Chimaira (band)

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Chimaira
Chimaira logo.svg
Live in Auckland 2008
Live in Auckland 2008
General information
origin Cleveland , United States
Genre (s) Groove Metal , Metalcore , Nu Metal (formerly)
founding 1998
resolution 2014
Website www.chimaira.com
Founding members
Mark Hunter
Andrew "AE" Ermlick (1998)
Jason Hager (1998-2001)
Andols Herrick (1998-2004; 2006-2011)
former members
bass
 Rob Lesniack (1998-2000)
bass
 Jim LaMarca (2000-2010)
Drums
 Richard Evensand (2004)
Drums
 Kevin Talley (2004-2006)
Drums
 Andols Herrick (1998-2004; 2006-2011)
Chris Spicuzza (1999-2011)
Lead guitar
 Rob Arnold (1999-2011)
Rhythm guitar
 Matt DeVries (2001-2011)
Drums
 Austin D'Amond (2011-2014)
bass
 Jeremy Creamer (2012-2014)
Sean Zatorsky (2011-2014)
guitar
 Matt Szlachta (2012-2014)
guitar
 Emil Werstler (2012-2014)

Chimaira [ kaɪ'mɪəɻə ] (Faithful transcription of Χίμαιρα, see Chimera ) was an American Metal - band from Cleveland , Ohio . The band is seen as the founder of the so-called New Wave of American Heavy Metal .

history

Founding and The Impossibility of Reason (1998-2003)

Chimaira was founded in 1998 by Mark Hunter and Jason Hager. At first , the band was more at home in the direction of Nu Metal , but then changed their style of music and played more metalcore . After the first few months of existence, they appeared as the opening act for bands such as Machine Head , Overkill and Cannibal Corpse .

Singer Mark Hunter 2008

In 2000 Chimaira released their first EP This Present Darkness on East Coast Empire Records , after which Chimaira received a contract with Roadrunner Records . With Roadrunner Records they also released their first studio album, Pass Out Of Existence , in 2001 . Shortly after the release, Jason Hager left his band. Matt DeVries was hired to replace him. In a new formation they went on tour with bands such as Slayer , Fear Factory and Danzig .

Their second album, The Impossibility of Reason , was released in 2003 and stylistically went much more towards metal. The following tour they denied together with Ill Niño and Spineshank . Seven songs were recorded from this tour and published together with four videos, a documentary and the remastered This-Present-Darkness- EP 2004 on the DVD The Dehumanizing Process .

Line-up change and Chimaira (2003-2006)

The band also went on tour with In Flames , Slipknot , Soilwork and Every Time I Die . Andols left Herrick Chimaira and had to be replaced by Soilwork drummer Rickard Evensandt, who was not a long member of the band. The band only found a permanent drummer in 2004 with Kevin Talley, with whom they toured the USA and then Australia . Afterwards Chimaira went back to the studio to record their third album Chimaira . They then played at concerts with bands like GWAR , DevilDriver or Opeth . In August 2005 the Thrash Metal- heavy album Chimaira was finally released .

In January 2006, Andols Herrick returned to the band after a two-year break in self-discovery after he realized how much he missed the band while recording the 25th anniversary album of Roadrunner Records ( Roadrunner United ).

With the song Army of Me , the band was in the soundtrack to Freddy vs. To hear Jason .

Resurrection and The Infection (2006-present)

Guitarist Rob Arnold 2008

In mid-October 2006 it became known that the band had signed with new music labels. The next album should be released in the United States on Ferret Records and in the rest of the world on the German label Nuclear Blast . On March 2, 2007, the new album Resurrection was released in Europe.

The following album, The Infection , was released on April 24, 2009.

On November 22nd, 2010 bassist Jim LaMarca left the band, Emil Werstler from Dååth replaced LaMarca on bass. Andols Herrick and Chris Spicuzza left the band and were replaced by Austin D'Amond (Bleed the Sky) and Sean Z. (Daath). In addition, Matt "MFA" DeVries announced on August 12, 2011 that he would be leaving the band for personal reasons. In 2011, long-time lead guitarist Rob Arnold also left the band.

After Emil Werstler, Matt Szlachta, Sean Zatorsky, Jeremy Creamer and Austin D'Amond had left the band with the exception of founding member Mark Hunter in early September 2014, Chimaira's dissolution was announced on the official website.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2001 Pass Out of Existence - - - - -
2003 The Impossibility of Reason - - - - US117 (1 week)
US
2005 Chimaira DE60 (1 week)
DE 		- - UK62 (1 week)
UK 		US74 (2 weeks)
US
2007 Resurrection DE71 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT58 (1 week)
AT 		- UK76 (1 week)
UK 		US42 (3 weeks)
US
2009 The infection DE85 (1 week)
DE 		AT71 (1 week)
AT 		- - US30 (4 weeks)
US
2011 The Age of Hell - - - - US54 (1 week)
US
2013 Crown of Phantoms - - - - US52 (1 week)
US

EPs

  • 2000: This Present Darkness
  • 2004: The Dehumanizing Process (EP / DVD )

Web links

Commons : Chimaira  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dosenmusik.de: Information about new contracts
  2. ↑ chimaira.com: Bassist Jim LaMarca Retires ( Memento from August 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), November 22, 2010
  3. ↑ metalsucks.net: [1] , April 15, 2011
  4. ↑ http://www.chimaira.com/news/mfa-over-and-out/ ( Memento from March 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ http://www.chimaira.com/
  6. ↑ http://www.theprp.com/2014/09/02/exclusive/chimaira-guitarist-bassist-keyboardist-drummer-announce-their-departure/
  7. ↑ Christian Zanders: Metal Hammer : Split: Chimaira just a one-man show - five members out
  8. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT UK US1 US2