CHIMAIRA: 'The Infection' Artwork, Track Listing Slowly Being Revealed
January 26, 2009Cleveland, Ohio's CHIMAIRA has begun revealing the cover artwork for its new album, "The Infection", piece by piece via the band's official web site. Several songtitles have also been released:
* "The Venom Inside"
* "Secrets Of The Dead"
* "Impending Doom"
* "Destroy and Dominate"
* "The Heart of It All"
CHIMAIRA recently signed a new worldwide deal (except North America) with Nuclear Blast Records.
"The Infection" is scheduled for release in North America on April 21 via Ferret Music and in Europe on April 24 through Nuclear Blast.
"The Infection" was mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City with Ted Jensen and Chris "Zeuss" Harris (HATEBREED, SHADOWS FALL, AGNOSTIC FRONT, TERROR, THE ACACIA STRAIN). "Sonically, this album sounds amazing," vocalist Mark Hunter wrote on the group's web site. "Ben [Schigel, producer], Zeuss [who mixed the CD] and Ted did an amazing job making our vision come to reality. The album has exceeded everyone in this band's expectations."
Check out photos from the studio at Chimaira.com.
D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene recently conducted an interview with CHIMAIRA frontman Mark Hunter and rhythm guitarist Matt DeVries about "The Infection". The new record will arrive in five different versions: a songs-only download, a CD with a making-of bonus DVD, a box set, a vinyl version and a special edition with b-sides (one of which may be a cover of STATE OF CONVICTION's "Convictions", which CHIMAIRA recorded with STATE OF CONVICTION singer Jason "J Mann" Popson).
Regarding the new CD's musical direction, Hunter said, "The album is a little slower than people might be expecting. It's at this groove tempo where the whole time you can't stop bobbing your head. Some of the songs are 'Venom Inside', 'Secrets of the Dead', 'Destroy and Dominate'. There's one song in particular I think Cleveland fans will enjoy: It's called 'The Heart of It All'. We're no stranger to doing instrumental songs. And as we were writing it, I kept thinking, 'Wow, it sounds like Cleveland to me.' It's long, epic." DeVries added, "I've been super-stoked on everything, and we're proud of everything. But for this record, it's a different kind of taste, and it's a different kind of stoked. Every single song is catchy to us and has a lot of groove and has a lot of CHIMAIRA in it."
Photo credit: Todd Bell
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