If you\u2019ll excuse the rhyme, it was the end of an era for Chimaira last night, December 20th. That Ohioan groove metal band\u2019s tradition of playing holiday shows in Cleveland, OH began back in 2000, running annually up until 2013. The group\u2019s breakup back in 2014 put an obvious end to the practice for several years to come. <\/p>\n
Since then it was held once more upon reuniting their classic era lineup in 2017, and of course, yesterday. As for what the end of the \u2018Chimaira Christmas\u2018 concerts means, vocalist Mark Hunter offered some clarity yesterday, stating on social media:<\/p>\n
\u201cIs this the last Christmas show? Yes. But not because we are done jamming \u2013 it\u2019s because it\u2019s time to do something different. If we are going to have these kinds of parties, let\u2019s do it when it is warm!\u201d<\/p>\n
Last night\u2019s set at The Agora saw the group roll out some setlist surprises, including the live debut of \u201cImpending Doom\u201d from their 2009 album \u201cThe Infection\u201c. Elsewhere, \u201cInside The Horror\u201d from their 2005 self-titled album made it back into the set for the first time since 2010. 2013\u2019s \u201cWrapped In Violence\u201d also got its first live airing with the band\u2019s classic era lineup.<\/p>\n
The setlist for last night\u2019s concert ran as follows:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Dehumanizing Process\u201c
\u201cNothing Remains\u201c
\u201cThe Flame\u201c
\u201cImpending Doom\u201c
\u201cPictures In The Gold Room\u201c
\u201cYear Of The Snake\u201c
\u201cDestroy And Dominate\u201c
\u201cNeedle\u201c
\u201cInside The Horror\u201c
\u201cPure Hatred\u201c
\u201cLazarus\u201c
\u201cResurrection\u201c
\u201cWrapped In Violence\u201c
\u201cLet Go\u201c
\u201cSilence\/Severed\u201c
\u201cPower Trip\u201c<\/p>\n
Fan-filmed footage of the entire set has been shared below:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ll excuse the rhyme, it was the end of an era for Chimaira last night, December 20th.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[137752,88,137753,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-362404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-chimaira","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-mark-hunter","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}