The discography of American heavy metal band

Chimaira Chimaira ( ) is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in August 1998, the band's name is derived from the word Chimera (mythology), Chimera, a monstrous creature in Greek mythology. Throughout its history, ...

consists of seven

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s, two

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s, eleven singles, two video albums and thirteen

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

s. Chimaira originated in

Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

, composed of vocalist Mark Hunter, guitarists Jason Hager and Rob Arnold, bassist Jim LaMarca, drummer Andols Herrick and programmer Chris Spicuzza. Hager was replaced by Matt DeVries in 2001. Chimaira's first release was an extended play, '' This Present Darkness'', which sold 10,000 copies. After signing to

Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Records is a Dutch–American record label focused on Heavy metal music, heavy metal and hard rock music. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City. Formerly seen as ...

, the band's debut studio album, '' Pass Out of Existence'', was released in August 2001. A second studio album, '' The Impossibility of Reason'', followed in 2003, debuting and peaking at number 117 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Herrick was replaced by drummer Kevin Talley, formerly of Misery Index, in 2004. A video album, '' The Dehumanizing Process'', arrived later that year, documenting the writing and recording process behind ''The Impossibility of Reason''. Chimaira released a self-titled album in August 2005, which peaked at number 74 on the ''Billboard'' 200. After an internal crisis due to pressure from the label for a new release, the band moved on from Roadrunner and signed a new deal with Ferret Music. In early 2006, Herrick rejoined the band and Chimaira recorded their fourth studio album '' Resurrection'', which appeared in early March 2007. ''Resurrection'' peaked at number 42 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Albums

Studio albums

Video albums

Extended plays

Singles

Guest appearances

Music videos

References

External links

Official website

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AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...

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