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'{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = The Infection | Type = studio | Artist = [[Chimaira]] | Cover = Infectionartwork.PNG | Released = April 21, 2009 (USA) <br/> April 24, 2009 (Worldwide) | Recorded = September 2008 – December 2008 | Genre = [[Groove Metal]], [[Metalcore]] | Length = 54:08 | Label = [[Ferret Music]] (US)<br />[[Nuclear Blast]] (Worldwide) | Producer = [[Ben Schigel]] | Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|3.5|5}} [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gifuxzu0ldse link] * [[About.com]] {{Rating|3.5|5}} [http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/chimaira-theinfection.htm link] * [[Blabbermouth.net]] {{Rating|7|10}} [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1681 link] | Last album = ''[[Resurrection (Chimaira album)|Resurrection]]''<br />(2007) | This album = '''''The Infection'''''<br />(2009) | Next album = }} '''''The Infection''''' is [[Chimaira]]'s fifth full-length album and was released on April 21, 2009<ref>http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/02/infection_spreading_with_chima.html</ref> The band has stated that "Destroy and Dominate" will be the first [[music video|video]] from the album which will be released on the 5th of May. ==Notable Events== 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. The song Destroy and Dominate was played live for the first time on Friday, March 6th 2009 at the [[Dubai Desert Rock Festival#2009|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.<ref>http://twitter.com/chimairaband</ref> [[Rob Arnold]] told [[Kerrang!]] that "Try To Survive" was the first song written for the album. <ref name="songfacts">{{cite web | url = http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15337 | title = Try To Survive | work = Songfacts.com | accessdate = 2009-04-23 }}</ref> On April 16, 2009 Chimaira released the first nine tracks of The Infection on their [[myspace]] profile for listening.<ref>http://www.myspace.com/chimaira</ref> The track, "On Broken Glass" will be made available as downloadable content for [[List of songs in Guitar Hero 4#Downloadable content|Guitar Hero World Tour]] on May 7, 2009. <ref>http://www.chimaira.com/studio/?p=890</ref> The album reached No. 30 on [[The Billboard 200]] on its first week of release selling around 15,000 copies beating out Resurrection which debuted at 42. ==Track listing== # "The Venom Inside" – 4:05 # "Frozen In Time" – 4:05 # "Coming Alive" – 3:04 # "Secrets of the Dead" – 4:25 # "The Disappearing Sun" – 4:24 # "Impending Doom" – 6:05 # "On Broken Glass" – 3:46 # "Destroy and Dominate" – 4:42 # "Try to Survive" – 4:40 # "The Heart of It All" – 14:52 '''Bonus tracks''' * "Revenge" (CD/DVD edition bonus track) – 3:12 * "Convictions" (USB bonus track) – 2:13 * "Warpath" (USB bonus track, CD bonus track in some countries) – 4:18 * The Infection demos (instrumental demos of all tracks excluding bonus tracks) (USB bonus tracks) ==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: *Metal Briefcase packaging *Chimaira Infection Logo Flag *CD/DVD Edition of the album (Features the bonus track "Revenge" and a "Making of" DVD) *"Syringe" USB in metal box featuring the bonus tracks "Convictions" and "Warpath", The Infection demos, Wallpapers, Buddy Icons and more *Guitar Pick Pack featuring signature picks of all guitarists *Booklet featuring never before seen photos of the band in studio *Laminate ==Charts== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Chart (2009) ! Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|Finnish Albums Chart |align="center"|32<ref>[http://www.yle.fi/lista/listat/tuote.php?id=9345 Suomen virallinen lista]</ref> |- |align="left"|The Billboard 200 |align="center"|30 |} ==Personnel== *[[Mark Hunter (musician)|Mark Hunter]] – [[Singer|Vocals]] *[[Rob Arnold]] – [[Lead Guitar]] *[[Matt DeVries]] – [[Rhythm Guitar]] *Jim LaMarca – [[Bass Guitar]] *Andols Herrick – [[Drum Kit|Drums]] *Chris Spicuzza – [[Electronic keyboard|Keyboard]], [[Theremin]], [[Singer|Backing Vocals]], [[Programming (music)|Electronics]] *Produced by Ben Schigel *Mixed by Zeuss ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons|Category:Chimaira|Chimaira}} * [http://www.chimaira.com/ Official website] * {{MySpace|Chimaira}} * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjxGlsY9sS4/ Destroy and Dominate Video] {{Chimaira}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Infection, The}} [[Category:Chimaira albums]] [[Category:2009 albums]]'