Tag: Chimaira

Exclusive Interview: Catalysis talk “Relicta”!

It’s often said that idle hands are the Devil’s workshop and so while others but their musical endeavours on hold until they can play shows to packed venues once again, Dundee Scotland Groove Metallers Catalysis have instead gone against the grain, defied the naysayers and dropped an EP in “Relicta” less than a year after

Playthrough: “Down Again” from Chimaira!

A controversial cut in the history of Cleveland Ohio Metallers Chimaira as anyone who has seen their 2004 documentary “The Dehumanizing Process” will know as Roadrunner Records were seeking a single for radio from their critically acclaimed sophomore album “Impossibility Of Reason“, guitarist Rob Arnold has given us a guitar lesson for “Down Again“. The

Playthrough: “Stigmurder” from Chimaira!

Chimaira lovers will once again delight as the main man Rob Arnold breaks down “Stigmurder” from their critically acclaimed sophomore album “The Impossibility Of Reason“. That serves not only to keep the bands name alive but also the possibility that should the health of drummer Andols Herrick improve sufficiently that they might one day record

Playthrough: “Desert Dread” from Ghost Iris!

When our favourite Denmark based Metalcore act Ghost Iris announced they had a legend making a guest appearance on their new album “Comatose“, not in our widest dreams did we think it would be Chimaira vocalist Mark Hunter. He lent his throat to “Desert Dread“, just one of ten killer cuts on the record and

Documentary: Chimaira Amp History!

Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold has summoned all gear nerds forth with a second documentary about the bands Amplifier History. Many will know the bands sound orientation around the Peavey Amps and Heads, particularly the 5150s but there is way more to the story that that and it’s intriguing to learn of how endorsements swayed them

Playthrough: “Cleansation” from Chimaira!

So much more than a playthrough video, this one is actually a full on guitar lesson from the writer of the riff himself, Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold. As if you didn’t already know, the track is from the bands critically acclaimed “The Impossibility Of Reason“, their sophomore album with Roadrunner Records from 2003 and as

Playthrough: “Cult” from Ghost Iris!

While we struggle to comprehend that Copenhagen Denmark based Ghost Iris managed to tap up Mark Hunter of Chimaira for a guest vocal appearance on their new album “Comatose“, their Ibanez endorsed guitarist duo Nicklas Grønlund Thomsen and Daniel Leszkowicz pick up the RGD71ALMS-BAM model and blitz their way through “Cult“. They’ll be upon our

Playthrough: “Try To Survive” from Chimaira!

The wealth of playthrough videos from Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold at the moment is perhaps a subliminal message to his bandmates that says that if the opportunity should arise, he’s in the zone and still has what it takes to play the bands classic material. He’s returned to 2009 and their fifth album and second

Playthrough: “Lazarus” from Chimaira!

The man, the myth, the legend that is Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold has been throwing down the guitar playthrough videos of late with a second one of the week taking a cut from the bands 2005 self titled album. This time out “Lazarus” is the track of choice from an album which electronics guru Chris