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The Infection is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Chimaira. Released in the US on April 20, 2009 and worldwide on April 24, it reached position 30 on the Billboard 200 charts on its first week of release, selling around 15,000 copies. This was improvement from the previous album's debut at No. 42. It is also their last album to feature long time bassist Jim Lamarca, drummer Andols Herrick, as well as longtime keyboard player Chris Spicuzza.

The Infection
Studio album by
Chimaira
ReleasedApril 20, 2009
RecordedSeptember 2008 – December 2008 at Spider Studios
GenreGroove metal, metalcore
Length55:36
LabelFerret Music (US)
Nuclear Blast (Worldwide)
ProducerBen Schigel
Chimaira chronology
Resurrection
(2007)
The Infection
(2009)
The Age of Hell
(2011)
Singles from The Infection
  1. "Secrets of the Dead"
    Released: 2009[1][2]
  2. "Destroy and Dominate"
    Released: August 11, 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
About.com[4]
Blabbermouth.net7/10[5]
Kerrang!
Metal Sucks[6]

Promotion


Within the order of promoting the album, the band revealed a track name from the album and a piece of the album cover on the main page of their website approximately every other day. The final track and entire cover were revealed on February 12, 2009. "Secrets of the Dead" was released as a single on iTunes March 3, 2009 and was first played for the public at their Chimaira Christmas show in Cleveland, Ohio. The song "Destroy and Dominate" was played live for the first time on Friday, March 6, 2009 at the Dubai Desert Rock Festival 2009. "Destroy and Dominate" was released for free on Chimaira's official Twitter profile on March 16, 2009 for one hour only.[7] On April 16, 2009 Chimaira released the first nine tracks of The Infection on their MySpace profile for listening.[8] The song, "On Broken Glass" is available as downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour.[9]


Production


Rob Arnold told Kerrang! that "Try To Survive" was the first song written for the album.[10]

All songs on the album were written in drop C except for Destroy and Dominate, The Disappearing Sun, and Try to Survive, which were written in drop B.


Fan involvement


In order to further involve the fans and promote the album, Chimaira released the stem files that were used to create the "Destroy and Dominate" music video. Fans were asked to create their own version of the music video. The members of the band chose their favorites and the prizes went as follows:[11]

1st Place: The Infection (Deluxe Tin Box) and two concert tickets to see Chimaira
2nd Place: Two concert tickets to see Chimaira or a Chimaira T-Shirt
3rd Place: Two concert tickets to see Chimaira or a Chimaira T-Shirt


Track listing


All tracks are written by Rob Arnold and Mark Hunter, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."The Venom Inside"4:05
2."Frozen in Time"4:05
3."Coming Alive" (Arnold)3:04
4."Secrets of the Dead" (Arnold, Hunter, Matt DeVries, Andols Herrick)4:25
5."The Disappearing Sun"4:24
6."Impending Doom" (Arnold, Hunter, Chris Spicuzza)6:05
7."On Broken Glass" (Arnold, Hunter, DeVries)3:46
8."Destroy and Dominate" (Arnold, Hunter, DeVries)4:42
9."Try to Survive"4:40
10."The Heart of It All"14:52
Total length:55:36
Limited edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Revenge"3:12
12."Convictions" (State of Conviction cover, feat. Jason Popson of Mushroomhead and Pitch Black Forecast)2:13
13."Warpath"4:18
Total length:65:19

Limited deluxe fan edition


This is a special "Briefcase" version of the album, only 580 are said to be made and the first 100 bought are signed by the band, extra features include:


Charts


Chart (2009) Peak
position
Finnish Albums Chart 32[12]
The Billboard 200 30

Personnel


Chimaira
Additional Musicians
Production

References



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The Infection — пятый студийный полноформатный альбом американской грув-метал группы Chimaira, выпущенный 20 апреля 2009 года в США, 24 апреля всемирно. The Infection дебютировал под номером 30 в Billboard 200. В первую неделю было продано 15 000 копий альбома.



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