The Dying is a five piece metalcore outfit, hailing from the north-east part of
Belgium called Limburg. The band started in the year 2000 under the name
Chimaera. Twelve months later they recorded a self titled demo CD. The demo
got nice reactions and the band started to play more and more shows.

In 2003 Chimaera’s hard work was finally rewarded. The band made a record deal
with Genet Records to release their first full length album ‘Passion Sets The
Killing’. The album was a blast and got good reactions all over Europe. The past
two years, more than 2000 copies of this record were sold. Because of their
excellent live reputation Chimaera kept playing shows like crazy. A short tour
with Darkest Hour, a handful of minitours in the UK and a tour of ten days
through East-Europe transformed Chimaera into a well oiled killing machine. In
2005 Chimaera even played at the famous Graspop Metal Meeting and Pukkelpop,
two of the biggest open air festivals in Belgium! Chimaera was also the support
act for bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Himsa, 3 Inches Of Blood and The Black
Dahlia Murder.

During the months march, april and may of that same year, Chimaera did the
recordings of their second full album called ‘Stygian’. The expectations for this
new record were huge. That’s why Chimaera decided to work with a producer.
Xavier Carion, the former riffmeister of Belgium’s heaviest and most successfull
band in history ‘Channel Zero’, was the chosen one. Chimaera also realised that
the album, once it was recorded, had to get properly mixed and mastered.
Therefor they went to the famous Fredman studio in Göteborg (Sweden) where
Frederik Nordström (Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, Arch enemy, The Haunted,
Darkest hour, At The Gates, Hammerfall, Opeth, Soilwork…) did the mixing.
Goran Finnberg was responsible for the mastering and the finishing touch of the
album. Once again the album was well received in the hardcore and metal scene.
A European tour (from Estonia to Spain!!) and many new shows were planned to
convince the world once again of Chimaera’s astonishing live performance.

During the summer of 2006 Chimaera decided to change their name into The
Dying because it was too similar to the American ‘Chimaira’ and it confused a lot
of people. Today The Dying is working hard on new songs so they can take the
next step to total destruction.

The Dying is a five piece metalcore outfit, hailing from the north-east part of
Belgium called Limburg. The band started in the year 2000 under the name
Chimaera. Twelve months later they recorded a self titled demo CD. The demo
got nice reactions and the band started to play more and more shows.

In 2003 Chimaera’s hard work was finally rewarded. The band made a record deal
with Genet Records to release their first full length album ‘Passion Sets The
Killing’. The album was a blast and got good reactions all over Europe. The past
two years, more than 2000 copies of this record were sold. Because of their
excellent live reputation Chimaera kept playing shows like crazy. A short tour
with Darkest Hour, a handful of minitours in the UK and a tour of ten days
through East-Europe tr...