''Chimaira'' is the third studio album by

Chimaira Chimaira () is an American heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in August 1998, the group was a member of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal scene. The band's name is derived from the word Chimera, a monstrous creature in Greek my ...

, released on August 9, 2005. It debuted No. 74 on the ''Billboard'' 200 charts and sold 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release (according to Nielsen SoundScan). The album would be the band's final release under Roadrunner Records and the only one to feature Kevin Talley on drums.

Production

''Chimaira'' would mark further progression in heaviness. Band member Chris Spicuzza described the album as "the next natural step from '' Impossibility of Reason'' . . . definitely more brutal." He noted its deemphasise on melodic tracks, alluding to the 2003 song "Down Again", and described the writing process as having "zero limitations". All lyrics were written by vocalist Mark Hunter. The opening track "Nothing Remains" was written on the day that

Dimebag Darrell Darrell Lance Abbott (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004), best known by his stage name Dimebag Darrell, was an American musician. He was the guitarist of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan, both of which he co-founded alongside hi ...

was shot, but was not written specifically about his death.

Track listing

The album was re-issued in 2006 with a bonus disc containing nine additional tracks. All live tracks are from '' The Dehumanizing Process'' DVD. The tracks "Clayden" and "Malignant" are covers of Ascension songs. Ascension was a band that former Chimaira members Jason Hagar and Matt DeVries were in before they joined Chimaira.

Personnel

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Rob Arnold Rob Arnold (born January 3, 1980) is an American musician, best known for performing as the lead guitarist of the metal band Chimaira and later the rhythm guitarist of the death metal band Six Feet Under. In an interview with Roadrunner Records ...

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lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featu ...

Matt DeVries Matthew DeVries (born January 28, 1977) is the former rhythm guitarist in the heavy metal band Chimaira and the former bassist in the metal band Fear Factory. During his time with Chimaira, he, along with Rob Arnold (the lead guitarist) and M ...

– rhythm guitar * Mark Hunter –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

* Jim LaMarca –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*Chris Spicuzza – keyboards, synthesizers * Kevin Talley – drums ;Additional musicians * Andols Herrick – live drums (''2006 Bonus Disc'', Tracks 3–9), tracked drums (''2009 Digital Special Edition'', Track 11) ;Production *Produced by Ben Schigel and Mark Hunter at Spider Studios *Mixed by Ben Schigel and Colin Richardson *Engineered by Ben Schigel, Tony Gammalo and Tom Kubik *Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound *Artwork, design, photography and art direction by Garrett Zunt *Additional photography by Todd Bell

References

External links

omnes.tv :: Unsigned - Episode 69 : Deveries talk about why he left band and his future plans
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