Teoman's Band of the Month - Chimaira

Oh fucking hell yes!! Chimaira man! On the top chart along with In Flames, my favorite Metal band! You want hardcore? You got it! Get ready for Chimaira, pronounced Kai-meh-rah. The monster will rock this fucking blog with its riffs and crazy ass blues solos. Chimaira's the name, Metalcore/Groove metal is the game!

Chimaira are:

Mark Hunter (Vocals)
Matt DeVries (Guitar)
Rob Arnold (Lead Guitar)
Jim LaMarca (Bass)
Chris Spicuzza (Keyboards, Vocals)
Andols Herrick (Drums)

Coming all the way from Cleveland, Ohio, Chimaira are a Metalcore band and one of a kind, I'd say. They are actually good friends of In Flames and you can actually see that on Chimaira's DVD The Dehumanizing Process one of the members has an In Flames t shirt, and on the In Flames' DVD Used and Abused one of the guitarists has a Chimaira t shirt. They will be coming to Toronto this month in February to the Kool Haus as an opening band for Killswitch Engage, along with DragonForce, and He Is Legend (fuckin A) under the No Fear Tour program. Why do I love Chimaira? Because it's hardcore (not as hardcore as Nile or grindcore music though), it's sometimes melodic (I always seek that!), and they have great solos, based on Blues riffs and pentatonics. Rob Arnold, the lead guitarist, claims that his style was inspired by Kirk Hammett (Metallica), "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (Pantera), Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), Marty Friedman (Megadeth) and Kerry King (Slayer). You can hear it in the solos!
Their upcoming album, Resurrection will be out on March 6th, and guess what, I already have it, and it's pretty good! It doesn't have as many solos as in their previous self-titled album, but it still sounds good. This band could be the next upcoming metal band of reference like Pantera, Metallica, and they're on the right way for that.

I guess I have nothing else to say about them, except for enjoy Chimaira this month on Goreface69.