CHIMAIRA SPREAD THE INFECTION
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 at 3:00pm by Axl Rosenberg
I don’t know why, but every time I hear a new Chimaira song, I’m consistently surprised by how heavy it is. I mean, the band has said they don’t wanna make radio-friendly drivel, the band has no history of making radio-friendly drivel, and their shit is consistently heavy as fuck. Yet, somehow, it’s as though my subconscious just won’t let me accept the fact that these dudes aren’t full of shit, and when they say they don’t wanna make auto-tuned good cop/bad cop crap they mean it.
So: I don’t know how I missed it, but Chimaira have started a new viral website, spread-the-infection.com, to promote their forthcoming new album, entitled – duh – The Infection. And the site has at least one readily available thirty second clip of new music right now. And, oh yeah – it’s fucking Brutal with a capital “B.”
The way website works is this: users upload photos related to Chimaira, The Infection, and spreading news about the infection; in return, they get a code to download a new audio clip. (My personal favorite photo so far: someone stenciled the Infection logo on their dog. Seriously.)
The first code has now been made publicly available on Chimaira.com for those of us who are too lazy to upload a photo:
071981
Type it in here to get a chance to groove on an all-too-short sample clip of the song “The Venom Inside.”
The Infection will be released on April 21 via Ferret here in the States and Nuclear Blast everywhere else. As far as I’m concerned, April can’t get here fast enough.
-AR
I’m not really a fan of this band but for some reason a lot of people still think of them as some kind of nu-metal thing when they really aren’t.
I love Chimaira (although I’m not a huge fan of “Resurrection”), and am eagerly anticipating April 21.
@Carlos: Agreed about the false nu-metal tag. But really, the term “nu-metal” truly only applied to a relatively small number of bands that were hot for a fairly short timespan. Most people just use(d) the term as a sort-of catch all to describe bands they don’t like.
Everyone gave Chimaira a bad time because their first album sounded like nu-metal. But come on, already – 4 albums worth of good shit later and people still talk shit? Give ‘em a break already.
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let me break the love fest up and say that mark hunter is on a bleeding through level of vocal suckage, andols is a sloppy horrible drummer, and chimaira is a 3rd rate metalcore band with no redeeming qualities
[autotune]
MY LIIIIIIIIFE
IS NOT OVERRRRRRRRRR
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you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about you fucking idiot. Andles is nothing but badass and for you to say otherwise proves that you have no idea what you are talking about. Get a grip on your musical taste or shut the fuck up
seriously, if you like this band, fuck you
I’ve tried Resurrection numerous times to see if it grew on me, but there is just something about that dudes vocals that I can not get past.
Anyone have anymore codes? These sound great so far, can’t wait.
@ g: I’ve seen them live twice and Mark’s vocals are on point. The drummer never messed up or sounded sloppy. I highly doubt they use any auto tune.
Chimaira > Killswitch Engage by a long shot
I love Chimaira, fuck you “G”
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They get the “nu-metal” moniker because even up to The Impossibility of Reason they had some of that going on (not to mention horrible album titles). But after that they hit their metal stride and have gotten better with each offering. And I know Mark’s lyrics are a joke (Blood after blood every single type of blood…) but he’s not that bad and I defy anyone to see them live and not have their minds swayed and slayed. I’m with you Axl, April can’t come soon enough.
I think the music is cool (they have some cool riffs), although I’ve never been able to get into them.
The vocals, though… God, do they suck major donkey mother-fuckery!
@ hackman, those “Six” lyrics are wrong, he says “Blood all the blood every single drop of blood”
I agree that the lyrics are not amazing but it’s not like hes chanting “click, click, BOOM!” or something totally retarded.
Self-titled album was a monster. The middle patch of the album was a bit dull, but the opening 4 songs, last 3 songs were awesome. And they play groove metal — can’t see any metalcore in their sound apart from TIOR.
I love Chimaira! Along with Lamb Of God they are America’s greatest hope for metal supremacy. I don’t understand why they aren’t bigger than they are – this is very tight, well-produced, crushing modern thrash metal with a Pantera style groove. Their songs are interesting and very heavy. Thrash metal has evolved – and internet trolls won’t accept it. You can tell that Testament, Exodus, Pantera, etc. all influenced this band. I wish them nothing but success.
Oh yeah. g is a major douche.
I don’t want to do viral promotions just to listen to the new music! Rawr!
“Everyone gave Chimaira a bad time because their first album sounded like nu-metal. But come on, already – 4 albums worth of good shit later and people still talk shit? Give ‘em a break already.”
^ Totally agree with this.
Chimaira are vastly underrated/wrongly hated by metal “purists.” Usually all you have to do to change one of these hater’s minds is bring them to an actual Chimaira show, or make them sit and actually listen to the whole “Chimaira” and “Resurrection” albums on repeat.
@G
Hunter is a beast on vocals, and he brings that inhuman growl/shriek to the live show like nobody’s business.
I just really like this band because they are consistently one of the best live metal acts out there. I have seen them on like 3 occasions upstage the headliner because they just crushed for a flawless set and the crowd was so into them. The headliner couldn’t follow their intensity or tightness.
Chimaira haters…..KILL YOURSELVES. I do know one thing….this album can be mediocre and completely demolish LOG’s latest atrocity. Seriously that album is a fucking discrace to any diehard LOG fans. Chimaira will overtake LOG at the top of the metal throne. Anyone who in on the fence about Chimaira…see them live.
SonOF- You are 100 percent right…they are so underrated.
Ooh very tasty so far…
an excellent blend of thrash, groove, and -core.
Hence why I’ve always enjoyed a good Chimaira track every now and then.
Really looking forward to new album, hoping it’s more like “Chimaira” and less like “Resurrection.” But both are still good.
So am I the only one who liked the first record? Also, give me a defintion of Nu-metal. Anyone. Please. What are the qualities? Rapping? Samples? More than 4 members? Is it the tunage of the guitars? The amount of double bass work? I dont know. I just really dont care. If it makes me headbang and groove out a bit, I dont care what the genre is.
I’m anxious for this new album. I always found Chimaira to be underrated.
“Pass Out of Existence” isn’t too bad for nu-metal, but the band definitely improved afterwards.
As for nu-metal, it’s basically a term used for bands with downtuned guitar chords and basic song structure. There doesn’t necessarily have to be “rapping” or more than 4 members to be nu-metal. I’m not big on the genre, but I like my share of albums.
All you genre tagging fags need to shut the fuck up. Nothing is more metal than liking what you want to no matter what anyone says.
Regardless of their genre (I’ve always tagged them metalcore. I fricken heard a breakdown in the clip on their website), they kick ass.
And I rather like the vocals…
Boring with a capital B
Fuck the genre-tagging retards. Chimaira fucking owns.
Better by a long fucking mile than Gojira, that’s for sure.
badass riffs. although the production sounds a lot like resurrection. was hoping they would change it up a lot but need to wait and see. Can’t wait for this album
Chimaira is my favorite band, they are absolutely the best thing metal has to offer right now, shit for years now. Mark Hunter is a beast with the vocals, the guitar riffs are incredibly brutal, and the Andol’s drums are just perfect. I know I can’t wait for April 21st! Although I’m anticipating seeing the live even more.
Okay, Chimaira rules by a long shot. Anyhow, I listen other bands even
longer and depending on the moment, I refer to this band and other times
to another. Why always argue about which is the best band? fuck those who
think a band stinks, just because they don’t like the genre. No one has the
right to call a band bad or even worthless. And definately NOT Chimaira ^^
Those guys are awesome. No matter what others say. I, as a fan of the band
and the genre, think that Chimaira rocks. I cannot wait to see them on the
bandlist of this year Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium). That would make my
summerfestival ^^ but first, release the new album pricks :D
i just went to this concert on 3-28-09 and this song called (destroy and domante) really kicks ass
pick up the album 4-21-09
and enjoy chimaira
also i got the band autograph
and got to shake there hands
yayay
but if u went to any of there concert then pick up the next album