Chimaira - Chimaira

Review by Raziq Rauf

One of the forerunners of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal has been Chimaira. Once the keen purveyors of the mighty coalescing force that is nu-metal, they realised over time that their particular scene had stagnated into a noxious and hackneyed musical dead end. This fine eponymous effort may prove to be the definitive moment of their career.»