Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Thrash Metal
DISBANDED
Last update/review:
August 15, 2013
Chimaira
Self-proclaimed leaders of the "new wave of American
heavy metal", Chimaira formed in Cleveland in 1998,
recording the indie
This Present Darkness album in
2000 before earning a contract with
Roadrunner
for their next two releases.
The band's early style might be described as aggro, post-thrash
metalcore, with one somewhat similar band (not a
direct soundalike, but a comparable band) being
Lamb Of God .
In the intervening years the band forged a solid mid-level career,
remaining relevant in the scene if not breaking through to superstardom,
and the usual lineup changes no doubt took their toll
(by 2009, only vocalist Mark Hunter remained from the early days).
Fifteen years after the release of their debut, the band called it a day
in September 2014 to pursue other interests.
Discography
Studio
Live
Video
This Present Darkness
EP
1999
East Coast
This Present Darkness
Painting The White To Grey
Divination
Sphere
Lend A Hand
Empty
Silence
Satan's Wizard
Mark Hunter
Jason Hager
Rob Arnold
Jim LaMarca
Chris Spicuzza
Andols Herrick
Pass Out Of Existence
2001
Roadrunner
Let Go
Dead Inside
Severed
Lumps
Pass Out Of Existence
Abeo
Split
Painting The White To Grey
Taste My...
Rizzo
Sphere
Forced Life
Options
Jade
Mark Hunter
Matt DeVries
Rob Arnold
Jim LaMarca
Chris Spicuzza
Andols Herrick
The Impossibility Of Reason
2003
Roadrunner
Cleansation
The Impossibility Of Reason
Pictures In The Gold Room
Power Trip
Down Again
Pure Hatred
The Dehumanizing Process
Crawl
Stigmurder
Eyes Of A Criminal
Overlooked
Implements Of Destruction
Mark Hunter
Matt DeVries
Rob Arnold
Jim LaMarca
Chris Spicuzza
Andols Herrick
2003 Readers' Album
#28
Chimaira
2005
Roadrunner
Nothing Remains
Save Ourselves
Inside The Horror
Salvation
Comatose
Left For Dead
Everything
Bloodlust
Pray For All
Lazarus
Clayden
Malignant
Power Trip (Live)
Cleansation (Live)
Severed (Live)
Eyes Of A Criminal (Live)
Down Again (Live)
The Dehumanizing Process (Live)
Pure Hatred (Live)
Mark Hunter
Matt DeVries
Rob Arnold
Jim LaMarca
Chris Spicuzza
Kevin Talley
2005 Readers' Album
#36
Resurrection
2007
Ferret
Resurrection
Pleasure In Pain
Worthless
Six
No Reason to Live
Killing the Beast
The Flame
End it All
Black Heart
Needle
Empire
Mark Hunter
Matt DeVries
Rob Arnold
Jim LaMarca
Chris Spicuzza
Andols Herrick
2007 Readers' Album
#46
The Infection
2009
Ferret
The Venom Inside
Frozen In Time
Coming Alive
Secrets Of The Dead
The Disappearing Sun
Impending Doom
On Broken Glass
Destroy And Dominate
Try To Survive
The Heart Of It All
Mark Hunter
Matt DeVries
Rob Arnold
Jim LaMarca
Chris Spicuzza
Andols Herrick
2009 Readers' Album
#40
Coming Alive
LIVE
2010
The Venom Inside
Resurrection
Power Trip
Empire
The Disappearing Sun
Severed
Destroy and Dominate
Six
The Dehumanizing Process
Dead Inside
Painting the White to Grey
Nothing Remains
Salvation
Secrets of the Dead
The Flame
Pure Hatred
Mark Hunter
Matt DeVries
Rob Arnold
Jim LaMarca
Chris Spicuzza
Andols Herrick
The Age Of Hell
2011
eOne
The Age of Hell
Clockwork
Losing My Mind
Time Is Running Out
Year of the Snake
Beyond the Grave
Born In Blood
Stoma
Powerless
Trigger Finger
Scapegoat
Samsara
Mark Hunter
Matt DeVries
Rob Arnold
Emil Werstler
Sean Zatorsky
Austin D'Amond
The Age Of Remix Hell
EP
2011
self-released
Year Of The Snake (Dubba Jonny Mix)
Clockwork (Hunter Mix)
Year Of The Snake (Allinaline Mix)
Losing My Mind (Allinaline Mix)
Crown Of Phantoms
2013
eOne
The Machine
No Mercy
All That's Left Is Blood
I Despise
Plastic Wonderland
The Transmigration
Crown Of Phantoms
Spineless
Kings Of The Shadow World
Wrapped In Violence
Love Soaked Death
Mark Hunter
Matt Szlachta
Emil Werstler
Jeremy Creamer
Sean Zatorsky
Austin D'Amond