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Metalcore-plus sextet keeps chuggin’ along
Chimaira - The InfectionAlternative Press - Editorial Intern on 8/6/09 @ 5:59 PM - altpress.com
Chimaira made only one album as industrial-tinged nü-metalers before adopting their present metalcore/death-metal style, but like nude photos on the internet, a weak debut remains an inescapable albatross. Still, these cranky Clevelanders have gotten sincerely heavy and brutal on their three successive releases, and The Infection is a very solid effort. The keyboard bits and whispered vocals mostly add to the songs rather than drag them down, the riffs crunch emphatically and the drumming is simple, but effective. "Impending Doom" is a little too Slipknot-gone-mopey, but the guitars save it in the stretch. "On Broken Glass" is everything Chimaira do best-a pit-roiling riff, raw-throated howls from Mark Turner and a shout-along chorus. Although it's no artistic breakthrough, The Infection is definitely respectable. (FERRET; ferretstyle.com) Phil Freeman
Official Website: http://www.chimaira.com/
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