Contains two bonus demo tracks only available in the Japanese CD pressing.

Bio:
The man has one of the most distinctive voices in modern day Prog Rock, James LaBrie is known for being the vocalist of progressive giants Dream Theater. He joined the trailblazing fivesome in 1992 and has since recorded eleven studio-albums with Dream Theater. Besides being in the spotlight for the Prog Rock force from New York LaBrie has launched an impressive solo career.

“Static Impulse” is his latest masterpiece that reveals astonishing new facets of James LaBrie's music. “Matt and I wanted to make an aggressive album, something that was heavy”, James says. “Today the excitement in the music stems from bands that have a unique sound but are still diverse.” LaBrie and his creative partner, keyboarder Matt Guillory, took even further what they began with “Elements Of Persuasion” in 2005. “The music on “Elements Of Persuasion” was really a good representation of who we were as musicians. That album was well received around the world. So we thought, let´s push the envelope! This is a great energy and a natural progression for us.”

The style of his self-produced new opus the singer describes as “Gothenburg Metal with some progressive elements. To me it´s a heavy rock contemporary metal sounding album.” Some listeners may be surprised by the underlying growls that are part of some of the songs. “That´s Peter Wildoer, our drummer. He is not just a phenomenal drummer, he can scream his ass off.”

Wildoer is well-known for his efficient technical playing as well as for performing alongside bands as diverse as Majestic, Arch Enemy, Old Man’s Child, Pestilence as well as his own main group, Darkane. In addition to his songwriting and keyboardist role in the band, this marks the first time Matt Guillory has handled all the background vocals. The guitars are played by Italian Marco Sfogli, the bass is attacked by Ray Riendeau (Halford). All the material was written by LaBrie and Matt Guillory, his co-author for eleven years. “We´ve been working on the new material on and off since January 2009. We were throwing ideas at each other, collaborated and formed them into songs until the point that we have something that we can really be proud of.”

“The lyrics deal with what we go through, they are observations. Furthermore there are books and movies that influenced me”, LaBrie declares. “Just from being around a lot of people I´m able to observe different personalities and characteristics. Matt has contributed to the lyrics as well, his are more introspective, while mine are more observatory.” The Canadian got the initial idea for his solo work in the year 1998. “There are only so many ideas that you can put on to a Dream Theater album. My involvement with Dream Theater as far as writing the music is much less than if I´m writing a solo album. Matt and I are writing everything together. So it was a vehicle for me to be able to show who I am as a musician and writer.”

As a kid Kevin James LaBrie started to play drums before they found out that he has a very strong voice. Eventually he left the drums behind and decided to get vocal lessons before he joined Canadian Hard Rockers Winter Rose. From there he went on to bigger things. In addition to Dream Theater's numerous studio and live releases James has also appeared on records by Fates

Warning and Shadow Gallery, Trent Gardner's Explorer's Club and Leonardo the Absolute Man, the first Frameshift album “Unweaving The Rainbow”, Ayreon's “The Human Equation”, as well as tribute albums to Rush, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and Queen. In 1999, James completed and released the first MullMuzzler CD, “Keep It To Yourself” to much critical acclaim and its follow-up, James LaBrie's “MullMuzzler 2”, was released in 2001. In 2005, James dropped the MullMuzzler moniker and released “Elements Of Persuasion” via InsideOutMusic. Now the time has come for “Static Impulse”, skillfully mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street in Sweden (Opeth, Soilwork, Katatonia, etc.), by far the heaviest and most diverse of his solo efforts, exciting to listen to every time anew and highly impressing with its strong overall catchiness.