Chimaira - Resurrection Review

Chimaira Resurrection

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Tracklist:
1. Resurrection 04:37
2. Pleasure In Pain
3. Worthless
4. Six
5. No Reason to Live
6. Killing the Beast
7. The Flame
8. End it All
9. Black Heart
10. Needle
11. Empire

Ranking: #134 for 2007

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2007-03-09 | 57 comments | 5,382 views

Summary: Maturity is the perfect word to describe this record.

4 of 7 thought this review was well written

Chimaira is a band that went through some hard times. They had to replace their drummer 3 times, they had change their bassist 3 time, they replace one of their guitar player. Now it's a totally different band. People used to think that they stayed close to their nu-metal roots of Pass out Of Existence but they haven't. You've got to listen to all pf their records to see the evolution of the band. Ressurection is now the pinacle of their carreer. The impossibility of reason was an angry thrash album, chimaira was a more mature product. Now Resurrection is the mix of the two. Featuring some of their most aggressive part and some of the most epic moments you can't think.

With Andols Herrick back in the band the band have now ressurect which is why they've choose this record title and write a song about it. The music is as angry as the impossibilty of reason. I mean songs like ressurection, worthless, end it all and Empire are some of their most aggresive songs they've ever written. These songs are fast, heavy and the lyrics are violent. On almost all of their record the band had put a radio friendly song but now they don't. I was a big fan of songs like Down Again or Stays the same but this record doesn't need this kind of song.

Maturity is a word that always seems to be more involve in the case of Chimaira. In Fact songs like Six and Empire is the best exemple. Six is probably the best song of the record. This 9 minutes epic is their best work musicaly. The guitar work of rob arnold is amazing. The song features slower part and a more melodic side. The bridge is without a doubt the highlight of this record. It's very dark and sad. Empire has a lot of keyboard in it. The beginning almost sounds like a Black Metal song. It's a kind of horror movie song.

Music wise the band is still using the same format but the songs are shorter than on the self-titled. Thrash riff, double bass, solos, breakdown. The cd is bit more trash than they used to. They're not getting closer to the status of a trash band than a metalcore band. Mark Hunter's voice is at his peek. His lyrics are some of the most brutal he's written. The Flame is about a girl getting rape and if you got the bonus dvd you'll see that he was questionning himself about why he's writting such horrible stuff about rape. The bass is a bit more present than before. Jason Suecof the producer help Jim Lamarca a lot on writing bass line. You can see it on the bonus dvd. Rob solos are like they used to be. Not too much but just great. Andols Is now better than ever. He's using more cymbals on songs like No reason to live.

Overall this record is a solid work. More mature and more darker. They're now holding their future up their hand. We're just hoping that they'll stay in the good direction.

Pros:

Andols
Maturity
Good Riffing

Cons:

Some songs are repetitive

Highlights:

Six
Empire
The Flame
Resurrection

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