Chimaira is the third studio album by American metal band Chimaira, 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).[6] The album would be the band's final release under Roadrunner Records and the only one to feature Kevin Talley on drums.
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".[7]
All lyrics were written by vocalist Mark Hunter. The opening track "Nothing Remains" was written on the day that Dimebag Darrell was shot, but was not written specifically about his death.
"Inside the Horror" (Arnold, Hunter, Matt Devries)
5:29
4.
"Salvation" (Hunter, Devries)
5:22
5.
"Comatose" (Arnold, Hunter, Devries)
4:44
6.
"Left for Dead"
5:43
7.
"Everything You Love"
6:17
8.
"Bloodlust"
7:18
9.
"Pray for All"
5:52
10.
"Lazarus" (Hunter)
7:36
Total length:
59:08
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.[8]
^Martins, Jorge (31 January 2024). "10 Essential Bands to Get Into Groove Metal". Ultimate Guitar. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024. Their album run between 2003's "The Impossibility of Reason" and 2009's "The Infection" remains one of the genre's most consistent string of releases
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