Chimaira Chart At #74 On Billboard Top 200

CHIMAIRA’S self-titled third album debuts at #74 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart this week with 13,968 albums sold. The follow up to 2003’s Impossibility of Reason, Chimaira debuted with a 68% increase over their last album’s first week sales. Says lead singer Mark Hunter, “It’s been an amazing summer with the tours we have been on and now we are celebrating the release of our new record. I have always said that we have the most loyal fans on the planet and this proves it!” In addition to the stellar first week sales, the album, called “bleakly thrilling” by the New York Times, has quickly ascended to #1 at Metal/Specialty Radio. The band has been touring the states relentlessly over the past few months, first as one of the headliners on the inaugural Sounds of the Underground tour and most recently on their very own headlining tour with Six Feet Under, All That Remains and 3 Inches of Blood. Next up will be the Blackest of the Black tour where they will be direct support for Danzig.