Kimaera

In March 2004, the band released God's Wrath, a self-produced single. The release got the attention of [http://www.stygiancrypt.com/ Stygian Crypt Productions], which in turn led to the band's release of their debut album Ebony Veiled.{{Cite web |url=http://www.metal-waves.com/index.php?view=article&catid=42%3Aenglish&id=450%3Ainterview-kimaera&option=com_content&Itemid=27 |title=Metal Waves - Metal Waves |access-date=2017-04-06 |archive-date=2017-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407055117/http://www.metal-waves.com/index.php?view=article&catid=42%3Aenglish&id=450%3Ainterview-kimaera&option=com_content&Itemid=27 |url-status=dead }} The album was released in February 2006 in Lebanon and on 20 April 2006 the album saw a worldwide release.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kimaera.info/bio.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-04-06 |archive-date=2020-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304031804/http://www.kimaera.info/bio.html |url-status=dead }}

Kimaera is among the first wave of international metal bands originating from the Middle East,{{cite web |url=http://www.rawandwild.com/own_words/k/kimaera.php |title=Raw & Wild - '80 heavy 'zine / Web - radio |website=www.rawandwild.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025075126/http://www.rawandwild.com/own_words/k/kimaera.php |archive-date=2007-10-25}} known in their homeland as the "Lebanese Ambassadors of Doom".{{cite web |url=http://www.metalje.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=48 |title=:: Metalje.com :: - Lebanese Metal Portal! - Kimaera Interview |website=www.metalje.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803144905/http://www.metalje.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=48 |archive-date=2008-08-03}}

The band released its second full-length album Solitary Impact with Stygian Crypt Productions in July 2010,{{Cite web|url=http://kimaera.info/discography|title=Discography - Kimaera.info|last=Admin|first=PSW|website=kimaera.info|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-04-06}} along with their first official music video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir8nEHehA_U "The Taste of Treason"]. In 2013, Kimaera released their third album The Harbinger of Doom after inking a deal with the German label [http://www.eternalsound.de/ Eternal Sound Records].{{Cite web|url=http://www.eternalsound.de/kimaera/|title=KIMAERA {{!}} EternalSoundRecords|website=www.eternalsound.de|language=en-EN|access-date=2017-04-06}}

In February 2022, Kimaera's lead singer, Jean Pierre Haddad, was found dead in his apartment in Egypt after a natural gas leak.{{Cite web |last=Saeed |first=Saeed |date=2022-02-27 |title=Lebanese musician Jean-Pierre Haddad dies aged 39: 'My home country lost a monument' |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/2022/02/27/lebanese-musician-jean-pierre-haddad-dies-aged-39-my-home-country-lost-a-monument/ |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=The National |language=en}}

• Charbel Abboud - Rhythm Guitars / keyboards / producer
• Pierre Najm - Lead Guitars
• Georges Antabi - Vocals
• Joe Nassar - Drums
• Michel Kammouj - Bass Guitar
• Jean-Pierre Haddad - guitars & vocals ([https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/2022/02/27/lebanese-musician-jean-pierre-haddad-dies-aged-39-my-home-country-lost-a-monument/ deceased])

• Ebony Veiled (2006)
• Solitary Impact (2010)
• The Harbinger of Doom (2013)
• Imperivm (2022)

• "December Ends" (2011)
• "The Die Is Cast" (2017)
• "Leich La'" (2019)
• "Force Divine | Vi Divina" (2020)
• "Ya Beirut" (2020)

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• Official Website
• [https://kimaera.bandcamp.com/releases Official Bandcamp page]
• [http://metal-archives.com/band.php?id=18556] Kimaera on Encyclopedia Metallum

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Category:Lebanese heavy metal musical groups

Category:Death metal musical groups

Category:Musical groups established in 2000