Origin: Cleveland, Ohio, USA  
Genres: Thrash Metal
DISBANDED
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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.

Last Lineup

Mark Hunter

vocals

Matt Szlachta

guitars (Broken Hope)

Emil Werstler

guitars (ex-Daath)

Jeremy Creamer

bass (ex-Daath)

Sean Zatorsky

keyboards/samples (ex-Daath, Sinsaenum)

Austin D'Amond

drums (ex-DevilDriver)

Former Members/Guests

Jason Hager

guitars

Matt DeVries

guitars

Rob Arnold

guitars (ex-Six Feet Under)

Jim LaMarca

bass

Chris Spicuzza

electronics

Andols Herrick

drums

Kevin Talley

drums (Absence Of The Sacred, ex-Daath, ex-Dying Fetus, ex-Misery Index, ex-Six Feet Under, ex-Them, guest for Wykked Wytch)



Discography



This Present Darkness  EP
1999 East Coast
  1. This Present Darkness
  2. Painting The White To Grey
  3. Divination
  4. Sphere
  5. Lend A Hand
  6. Empty
  7. Silence
  8. Satan's Wizard
  • Mark Hunter
  • Jason Hager
  • Rob Arnold
  • Jim LaMarca
  • Chris Spicuzza
  • Andols Herrick



Pass Out Of Existence  
2001 Roadrunner
  1. Let Go
  2. Dead Inside
  3. Severed
  4. Lumps
  5. Pass Out Of Existence
  6. Abeo
  7. Split
  8. Painting The White To Grey
  9. Taste My...
  10. Rizzo
  11. Sphere
  12. Forced Life
  13. Options
  14. Jade
  • Mark Hunter
  • Matt DeVries
  • Rob Arnold
  • Jim LaMarca
  • Chris Spicuzza
  • Andols Herrick



The Impossibility Of Reason  
2003 Roadrunner
  1. Cleansation
  2. The Impossibility Of Reason
  3. Pictures In The Gold Room
  4. Power Trip
  5. Down Again
  6. Pure Hatred
  7. The Dehumanizing Process
  8. Crawl
  9. Stigmurder
  10. Eyes Of A Criminal
  11. Overlooked
  12. Implements Of Destruction
  • Mark Hunter
  • Matt DeVries
  • Rob Arnold
  • Jim LaMarca
  • Chris Spicuzza
  • Andols Herrick
2003 Readers' Album #28




The Dehumanizing Process  VIDEO
2004 Roadrunner



Chimaira  
2005 Roadrunner
  1. Nothing Remains
  2. Save Ourselves
  3. Inside The Horror
  4. Salvation
  5. Comatose
  6. Left For Dead
  7. Everything
  8. Bloodlust
  9. Pray For All
  10. Lazarus
  11. Clayden
  12. Malignant
  13. Power Trip (Live)
  14. Cleansation (Live)
  15. Severed (Live)
  16. Eyes Of A Criminal (Live)
  17. Down Again (Live)
  18. The Dehumanizing Process (Live)
  19. Pure Hatred (Live)
  • Mark Hunter
  • Matt DeVries
  • Rob Arnold
  • Jim LaMarca
  • Chris Spicuzza
  • Kevin Talley
2005 Readers' Album #36




Resurrection  
2007 Ferret
  1. Resurrection
  2. Pleasure In Pain
  3. Worthless
  4. Six
  5. No Reason to Live
  6. Killing the Beast
  7. The Flame
  8. End it All
  9. Black Heart
  10. Needle
  11. Empire
  • Mark Hunter
  • Matt DeVries
  • Rob Arnold
  • Jim LaMarca
  • Chris Spicuzza
  • Andols Herrick
2007 Readers' Album #46




The Infection  
2009 Ferret
  1. The Venom Inside
  2. Frozen In Time
  3. Coming Alive
  4. Secrets Of The Dead
  5. The Disappearing Sun
  6. Impending Doom
  7. On Broken Glass
  8. Destroy And Dominate
  9. Try To Survive
  10. 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
  1. The Venom Inside
  2. Resurrection
  3. Power Trip
  4. Empire
  5. The Disappearing Sun
  6. Severed
  7. Destroy and Dominate
  8. Six
  9. The Dehumanizing Process
  10. Dead Inside
  11. Painting the White to Grey
  12. Nothing Remains
  13. Salvation
  14. Secrets of the Dead
  15. The Flame
  16. Pure Hatred
  • Mark Hunter
  • Matt DeVries
  • Rob Arnold
  • Jim LaMarca
  • Chris Spicuzza
  • Andols Herrick



The Age Of Hell  
2011 eOne
  1. The Age of Hell
  2. Clockwork
  3. Losing My Mind
  4. Time Is Running Out
  5. Year of the Snake
  6. Beyond the Grave
  7. Born In Blood
  8. Stoma
  9. Powerless
  10. Trigger Finger
  11. Scapegoat
  12. Samsara
  • Mark Hunter
  • Matt DeVries
  • Rob Arnold
  • Emil Werstler
  • Sean Zatorsky
  • Austin D'Amond



The Age Of Remix Hell  EP
2011 self-released
  1. Year Of The Snake (Dubba Jonny Mix)
  2. Clockwork (Hunter Mix)
  3. Year Of The Snake (Allinaline Mix)
  4. Losing My Mind (Allinaline Mix)



Crown Of Phantoms  
2013 eOne
  1. The Machine
  2. No Mercy
  3. All That's Left Is Blood
  4. I Despise
  5. Plastic Wonderland
  6. The Transmigration
  7. Crown Of Phantoms
  8. Spineless
  9. Kings Of The Shadow World
  10. Wrapped In Violence
  11. Love Soaked Death
  • Mark Hunter
  • Matt Szlachta
  • Emil Werstler
  • Jeremy Creamer
  • Sean Zatorsky
  • Austin D'Amond




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