Formed: 1998
From:
Cleveland,
OH,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Background
Self-proclaimed leaders of the "new wave of American heavy metal", Chimaira was formed in Cleveland in 1998, recording the indie This Present Darkness album in 2000 before earning a contract with Roadrunner Records for their next two releases.
Chimaira was spawned in 1998 by Jason Hager, the guitarist of the now defunct, Ascension. Hager's desire to start an intense new metal band led him to Mark Hunter, previously of Cleveland's Skipline. Mark's vocal strengths and abilities as a songwriter made him an easy choice. After a great deal of trial and error the Chimaira family came to be what it is today: Mark Hunter (vocals), Rob Arnold and Jason Hager (guitarists) (recently left band and replaced by Matt Devries), Andols Herrick (drummer), Jim LaMarca (bass), and Chris Spicuzza (electronics).
This Cleveland six piece's unrelenting attitude and drive to succeed has helped them sell close to 10,000 copies of their independently released EP, This Present Darkness. Chimaira developed their fan base through touring, the Internet and radio- particularly stations 93X(Minneapolis) and WSOU (NY/NJ). Last year Chimaira shared the stage with the likes of Soulfly, Hatebreed, Spineshank, and Snapcase.
In March 2001 the band joined forces with the illustrious producer Mudrock (Godsmack, Powerman 5000) to put together the 14 fiercely emotional tracks that are showcased on PASS OUT OF EXISTENCE - the band's Roadrunner debut album.
Latest Chimaira News
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Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Chimaira Postpones Russian Tour Dates
Chimaira has issued the following announcement about postponing their upcoming tour dates in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus:
"I know there are some rumors going around that we’ve canceled our Russian, Ukraine and Belarus dates. Part of that is true.
"There is a family related health issue that needs to be handled and requires an extra few days home in Cleveland. If this could have been avoided, it would have, but when it comes to health, there is no way to predict this. Please respect the fact that our private lives, especially concerning health, are nobodies business. This is not some vague excuse to not show up to work.
I know a lot of you will be upset that the shows will not happen next week, however, we have already rescheduled them for early next year! There is no way in hell we want to miss the opportunity to play for our fans in that part of the world. We have wanted to come over there for a long time and are extremely upset we can’t make it next week.
"A lot of bands will promise that they will make it up and never do; we are not one of those bands. Here are the new dates:
March 26, 2010 – St. Petersburg – Gavclub
March 27, 2010 – Moscow – XO
March 28, 2010 – Minsk – Rclub
March 29, 2010 – Kiev – TBA
"Please accept our deepest apology and HOLD ON TO YOUR TICKETS because they will be valid. For now, the rest of our European dates WILL NOT be affected. Once again, please accept our apology and we will see you early next year."
Trivium & Whitechapel Announce 2nd Leg Tour Dates
Trivium and Whitechapel have announced the second leg of Into the Mouth of Hell We Tour with special guests Chimaira and Dirge Within.
Second leg tour dates are as follows:
Oct. 29 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
Oct. 30 Jacksonville, NC - Hooligans
Oct. 31 Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
Nov. 01 Norfolk, VA - Norva Theatre
Nov. 03 Albany, NY - Northern Lights
Nov. 06 Worcester, MA - The Palladium
Nov. 07 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts
Nov. 08 Hartford, CT - Webster Theater
Nov. 09 Montreal, QC - Le Medley
Nov. 11 Quebec City, QC - Imperial
Nov. 12 Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
Nov. 13 Detroit, MI - Clutch Cargo
Nov. 14 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
Nov. 17 Chicago, IL - House of Blues
Nov. 18 Minneapolis, MN - Cabooze
Nov. 20 Saskatoon, SK - Odeon Events Centre
Nov. 21 Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Events Center
Nov. 22 Calgary, AB - Macewan Hall
Nov. 24 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
Nov. 25 Seattle, WA - Showbox
Nov. 30 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
Dec. 01 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
Dec. 02 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
Dec. 03 Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont Club
Dec. 04 St Louis, MO - Pop’s
Dec. 05 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
Dec. 06 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
Dec. 07 Houston, TX - House of Blues
Dec. 10 Tampa, FL – State Theater
Dec. 11 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
Dec. 12 Orlando, FL - Club Firestone
The bands will be embarking on the first leg of the tour starting next Friday, September 11th, in Long Island, NY. Here are the tour dates: More...
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The Decimation of the Nation Destroys Lafayette
In the heart of Cajun Country in Louisiana is a small town called Lafayette. The town is not only famous for being the place of my birth and raising, but occasionally, it has some kick-ass concerts (I guess in honor of me.) But anyway, the latest in the series of great shows was a visit from the Decimation of the Nation Tour featuring an amazing lineup of Toxic Holocaust, Dying Fetus, Winds of Plague, Chimaira and Hatebreed. Anyone lucky enough to be in the vicinity of this tour could not help but go to the local bar and witness their town being decimated with some of the best metal musicians of our day. More...
Toxic Holocaust Announces Extensive Tour
Toxic Holocaust announced that in addition to their supporting tour with The Black Dahlia Murder they will be playing extensively through September and October with Dying Fetus, Winds of Plague, Bleeding Through, and Hatebreed. The latest Toxic Holocaust tour dates are as follows: More...
Chimaira To Tour Australia In 2010
Chimaira is set to return to Australia in January, 2010 once again. This is Chimaira’s first headlining Australian tour, having supported their peers In Flames, Biohazard and Korn on their last two trips Down Under. Chimaira is expected to have specials guests support them each night, but no further details have been revealed at this time.
The Infection was released in April via Riot Entertainment and entered both the Aria & JB Hi Fi Charts.
Here are the "Infection" Australian tour dates:
Wed, January 13 - Capital Perth
Thurs, January 14 - Fowlers Live, Adelaide, Licensed All Ages
Fri, January 15 - Billboard The Venue, Melbourne, Over 18’s
Sat, January 16 - Billboard the Venue, Melbourne, Under 18s Afternoon Show
Sun, January 17 – The Hi- Fi, Brisbane
Mon, January 18 - The Metro, Sydney, Licensed All Ages
Wed, January 20 - The Transmission Room, Auckland NZ, Licensed All Ages
Tickets go on sale, Monday, August 17 for all dates
Hatebreed Bassist Speaks On Upcoming Tour
Hatebreed bass player Chris Beattie has posted a message regarding the bands upcoming tour with Chimaira. The message reads as follows:
"The Hatebreed tour machine is back on the road this summer with our good friends in Chimaira to bring you the first leg of the Decimation Of The Nation Tour. You're not going to find anything heavier than this tour in 2009, unless we're on that too! Get there early and check out all the bands. There is enough mosh to go around! Bring your ass to the show and you will not be disappointed!"
Winds Of Plague Posts New Song Online
Southern California metal band, WINDS OF PLAGUE, has posted a new track, “Forged In Fire,” on their MySpace page.
Johnny (vocals) comments on their upcoming tour dates, “Wow, what a summer it has been thus far and we feel so lucky as it’s been an honor and privilege to play for so many new faces on the Summer Slaughter tour. It was an amazing opportunity for us and we were simply blown away by the unanimously positive crowd reactions each night to our new material. We want to thank everyone for coming out, raging with us and supporting us. We wouldn’t be able to do this without the fans and we can’t wait to unleash The Great Stone War to the world in a few short weeks." More...
Winds Of Plague Posts New Song Online
Southern California metal band, WINDS OF PLAGUE, has posted a new track, “Forged In Fire,” on their MySpace page.
Johnny (vocals) comments on their upcoming tour dates, “Wow, what a summer it has been thus far and we feel so lucky as it’s been an honor and privilege to play for so many new faces on the Summer Slaughter tour. It was an amazing opportunity for us and we were simply blown away by the unanimously positive crowd reactions each night to our new material. We want to thank everyone for coming out, raging with us and supporting us. We wouldn’t be able to do this without the fans and we can’t wait to unleash The Great Stone War to the world in a few short weeks." More...
Chimaira, Double Dragon To Tour Australia In 2010
Chimaira has announced Australian tour dates for the start of 2010. Adelaide-based thrashers Double Dragon has secured the main support spot.
Here are the Chimaira Australian tour dates with Double Dragon:
14 Jan 2010 - Fowlers Live, Adelaide
15 Jan 2010 - Billboards U 18’s, Melbourne
16 Jan 2010 - Billboards O/18’s, Melbourne
17 Jan 2010 - Hifi Bar, Brisbane
18 Jan 2010 - Metro, Sydney
Chimaira's Destroy The Video Ends July 10th
Next Friday, July 10th, will be the final day you can turn in your video remixes for Chimaira's Destroy The Video contest. CHIMAIRA offered fans the chance to put their own spin on the band’s newest video for “Destroy and Dominate.” Fans are encouraged to download the video stem files from chimaira.com/destroythevideo and edit their own version. The new versions can be uploaded to CHIMAIRA’s YouTube, and the band will hand-pick their favorite three videos. The grand-prize winner will receive the limited edition box set version of "The Infection" plus tickets to the band’s upcoming US tour! The second- and third-prize winners will receive tickets and/or CHIMAIRA merch.
Chimaira Adjusts Russia/Belarus/Ukraine Tour Dates
Chimaira has adjusted their Russia/Belarus/Ukraine tour dates. The latest dates are now:
10.09 - St-Petersburg (Russia) “GlavClub”
11.09 - Moscow (Russia) “Tochka”
12.09 - Minsk (Belarus) “RClub”
13.09 - Kiev (Ukraine) “Bingo”
Chimaira Gives Post-Secret Show Update
Chimaira posted a short message about their MySpace secret show earlier this week and revealed their complete set list:
"We’d like to thank Myspace again for last nights secret show. We had a blast to say the least."
The set list included the following songs:
On Broken Glass** (Live Debut)
Resurrection
Power Trip
The Flame
Nothing Remains
Severed
Secrets Of The Dead
The Dehumanizing Process
Cleansation
Worthless
Destroy And Dominate
Needle
Painting The White To Grey
Empire
Pure Hatred
Chimaira To Play Free MySpace Secret Show
Cleveland metal band Chimaira will be playing a free all-ages MySpace secret show in thie hometown on Wednesday, June 10 at The Grog Shop.
This show comes before the band embarks on some headlining summer dates and then embarks for Europe and Russia for more tour dates with Unearth in late summer and early fall.
Chimaira Wants Fans To Make Their Own Videos
CHIMAIRA is offering fans the chance to put their own spin on the band’s newest video for “Destroy and Dominate.” Fans are encouraged to download the video stem files from chimaira.com/destroythevideo and edit their own version. The new versions can be uploaded to CHIMAIRA’s YouTube, and the band will hand-pick their favorite three videos. The grand-prize winner will receive the limited edition box set version of "The Infection" plus tickets to the band’s upcoming US tour! The second- and third-prize winners will receive tickets and/or CHIMAIRA merch.
Singer Mark Hunter commented on the contest: “We’re all really proud of what friend and director Todd Bell put together for ‘Destroy and Dominate’ but we were also curious to see what other people would be able to do with the video. We wanted to give fans the chance to have access to the footage and edit their own version of the video. We are curious to see some other takes on it. Fans can submit their video to our YouTube. We’re gonna pick the best one and give them one of our limited editon box sets. We’ll pick a winner July 10th.”
“I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with. I’m sure we’ll see some amazing, some funny and some terrible versions. We’re looking forward to seeing them all. I can’t wait to do my own version too, hell I might even use the footage to make a new Chimaira video!”
CHIMAIRA recently wrapped up a support run on the Music As A Weapon tour with Disturbed, and is now looking ahead to a string of headlining dates leading up to the Decimation of the Nation tour this summer with Hatebreed. More...
Chimaira Announces Russian/Ukraine Tour Dates
Chimiara has announced their first tour dates in Russia and the Ukraine. Here they are:
September, 10 - St. Petersberg, Russia - Glav Club
September, 11 - Moscow, Russia - Tochka
September, 12 - Novgorod, Russia - Nizhny
September, 13 - Kiev, Ukraine - Ringo
Chimaira Announces Summer Headlining Dates
Chimaira has announced a short run of summer headlining tour dates in July, most of which also feature Winds of Plague and Born of Osiris. Here are Chimaira's latest headlining tour dates:
7/22 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall (Winds of Plague, Born of Osiris)
7/23 Madison, WI @ The Majestic Theatre (Winds of Plague, Born of Osiris)
7/24 Toledo, OH @ Toledo Metal Fest / The Zodiac formerly Club Bijou
7/25 Louisville, KY @ Headliner’s Music Hall
7/26 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel (Winds of Plague, Born of Osiris)
7/27 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre (Winds of Plague, Born of Osiris)
7/28 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club (Winds of Plague, Born of Osiris)
7/29 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance (Winds of Plague, Born of Osiris)
Daath Announce Summer Touring Plans
The Atlanta based quintet DÅÅTH recently unleashed a straight shot of pure, unfiltered American metal upon the masses with their new full-length album, The Concealers, which is garnering numerous rave reviews (see below). The group just completed a very successful month-long North American trek alongside Dragonforce and continues their touring onslaught throughout the summer touring the U.S. with Goatwhore, Abigail Williams, SWWAATS and Abysmal Dawn. Be sure to visit the bands official Myspace Page to view their complete touring itinerary.
DÅÅTH shot a video for the scathing new track, “Day Of Endless Light,” with director Robin Fuller (Ghost of a Thousand, Shaped By Fate) last month and click on the link below to for a sneak peak into the madness that awaits.
Eyal Levi (guitars) further comments: “DÅÅTH is definitely back. We just wrapped up our North American tour with Dragonfoce and Cynic. Now that the dust has settled we have, with proof and via memories, come to the conclusion that this was our best tour ever. On all fronts: crowd reaction, merch sales and new friendships. And any memories we’re too blacked out to remember were caught on film anyways! We have tons of amazing footage from this tour that we’ll be sharing with you guys for a while. Both bands are incredibly easy to tour with because they are composed of such great individuals. Like Kevin Talley was perplexed about, ‘Man, there are no douchebags on this tour! Usually there’s at least one.’ I couldn’t ask for a better tour to come back on after our seemingly centuries long break.
“Coming up in the world of DÅÅTH are quite a few badass and exciting things. First we have a video we’re about to release for ‘Day Of Endless Light.’ I’ve said in the past that I didn’t want us to create just another metal video with five dudes jamming in an abandoned building or warehouse. We wanted a video that was more of a visual work that just carried a dark and slick vibe and could be considered an animated work of art. Well, so far I personally have only seen 10 seconds of it and holy shit! It is definitely on the way to achieving the goal. Director Robin Fuller and art director Jorden Haley are the kind of people I need to always be working with.
“Also, there are some exciting tours in the works. In June and July we’ll be doing the ‘Conquer and Curse’ tour which features our brothers from Goathwore. I can’t say enough how much I admire and love this band. Headlining will be Abigail Williams and the first two bands will be Abysmal Dawn and Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky. This tour is going to be a 180 from the Dragonforce tour and I’m excited for the different experience. We also just confirmed that we’re touring Europe with Chimaira, Unearth, and Throwdown this fall! I don’t need to explain why this is such an amazing tour but let me tell you, we are fucking STOKED to be a part of it! This also will be our second time through Europe with Unearth and can’t wait to share the road with those model human beings.”
The Concealers was produced and mixed by Jason Suecof and Mark Lewis (Trivium, All That Remains, Devildriver) and features unparalleled musicianship along with the extraordinary vocals of Sean Z.
Check out the teaser clip of the new DAATH music video here
Chimaira and Unearth Announce European Tour Dates
Cleveland groove metallers CHIMAIRA have just announced a European tour alongside their old friends from Boston, UNEARTH, as well as California's straight-edge outfit THROWDOWN. After a highly successful US tour supporting the likes of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and DISTURBED, CHIMAIRA is finally going to hit Europe and spread the infection.
Commented CHIMAIRA singer Mark Hunter: “We’re very excited to get back to Europe and headline. We’ll be playing a bunch of new countries we’ve never been to, including Russia. We plan to play a great mixture of old and new songs, and we’re bringing some of the best bands our genre has to offer with us.“
CHIMAIRA recently released their new album, "The Infection," which entered the German album chart on #86 and landed at #28 on the UK's official Indie charts. The album was their second on Nuclear Blast after 2007's critically-acclaimed "Resurrection," and the tour marks their first European visit since a hugely successful headlining run back in March 2008.
Here are the European tour dates featuring Chimaira, Unearth, Throwdown, and Daath: More...
Chimaira Enters Australian Charts
American metal group Chimaira has entered the Australian album charts with their latest studio album, "The Infection." The record debuted at number 76 on the ARIA chart and at number 33 on the JB Hi Fi store chart. The band will be spending the summer touring the United States with Hatebreed.
Dying Fetus Joins Hatebreed Tour
DYING FETUS has announced that they will join HATEBREED and CHIMAIRA for the “Decimation Of A Nation Tour” this summer. This month-long tour will also include DYING FETUS label-mates TOXIC HOLOCAUST as well as WINDS OF PLAGUE. More...
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