It’s awfully telling that the Ozzfest 2003 lineup was filled with both nu-metal and metalcore bands. In actuality, the lineup signaled a major sea change in metal and hard rock. Most of the former bands splintered apart due to low album sales despite being signed to major labels, and if anything, the rush was on…
Over the course of 7 full-length albums and 15+ years of destruction, Chimaira’s part in the NWOAHM was a great one, to be sure. Especially on their self-titled album and its follow-up, Resurrection, the band evolved from an aggressive nu-metal tinged band to one that was a powerful force of metalcore, death metal, and other…
I recently had the chance to talk with Chimaira, one of the bands that got me into modern metal. Chimaira are a metalcore band from Cleveland, Ohio, and I was able to talk with their guitarist Emil Werstler about their new album and some of his most memorable concert experience. Be sure to check out…
