by Seth Werkheiser | Jan 7, 2015 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
Austin D’Amond, who left Chimaira back in September of 2014, is the new drummer for DevilDriver, taking the place of John Boecklin, who left the band in October. Said D’Amond of the news: “Thanks everyone for all the support through my career....
by Metal Insider | Jan 5, 2015 | News, Video
One of the most notable metal band breakups from 2014 may have been Cleveland, Ohio’s Chimaira. After fifteen years, seven albums, and several lineup changes in the last three to four years of their existence, the metalcore sextet called it quits last fall,...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 24, 2014 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
It was a welcome surprise and comeback when Broken Hope released Omen of Disease, their first album since 1999, last year. It was also somewhat of a surprise to see the death metal band reincarnated considering that two of its members, Shaun Glass and Chuck Wepfer,...
by Metal Insider | Dec 22, 2014 | Best of 2014, Lists, Top 10
2014 was filled with lots of great new albums (as you likely noticed from our Top 10 list). Yet like every year, 2014 had plenty of shocking moments; incidents and events that took the metal community by complete surprise. With that in mind, the Metal Insider crew...
by Seth Werkheiser | Sep 9, 2014 | News
Doc Coyle, the co-founding guitarist of New Jersey’s now-deceased God Forbid, shared his thoughts on the recent break-ups of Bleeding Through, Shadows Fall, and recently Chimaira via his Rebel Noise blog. He includes God Forbid in what he calls the “Big 4 of...