I like MACHINE alittle more than DEATH TRIP. Machine's music is straight ahead in your face powerful metal music. The album starts off with a surprise with a mexican style ranchera song as the intro to the album, that alone is pleasant surprise. GET TO THE GONE, PERMANENCE, BLACK AND WHITE, THIS IS NOT, OTSEGO UNDEAD are just great songs that show Static-X is a band to watch. MACHINE is filled with great song after song, no filler material here. This CD might just be one of the best metal releases this year, and in my opinion there have been some great ones already. This album actually rates 4 1/2 stars