CHIMAIRA AND BEN SCHIGEL: REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD

Here’s the Chimaira story for the week: even though it had been previously announced that the band would be making their new album with producer Jason Suecof, with whom they worked on 2007’s Resurrection, they are, instead, reuniting with Ben Schigel. Schigel was originally the vocalist for Switched, one of the worst nu metal bands these old ears have heard, but he did an awesome job producing two previous Chimaira albums, The Impossibility of Reason and Chimaira (He’s also worked with Walls of Jericho and – ugh – Drowning Pool.).

Lest you doubt that Schigel and Chimaira are a winning combination, here’s the video for “Save Ourselves” from their self-titled album. The song slays, even if the video is one of the worst I’ve ever seen.

-AR