Static Rebellion – 16Volt’s “White Noise” Signals a Thunderous Return

Review By Glen Parkes

After a seven-year silence, industrial rock veterans 16Volt roar back to life with “White Noise”, a single that doesn’t just break the quiet—it demolishes it. Out now via Metropolis Records and taken from the forthcoming album More Of Less (due July 25), the track finds Eric Powell in fighting form, channeling frustration, disconnection, and righteous rage into a seething electro-rock anthem.

Rooted in the snarling DNA of early industrial and sharpened by years of creative evolution, White Noise thrums with metallic tension. The beats are mechanical and menacing, while Powell’s vocals cut like barbed wire through layers of distortion and dissonance. It’s an anthem for the overlooked, the unheard, and the drowned out—a sonic embodiment of static suffocation, where identity and voice become lost in the overwhelming hiss of modern life.

The timing couldn’t be more poetic. Coming hot on the heels of a sold-out vinyl reissue of their 1993 debut Wisdom, White Noise is both a bridge to 16Volt’s roots and a bold reassertion of relevance in 2025’s sonic landscape.

For anyone who’s ever felt like a whisper in a storm, 16Volt just gave you your war cry. This is not background noise—it’s defiance.