MUSIC REVIEW: Chimaira “The Infection"

Chimaira
The Infection
4/21/2009
Ferret Music
www.chimaira.com

Completely Intolerable

Poison is oozing out of Cleveland, Ohio. The theme of Chimaira's latest record release,The Infection, concerns the “ills” of a fast paced society. One of these “ills” is drug abuse. Featuring vein popping vocals throughout, “The Venom Inside” is a gloomy thrash metal track about a person whose good life was shattered by drugs. The song's subject thought the “thrill ride” would be wonderful, but it turned out to be an absolute disaster, and is left with a life full of regret and feeling hopeless. Chimaira’s newest album, The Infection, is 55 minutes of awful, nonstop gut busting screaming. -Leslie Snyder