Chimaira – Resurrection

» 3 out of 5 Evil Faces

Again we embark on yet another in a long line of heavy metal CD reviews. I am doing here at Metalpedia. This time it is for a band that I have never really heard before but I gather they are at least somewhat popular.

It is Cleveland’s Chimaira. They have released a new CD entitled Resurrection. It is available on Ferret Music

I am going to say right off the bat that this is not my style of metal. So maybe I have missed an entire genre that sounds like/similar to Chimaira.

I am not saying Chimaira is a bad band it is just not my style of metal. They have a real tight sound, that has some cool stuff going on. It is just the general rhythm they keep returning to that spoils it.

It has it’s moments but all in all it is what I refer to as rap metal. It has the same thrashing crunchy riff over and over again throughout every song. Though there are also some parts that are a bit on the gothic/black metal side of the spectrum.

The vocals are mostly angry but then there are these clean parts with some sort of synthesizer added that really just ruins it for me.

As the CD goes on it gets better or at least I become more desensitized to it. There is just no escaping the rap metal sound I hear. Maybe this is the style they are going for. Like I say I have never heard any of their previous releases.

I am listening to the disc again as I type this review and I want to like it, I like parts of it but cannot get myself totally behind it.

If however you are into this style than I would say this is a CD you will like.