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KIMAERA

Symphonic/Atmospheric Doom Death Metal

About Me

"Ebony Veiled from Lebanon’s Kimaera, is a seamless blend of graceful doom and death metal that is rewarding if you enjoy livelier, yet still heavy music that makes a definite harsh impact, but also taps a few more accessible emotive aural heartstrings here and there with a very convincing delivery. " "Kimaera have produced an extremely admirable piece of work here. I’d put this on par with Novembers Doom when they really hit a strong stride on Ebony Veiled, and some moments are nearly in league with Daylight Dies and Agalloch. It goes to show good metal can be found everywhere, and to give it all a chance. It might not be easy to obtain, but if you managed to get your hands on this album, I can almost guarantee you’d never even entertain the thought of parting ways with it."[metalreview.com]
"It may appear that Doom has long since outlived itself, however, 'Ebony Veiled' the long awaited album of the Lebanese band 'Kimaera' which was released by the Russian label Stygian Crypt can destroy this stereotype and easily claim to be the Doom metal discovery of this year."
"..Currently, the band is working on its second album which can make us forget the old idols of Doom and make us talk about it but this will happen only if the band will be able to overstep the boundaries of Ebony Veiled. So, My Dying Bride, be aware!" [Darkside.ru]
"Their sound takes us back to the early 90's and into the British Isles, where bands such as My Dying Bride, Anathema and Paradise Lost were starting their careers."
"From the all different bands that have tried to succeed in this genre, Kimaera is one of the few that succeeds in creating more interest than the rest."[Overhookmusic.com]
'..Theres nothing more compelling than a band that tends to stray away from the already conquered grounds of the Metal battlefield. Its nice to hear something different every once and awhile and thats what drew me towards KIMAERA ..'
'..I had never heard so many darker genres fused together at once. Theres a bit of something for every Metal fan.' [Metal-observer.com]
KIMAERA was founded back in summer 2000 by Vocalist/Guitarist JP, under the name 'Chimera' . The band makes original music with a dinstinctive style coming across as a combination of the members' different and various influences into a mixture of Symphonic/Atmospheric/Doom/Death Metal, with a gothic feel through passages of violins, pianos and female vocals. The band managed to release a self-produced Single entitled 'God's Wrath' in March 2004, which is available for download at their official site.The single got excellent reviews worldwide and helped the band getting more exposure in the underground metal scene. The line-up went through lots of changes throughout the years, which caused the band many setbacks ... KIMAERA's debut album Ebony Veiled was released in February 2006 in Lebanon, and worldwide in April, through Stygian Crypt Productions, from Russia. KIMAERA are currently working on their second full length.
"«Ebony Veiled» is what you can regard as a very easy record to listen to, composed and played by obviously talented musicians who can compose and arrange. Good, very good." [PullTheChain.be]
"No doubt, this release will make a small revolution into doom metal circles and open the world of real and clean Art from the big letter! Must have to any doom metal soul!!!"[Arcana-noctis.com]
"Don't forget the name KIMAERA because you'll surely be hearing a lot of it in the future."[Metal-March.com]
Contact: [email protected]

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Member Since: 8/17/2005
Band Website: kimaera.info
Band Members: JP -Vocals /Guitars/Keys

Paul -Lead Guitars

Wissam -Bass

Simon -Drums

Said -Keys

Milia -Violins

Ex Members :
Sabine -Vocals
Pascal -Drums
Moe -Keys
Influences: My Dying Bride, After Forever, Death, Lacrimas Profundere, Anathema, Dimmu Borgir, Metallica, Moonspell, Tiamat, Opeth, Amorphis, Tristitia, Graveworm ....
Sounds Like: DOOM - DEATH
Record Label: Stygian Crypt Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New interview on Extreminal.com

The interview is available here: http://www.extreminal.com/extreminal/en/roportaj.asp?id=175
Posted by KIMAERA on Sat, 12 May 2007 03:40:00 PST

Latest review of 'Ebony Veiled' on metalreview.com

http://metalreview.com/3457/Kimaera-Ebony-Veiled.aspx For those of us on the staff who signed up to review any one of the slew of Stygian Crypt releases, our expectations were not high, and the reaso...
Posted by KIMAERA on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:59:00 PST

Pics from Metal Park II

Pics from the Metal Pics II at Cherry's (sorry for the bad quality of some of the pics)JPMiliaMiliaSimonJPSimonJPJPCharbelKimaeraKimaeraKimaer aKimaeraJPWissamJPOur guest, SabinePaul & MiliaSabineJ...
Posted by KIMAERA on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:51:00 PST

New Review of 'Ebony Veiled' on www.musicextreme.com

Crushing from the first seconds of "Disarray" this band shows how they have a huge guitar sound and that is essential in this kind of doom metal with a lot of atmospheric elements in order to gi...
Posted by KIMAERA on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:44:00 PST

Overhookmusic.com reviewing 'Ebony Veiled' !!

Review : Kimaera - Ebony Veiled (2006)From the exotic Lebanon comes Kimaera, a bright spot in the Middle Eastern world of music. As far as the area is concerned, there really isn't that ...
Posted by KIMAERA on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:50:00 PST

News & interview !!

Greetings !!News :: Our official site (www.kimaera.org) is down at the moment due to domain transfer, should be up again soon hopefully.-We started recording our second full length recently! more news...
Posted by KIMAERA on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:08:00 PST

A new review from www.666metal.com

http://www.666metal.com/bandlist/showband.cfm?bandID=1707&nb sp;Kimaera is the first metal band from Lebanon i meet. Or just the first band from Lebanon. And it's always great to meet new bands from co...
Posted by KIMAERA on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:44:00 PST

A new review from the french webzine Pavillon666.fr !!

Etre compositeur de doom métal ne doit pas toujours être facile au Liban, mais la chose n'est pas passée inaperçue aux yeux de Stygian Crypt productions qui auront donc l'honneur d'être les premiers à...
Posted by KIMAERA on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:17:00 PST

'Ebony Veiled' reviewed on Vampire-magazine.com !!

Greetings ..This is the latest review of our debut album 'Ebony Veiled' by Thijs on www.Vampire-magazine.comKIMAERA - Ebony Veiled (Stygian Crypt Productions) [51:36]Added : 01 October, 2006 by : Thij...
Posted by KIMAERA on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:08:00 PST

Latest review of 'Ebony Veiled' from 'Pull the Chain' webzine!!

Kimaera - Ebony VeiledYou can always rely on the Russian Stygian Crypt Productions to unearth the more obscure bands from somewhere. I don't know how many of y...
Posted by KIMAERA on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 02:34:00 PST