Has anyone noticed the exorbitantly large number of "angry" metal bands of the late '90s and early 21st century? Quite a few bands seem to be waking up on the wrong side of the bed nowadays more than ever before, and Chimaira appear to be a group of fed-up chaps, as heard throughout their dripping with angst 2007 release, Resurrection.
As with their past albums, vocalist Mark Hunter is still a hardcore barker, while guitarist Rob Arnold remains a connoisseur of thrash metal riffery.
It turns out that unlike their 2005 self-titled effort, Resurrection (which is the group's first album to not be released via Roadrunner, their new home is Ferret Music) is a full band effort as far as the songwriting went.
As a result, the album sounds like a big shiny metal machine firing on all cylinders, especially on such aggro-fests as the album-opening title track, "Pleasure in Pain," and "End It All." Resurrection does not suffer from false advertising as far as the album title goes -- it truly sounds like the Chimaira chaps are reinvigorated and reborn.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ResurrectionChimaira, Alejandro Devries | Chimaira | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 2 | Pleasure in PainChimaira | Chimaira | Play | 03:04 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 3 | WorthlessChimaira, Alejandro Devries | Chimaira | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 4 | SixChimaira, Alejandro Devries | Chimaira | Play | 09:44 | 22 MB | 73 MB |
| 5 | No Reason to LiveChimaira | Chimaira | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 6 | Killing the BeastChimaira | Chimaira | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | The FlameChimaira | Chimaira | Play | 05:23 | 12 MB | 40 MB |
| 8 | End It AllChimaira | Chimaira | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 34 MB |
| 9 | Black HeartChimaira | Chimaira | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 10 | NeedleChimaira, Alejandro Devries | Chimaira | Play | 03:08 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 11 | EmpireChimaira, Alejandro Devries | Chimaira | Play | 05:33 | 12 MB | 41 MB |
| 51 mins | 118 MB | |||||
| 51 mins | 390 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Arnold | Guitar |
| 2 | Todd Bell | Director, Photography |
| 3 | Chimaira | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 4 | Alejandro Devries | Composer |
| 5 | Matt DeVries | Guitar |
| 6 | Maria Ferrero | Publicity |
| 7 | Andy Herrick | Drums |
| 8 | Mark Hunter | Art Conception, Guitar, Keyboards, Sampling, Theremin, Vocals |
| 9 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 10 | Nicholas Kleczewski | Editing |
| 11 | Jim LaMarca | Guitar (Bass) |
| 12 | Mark Lewis | Engineer |
| 13 | Patrick Mahoney | Merchandising |
| 14 | Morgoth the Impaler | Guest Artist, Keyboards |
| 15 | Ben Schigel | Editing |
| 16 | Carl Severson | A&R |
| 17 | Dennis Sibijn | Cover Art |
| 18 | Andy Sneap | Audio Engineer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 19 | Chris Spicuzza | Art Conception, Keyboards, Vocals |
| 20 | Steve Steverson | Vocals |
| 21 | Jason Suecof | Audio Production, Keyboards, Producer, Sampling |
| 22 | Jaap Wagemaker | A&R |
| 23 | Dirk Zeiser | Management |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |