It changed my life and it changed my perspective on drummers. Static explained his experience with Freese: Freese completed all of his drum parts in three days, even though he had never heard a single song prior to the sessions. Prior albums employed the use of drum machines with Jay's live cymbals edited in afterwards, whereas for Shadow Zone, the band opted to do the opposite they wrote and demoed the songs with a drum machine, but chose to use Freese's live drums after being very impressed with his work. Freese joined the sessions later, once the band had ironed out which songs were likely to make the cut. The band had amassed over 20 songs by March 2003, with five being revealed by name - "Shadow Zone", "The Only", "New Pain", "Deliver Me", and "Breathe". Static enjoyed collaborating with Eisen in the sessions stating that his " punk rock attitude" was refreshing and brought a new approach and sound to the album while Static typically was more of a "big picture" person, with this album, he let Eisen take control of many of the musical ideas while he focused more so on vocals. Eisen wrote around half of the material for the album, though it was largely described by him as "a lot of collaborative efforts" between band members. The album would be the first to feature Eisen's songwriting contributions and performances, which was a change for the band, since Fukuda had not historically written material for the band, and Static had performed all guitar parts on Machine. Tripp Eisen wrote about half of the album's material with Static.Īll of this would fundamentally change how the band had worked on prior albums. Freese was a last minute addition to recording, after the resignation of drummer Ken Jay, who quit two days before the band was scheduled to enter the studio to start the recording process, due to being unhappy with the direction the album was heading. The album would also be the only album to feature Josh Freese of the band A Perfect Circle, on drums. The label would not allow the band to work again with record producer Ulrich Wild as they had for their prior two albums, instead arranging for them to work with Josh Abraham, a producer known for working with more commercially melodically mainstream bands such as Staind, Filter, and Velvet Revolver. Personnel and line-up changes would further alter the band's sound. executive Tom Whalley, who pressured the band as a whole to pursue a melodic sound. The track, which was much more melodic than much of the band's music up until that point, would attract the attention of Warner Bros. Static's contribution to the Queen of the Damned soundtrack would prove to be a turning point for the band.
However, Static would concede that his early demos sounded very different from the album's eventual new direction. Material would be demoed by the band in Static's home studio in Burbank, California. By March 2002, the band had started their first jam sessions of the new material. Writing sessions began during the last of the band's touring in support of Machine. Work on the album started in early 2002, and would span well over a year. Guitarist Tripp Eisen was brought in to replace Fukuda. The move led original guitarist Koichi Fukuda to leave the band, and left the rest of the members largely upset with Static. Concurrently, the rest of the band resented Static for leaving them out of the process when telling him they'd rather focus on touring. Static had felt anxiety in being able to recreate the success of the first album, and resented the band for not helping him work on the second while touring. With their first album, the band had created it together, led by Static, whereas with the follow-up, the album was completely written by Static alone. The band found success with their platinum-selling debut album, Wisconsin Death Trip in 1999, but dissatisfaction grew in the band in creating the follow-up, Machine in 2001. Meanwhile, prior to starting up sessions for a third album, tensions had grown high within the band. Static's work with Jonathan Davis of Korn greatly influenced the direction of the Shadow Zone album.
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