Chimaira

Expect to leave a Chimaira show completely bruised. The Cleveland metal monsters’ second Roadrunner disc, The Impossibility of Reason, is filled with mind-melting sledgehammer riffs and ear-pummeling vocals that sound like Lucifer clawing his way up from the depths of hell. “The biggest disappointment with [the band’s 2001 Roadrunner debut] Pass Out of Existence was that we felt we were really rushed and thrown into the studio without having a minute to really think about what we were doing,” says vocalist Mark Hunter. “This time around, we just wanted to make sure there was absolutely no pressure, and we just wrote the music we enjoyed as a band.”