CHIMAIRA guitarist Rob Arnold is featured in a new interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com. An excerpt is available below:

UG: You’re playing in SIX FEET UNDER with Kevin Talley.

Arnold: "Yep, and Matt DeVries from Chimaira is playing bass with us. I’ve been a big fan of Six Feet Under and the CANNIBAL CORPSE stuff and Chris Barnes since I was a kid and it’s truly a rockstar moment for me. I was a kid in the front row at Six Feet Under’s first tour back in ’95, ’96, and now I’m on stage playing those songs with ‘em. Whether it’s fate that brought me here or whatever, it’s just an enjoyable thing. It’s like if I were to join Metallica or something like that. It’s the experience of a band that you grew up lovin’ so much and now you’re playin’ with ‘em."

UG: Do you approach your guitar playing differently in SFU than what you bring to Chimaira?

Arnold: "In terms of the playing, it’s cool because we’re playing in C standard and I know this probably sounds crazy but I’ve never really played in a standard tuning since I was 16 years old or something like that. Even when we did the 7-strings we did drop tuning so this has opened up really a lot of new doors for me in terms of chords and voicings and things that I never really experimented with. Another great thing about the band is that my only job is to just rock! All I have to do up there is go up and play guitar where in Chimaira I’m one of the business heads and part of all the planning and everything that goes on with the whole thing so there’s a lot more stress involved. So it’s cool to get to kick back and just play guitar."

Click here for the complete interview.

As previously reported, Chimaira have added European dates to their upcoming tour in support of their new record, The Age Of Hell. More North American dates have also been confirmed. Support duties will come from REVOCATION, RISE TO REMAIN and label mates IMPENDING DOOM.

Tour dates:

October

10 - Kent, OH - The Outpost
11 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
12 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
14 - Joliet, IL - Mojoes
15 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
16 - Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club
17 - Denver, CO - Summit
18 - Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound
20 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
21 - Portland, OR - Peter's Room
22 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
23 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
24 - Los Angeles, CA - Key Club
25 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock
27 - San Aantonio, TX - White Rabbit
28 - Dallas, TX - The Door
29 - Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds
31 - Orlando, FL - Firestone

November

1 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
3 - New York, NY - BB Kings
4 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr Smalls
5 - Columbus, OH - Al Rosa Villa

March

8 - Glasgow, Scotland - King Tuts
9 - Dundee, Scotland - Fat Sams
10 - Aberdeen, Scotland - Tunnels
11 - Newcastle, England - Academy 2
12 - York, England - The Duchess
13 - Leeds, England - Cockpit
15 - Northampton, England - Roadmender
16 - Prestatyn, England - Hammerfest
17 - Wolverhampton, England - Slade Rooms
18 - Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
19 - Norwich, England - Waterfront
20 - Colchester, England - Arts Centre
22 - Oxford, England - Academy 2
23 - Exeter, England - Lemon Grove
24 - Cardiff, England - Great Hall 2
25 - Southampton, England - Talking Heads
26 - Margate, England - Westcoast Bar
27 - London, England - Islington Academy
29 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
30 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
31 - Cologne, Germany - Undergroud

April

1 - Hamburg, Germany - Logo
2 - Berlin, Germany - Magnet
3 - Munich, Germany - Backstage Halle

Chimaira released The Age Of Hell on Tuesday (August 16th) in North Americavia eOne Music. eOne will also release the album in South America and Japan (dates tba).

Chimaira recently released their new video, for the track 'Year Of The Snake'. Watch the clip below:

A teaser for The Age Of Hell album can be seen below:

Chimaira's new lineup is:

Mark Hunter - vocals

Rob Arnold - guitar

Matt DeVries - guitar

Emil Werstler (DAATH) - bass

Sean Zatorsky (Daath) - keyboards/samples

Austin D'Amond (BLEED THE SKY, THE ELITE) – drums