Chimaira
Cleveland, Ohio groove metallers Chimaira have revealed the artwork and track listing of their forthcoming album "The Infection"
There’s an obscure Chinese proverb that roughly translates as “There is one thing greater than money and power: Enthusiasm.” While some of the more cynical bastards in the world would dismiss that statement as some kind of hollow fortune-cookie philosophy, that lesson is something the Cleveland-based metal outfit Chimaira have taken to heart.
With four records and a decade of service in the trenches behind them, the band have created The Infection, their second release for Nuclear Blast and their most ambitious recording yet. Sounds like typical record-company bio nonsense, right? Doesn’t every band tell you that their latest release surpasses everything they’ve done up to this point?
How many times have you heard the words “maturing” or “progressing” as a rationale to deliver a crap album? For their fifth album, Chimaira didn’t have any brushes with death, rehab memories or dalliances in musical genres that have nothing to do with “the rock” as we know it.
Sounds crazy, but the truth is that the band have come around full circle, returning to the headspace that brought them together in the first place. “Every album we’ve ever made has a back-story that made the creation of that album a pain in the ass,” says Mark Hunter about his band’s evolution.
Tracklisting:
1. The Venom Inside
2. Frozen In Time
3. Coming Alive
4. Secrets Of The Dead
5. The Disappearing Sun
6. Impending Doom
7. On Broken Glass
8. Destroy And Dominate
9. Try To Survive
10. The Heart Of It All