Static-X: Cannibal (Expanded Blood & Bronze Splatter)

Static-X’s Cannibal is getting an expanded vinyl reissue on 6 March 2026 via Real Gone Music, marking the album’s first-ever vinyl reissue. This edition comes on blood and bronze splatter vinyl, housed in a gatefold jacket, and adds the bonus track “Light It Up.” Rough Trade describes it as a return-to-form record for the band, noting that the original album reached the Top 40 and that “No Submission” appeared on the Saw III soundtrack. 

Originally released in 2007, Cannibal was the last Static-X studio album issued during Wayne Static’s lifetime before the long gap that followed. It has a harsher, more mechanical grind than some of the band’s earlier records, but it still lands with the kind of stomp and precision that made Static-X stand out in the first place. There is a blunt force quality to this album that suits the title perfectly. It is tight, ugly in the right ways, and built on groove, abrasion, and pure industrial-metal punch. The expanded edition gives it a nice extra hook for collectors without messing with the album’s original identity. 

For a Rue Morgue Records audience, this is the kind of reissue that makes sense on both fronts. Musically, Cannibal is a vicious, underrated late-period Static-X record. As a physical item, the splatter pressing and gatefold presentation give it real shelf appeal. If you are into industrial metal, groove-heavy modern heaviness, or early 2000s brutality with a mechanical edge, this one has plenty going for it