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Chimaira is a six-membered groove metal/metalcore band from Cleveland, Ohio, whose name comes from a monster in ancient Greek mythology: a lion, with an additional head of a goat located in the neck, and a snake as its tail. Its members describe the band as being of “The new wave of American Heavy metal.”
Chimaira was formed in 1998, composing itself of Mark Hunter (Vocals), Jason Hager (Guitar), Rob Arnold (Guitar), Jim LaMarca (Bass), Andols Herrick (Drums) and Chris Spicuzza (Keyboards and Electronics). Their first EP, This Present Darkness, was released on January 11, 2000, on East Coast Empire records. This EP featured a few songs that were later re-recorded for their major label release on Roadrunner Records, entitled Pass Out of Existence. Jason Hager later left the band after Pass Out Of Existence due to family issues and the band gained Matt DeVries, a long time friend of the band and guitarist for the Cleveland based band Ascension. Pass Out of Existence didn’t sell that many records when it was released in 2001, but The Impossibility of Reason, released in 2003, was enough to fund Chimaira’s extensive touring with In Flames, and their second-stage performance at Ozzfest, also in 2003.
Musically, Pass Out of Existence had a much more “electronic” sound than The Impossibility of Reason, with Chris Spicuzza’s pronounced electronic loops featured in many songs. This sound was often compared to artists like Fear Factory, Spineshank and Slipknot.
Chimaira was formed in 1998, composing itself of Mark Hunter (Vocals), Jason Hager (Guitar), Rob Arnold (Guitar), Jim LaMarca (Bass), Andols Herrick (Drums) and Chris Spicuzza (Keyboards and Electronics). Their first EP, This Present Darkness, was released on January 11, 2000, on East Coast Empire records. This EP featured a few songs that were later re-recorded for their major label release on Roadrunner Records, entitled Pass Out of Existence. Jason Hager later left the band after Pass Out Of Existence due to family issues and the band gained Matt DeVries, a long time friend of the band and guitarist for the Cleveland based band Ascension. Pass Out of Existence didn’t sell that many records when it was released in 2001, but The Impossibility of Reason, released in 2003, was enough to fund Chimaira’s extensive touring with In Flames, and their second-stage performance at Ozzfest, also in 2003.
Musically, Pass Out of Existence had a much more “electronic” sound than The Impossibility of Reason, with Chris Spicuzza’s pronounced electronic loops featured in many songs. This sound was often compared to artists like Fear Factory, Spineshank and Slipknot.
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Razgrez wrote:
Sometimes it takes a while for me to get really into liking a band. At first there was only one track from this band I liked, which was "Worthless". Now Im really into this band! One of my fav's.
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i618 wrote:
dead inside? don't get it ... their early stuff sounds like a bad korn duplicate. The newer stuff really represents Chimaira's own sound!
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Bora-02 wrote:
lamb of god kinda groove metal? or is it post-thrash metalcore
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kempass wrote:
I've just became infectted :P
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ChimairaBoy666 wrote:
finally hit 25k plays !!!!!!
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m00sethomas wrote:
great fuckin band. even better live! I HATE EVERYONE XD
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Whitenred wrote:
Six - 9:45 of pure brilliance. \m/ [2] How the hell Dead Inside is holding the top spot?
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Xfing wrote:
I always get the feeling that Chimaira has much less to do with metalcore than people give it credit for. Good thing of course, but the metalcore label spoils my tags :<
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BioKiIIer wrote:
Six - 9:45 of pure brilliance. \m/
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m3tal_h3ad wrote:
bring up down again@@
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unholymassacre wrote:
lol angst
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ropbIHbI4 wrote:
I HATE EVERYONE!!! (c)
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Dread_Born_Porn wrote:
BEST BAND
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morgerstern wrote:
PARALYZED!
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SUPERDAVOR wrote:
Fair enough :D
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BioKiIIer wrote:
wow superdavor, all i'm going to say is 'each to their own'. Seen Chimaira on Thursday and Friday night. Seeing them again tonight. Hehehe. Setlist could have been a tiny bit better. Not gonna complain though. :)
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Hardcorey1990 wrote:
It's almost alarming that people prefer their nu-metal material over the new stuff.
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SUPERDAVOR wrote:
This Present Darkness - goooood. Pass Out of Existence - goood. And then it all went to shit...
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leeqjim wrote:
HR T CM!!!!!!
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InsideThe11Th wrote:
Amazing fucking band !!!!!!!! They r fucking awesome and if you dont like them then dont post retarded comments here and FUCK U HATERS
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