View extra photographs of Xer0 under.
About attending to work with Static-X, Yang enthuses, “I’ve at all times been a metallic fan and have listened to Static-X since their first launch Wisconsin Dying Journey. I’m honored to contribute to Wayne’s legacy and to work with the band on their unimaginable imaginative and prescient for evolving Static-X and Xer0 into one thing that’s actually distinctive. This mission lastly mixed my ardour for character design and metallic music into one large check-off the bucket checklist!”
“Eddie is a genius,” provides Xer0, “We needed to evolve the Xer0 character right into a extra cybernetic/robotic determine for the Rise Of The Machine Tour and Eddie completely fucking killed it!!!!!!!”
Bassist Tony Campos states, “Eddie took the masks to a stage that we by no means imagined attainable, and we’re so stoked with the end result.”
Not solely does Static-X’s tour kick off tomorrow (Feb. 25), the group, additionally comprised of the surviving Wisconsin Dying Journey lineup with the blessing of Wayne’s household, lately introduced the Challenge: Regeneration Vol. 2 album. The document follows Vol. 1, which got here out in 2020, and options the ultimate recordings of Wayne Static’s authentic vocals amid the 13 tracks, one being a canopy of 9 Inch Nails’ “Horrible Lie.
See the music video for that cowl right here and search for the album to be launched on Nov. 3 later this 12 months.
After an enormous 12 months in 2022, which included a summer season tour supporting Rob Zombie and Mudvayne and openers Powerman 5000, Static-X are hitting the highway once more onerous with North American dates from Feb. 25 via April 15 on the books. Head right here to see all of the upcoming stops and, for tickets, go to this location.
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