Ohio groove metallic veterans Chimaira formally closed the ebook on their long-running Chimaira Christmas custom final evening with a hometown present at The Agora in Cleveland, OH. The annual vacation concert events initially started in 2000 and ran constantly via 2013, earlier than the band’s 2014 breakup put the custom on ice.
Following Chimaira‘s reunion with their classic-era lineup in 2017, the Christmas reveals returned sporadically (together with final evening’s efficiency) however that chapter has now come to an in depth.
Regardless of the finality of the second, vocalist Mark Hunter made it clear that Chimaira themselves aren’t completed. Addressing followers on social media, Hunter defined the reasoning behind ending the vacation custom: “Is that this the final Christmas present? Sure. However not as a result of we’re completed jamming — it is as a result of it is time to do one thing completely different. If we’re going to have these sorts of events, let’s do it when it’s heat!”
For a closing vacation sendoff, Chimaira made positive the evening was memorable. The Agora set featured a number of setlist surprises and long-awaited stay moments, together with:
- “Impending Doom” — stay debut (from 2009’s The An infection)
- “Inside The Horror” — performed stay for the primary time since 2010
- “Wrapped In Violence” — first-ever stay efficiency with the classic-era lineup (from 2013)
The deep cuts and debuts served as a becoming reward for longtime followers who’ve supported the band via breakups, reunions, and all the things in between. The total setlist was:
- “The Dehumanizing Course of”
- “Nothing Stays”
- “The Flame”
- “Impending Doom” (First recognized stay efficiency)
- “Footage within the Gold Room”
- “Yr of the Snake”
- “Destroy and Dominate”
- “Needle”
- “Contained in the Horror” (First time since 2010)
- “Pure Hatred”
- “Lazarus”
- “Resurrection”
- “Wrapped in Violence” (First time since 2014)
- “Let Go”
- “Severed”
- “Energy Journey”
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