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Cleveland, Ohio's Chimaira has tapped producer Ben Schigel to helm the sessions for the band's follow-up to 2007's "Resurrection", tentatively due in early 2009 via Ferret Music in the U.s. and an as-yet-undetermined label in the rest of the world (the band is no longer signed to Nuclear Blast, which released "Resurrection" in Europe).

Commented Chimaira: "For those of you that are unfamiliar with Ben, check out his Chimaira discography: 'This Present Darkness' (producer, engineer, mixer); 'The Impossibility Of Reason' (producer, engineer); self-titled (producer, engineer). He also worked with Andy Sneap tracking the drums for 'Resurrection'.

"As you can see, he has...