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July 04, 2005
Chimaira Releases Follow Up to First Album
Chimaira, the self-titled third album from the Cleveland, OH sextet, is a punishing, in your face, attack on the senses. To be released Aug. 9, Chimaira, the follow up to 2003's Impossibility of Reason, is filled with multi-layered songs that surge with the rage of a pitbull on steroids and the passion of a kamikaze pilot going down for the last time. Already having played some of the new songs live on their recent headlining tour, Chimaira will introduce more songs off the album as one of the headliners on the inaugural Sounds of the Underground tour that also features Opeth, DevilDriver, Lamb of God and more.
The ten tracks that make up Chimaira's aural assault, including the first single "Nothing Remains," are packed with some of the fiercest riffs the band has ever written accompanied by shredding solos compliments of lead guitarist Rob Arnold. In addition, the band welcomes new drummer Kevin Talley (formerly of Dying Fetus) to the fold. His death-metal infused style is immediately felt on the album. However, the songs are ultimately brought to life by the personal lyrics of singer Mark Hunter. Troubled with social anxiety disorder and chronic stomach problems for years, the singer felt forced to open up as a way to ease the pain. "I thought it was time to be upfront in my lyrics and strip away the ambiguity. If not a way to connect further with our fans, but a way to lessen the suffering I feel on a daily basis." These seething and penetrating lyrics are at their best on songs such as 'Salvation,' 'Save Ourselves,' 'Lazarus,' 'Everything You Love' and others.
Chimaira formed in 1998 and have released two albums to date including their debut album Pass Out of Existence. They have toured the world several times over as an opener and, for the last few years, a headlining act. In 2004 the band released the highly provocative documentary The Dehumanizing Process on DVD, which showed two years in the life of the band from writing The Impossibility of Reason through their touring in support of that album, and all of the turmoil and drama contained therein. Chimaira is Mark Hunter on vocals, Rob Arnold and Matt DeVries on guitars, Jim LaMarca on bass, Kevin Talley on drums and Chris Spicuzza on electronics/keyboards.
