Matthew DeVries (born January 28, 1977) is the former rhythm guitarist in the heavy metal band

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and the former bassist in the metal band

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. During his time with Chimaira, he, along with

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 ...

(the lead guitarist) and Mark Hunter (the lead singer), wrote many of the band's songs. In 2005, DeVries appeared on the '' Roadrunner United: The All Star Sessions'' album, playing on two of the tracks written by

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of Slipknot, "Annihilation by the Hands of God," and "Constitution Down". In 2003, DeVries was beaten badly in Liverpool while on tour with Chimaira. The attack was unprovoked and had nothing to do with DeVries' membership of Chimaira or Chimaira's genre of music in general. The band's next two performances, in Dublin, Ireland and Belfast, Northern Ireland were scheduled as normal and the band performed both concerts as a four-piece, while DeVries recovered in hospital. He was then able to join them after that for the rest of the UK/European Tour. It was announced in March 2011 that DeVries would be the touring bassist for Six Feet Under along with fellow Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold and former Chimaira drummer Kevin Talley. Matt DeVries left Chimaira after Chimaira Christmas '11 for 'personal reasons'. In February 2012, he joined industrial metal band,

, replacing Byron Stroud as bassist. He left the band in May 2015, being replaced by former

Static-X Static-X is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1994. The line-up has fluctuated over the years, but was long-held constant with band founder, frontman, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Wayne Static until his ...

and current

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bassist

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. In February 2014, he began touring as the bassist for

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. He filled in for John Campbell from

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on the last 2013 leg of their

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, who had to pull out due to a family emergency. On June 21, 2017, Chimaira announced a one-off reunion show would take place on December 30, 2017. Matt later confirmed this on his social media accounts. DeVries endorses

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, and he plays his LTD MFA-600 signature model. It features an alder

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body, a maple neck through the body with an ebony fingerboard, a TonePros Tune-O-Matic bridge, locking tuners and one

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pickup. While playing bass in Unearth and Fear Factory, he would use LTD B-series 5-string bass guitars, but eventually switched to using

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Soundgear 5-string bass guitars in 2013.

Discography

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The Impossibility of Reason ''The Impossibility of Reason'' is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Chimaira, released on May 13, 2003. It is the first album to feature Matt DeVries on rhythm guitar. The album is a noted for its groove metal-oriented s ...

'' (2003),

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The Dehumanizing Process The discography of American heavy metal band Chimaira consists of seven studio albums, two extended plays, eleven singles, two video albums and thirteen music videos. Chimaira originated in Cleveland, Ohio, composed of vocalist Mark Hunter, guit ...

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'' (2007),

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(U.S.) &

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The Infection ''The Infection'' is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal music, heavy metal band Chimaira. Released in the US on April 20, 2009 and worldwide on April 24, it reached position 30 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 charts on its ...

'' (2009), Ferret (U.S.) & Nuclear Blast

References

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