. ▁This ▁record ▁is ▁definitely ▁dark er ▁than ▁C ann ib al ▁and ▁has ▁more ▁synth s ▁and ▁loops ▁as ▁well . ▁And ▁this ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁most ▁cr ushing ▁guitar ▁tone ▁I ▁have ▁ever ▁had . ▁There ▁are ▁ 1 1 ▁songs ▁instead ▁of ▁our ▁usual ▁ 1 2 , ▁and ▁they ▁are ▁mostly ▁longer ▁and ▁more ▁ep ic ▁than ▁ever ▁before ." ▁The ▁album ▁debut ▁at ▁No .   1 6 ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 ▁chart , ▁the ▁highest ▁ ▁since ▁their ▁second ▁studio ▁album , ▁Machine . ▁A ▁new ▁St atic - X ▁song ▁called ▁" L un atic " ▁appeared ▁on ▁sound track ▁to ▁the ▁movie ▁Marvel ' s ▁P un isher : ▁War ▁Zone . ▁Dr um mer ▁Nick ▁O sh iro ▁left ▁St atic - X ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁tour , ▁being ▁replaced ▁by ▁tour ing ▁drum mer ▁Will ▁H unt . ▁The ▁tour ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁last ed ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁year , ▁playing ▁major ▁concert s ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Download ▁Festival ▁and ▁Rock ▁on ▁the ▁Range . ▁ ▁Hi atus , ▁break up ▁and ▁Wayne ▁St atic ' s ▁death ▁( 2 0 1 0 – 2 0 1 7 ) ▁After ▁finishing ▁their ▁final ▁tour ▁dates ▁in ▁Australia ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁band ▁began ▁to ▁cave ▁to ▁St atic ' s ▁fr iction ▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁band : ▁F uk uda ▁wanted ▁to ▁focus ▁more