Artist
Formed in Los Angeles, California, USA, in 1993.
Coal Chamber are led by gruff vocalist Dez Fafara and operate in territory somewhere between the traditional hard riffing of Black Sabbath and the sensationalist techno rock of Marilyn Manson. Fafara met guitarist Miguel "Meegs' Rascon through a classified ad, and they later added drummer Mike Cox and bass player Rayna Foss, the room-mate of Fafara's future wife.
They signed to Roadrunner Records in 1995 after being recommended by Dino Cazares of Fear Factory, and received widespread exposure in the metal press as that label's hottest new property since Machine Head. Their debut attained further strong reviews.
Their sophomore set, 1999's Chamber Music, was boosted by the inclusion of their highly popular cover version of Peter Gabriel's "Shock The Monkey", featuring Ozzy Osbourne on vocals. Foss, who gave birth to her daughter by Morgan Rose of Sevendust the same year, was temporarily replaced by Nadja Peulen. The arrangement became permanent in 2002. The band was further unsettled when Cox departed the same September. Coal Chamber split in 2003.
In late 2011 it was announced that Coal Chamber would be reformed.
Tracks
1
I.O.U. Nothing
03:03
2
Bad Blood Between Us
04:00
3
Light In The Shadows
03:41
4
Suffer In Silence
03:52
5
The Bridges You Burn
03:38
6
Orion
01:12
7
Another Nail The Coffin
03:21
8
Rivals
04:31
9
Wait
02:45
10
Dumpster Dive
01:10
11
Over My Head
03:36
12
Fade Away (Karma Never Forgets)
02:53
13
Empty Handed
03:58
Releases
Labels
Icarus Music, Metal Blade Records, Napalm Records, Napalm Records
Countries
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Russian Federation, United States of America, USA & Europe
Members
Dez Fafara,Nadja Peulen,
Rayna Foss-Rose,Mike Cox (2),
John Thor,Miguel Rascon,
Chela Rhea Harper