Chimaira have parted ways with their drummer Andols Herrick and look to be replacing him with Richard "Ricky" Evensand, most recently of Soilwork fame. Chimaira frontman Mark Hunter recently made a preliminary statement regarding the situation, it is as follows: "We have known for a while, it was a long hard decision for him. as sad as it is, and as much as it sucks for all of you, think how we feel. bottom line, the dude just wasn't happy anymore and there is no sense in torture. andols is going to give me a statement for all the fans and press in the next day or 2. all i can tell you now is that he is going to go to college and his days of drumming are over from what he has told us. we have found a replacement. we are not stupid people, the sandals are quite hard to fill but we feel we have filled them quite nicely. ricky from soilwork is the new dude, he was the guy that temporarily replaced henry on the past tours we did with them. ricky is an AMAZING drummer and will only ADD to the chimaira sound. once again, when it comes to this band we are not stupid people. we would not make the wrong choice with something as critical as this. as far as i know nothing is happening to soilwork and we are still as good as friends with them as we were before this choice was made. this is just another obstacle for all of us to overcome, and as the old cliche goes...that which doesn't kill us only makes us stronger." (source: theprp.com) a well they have a good replacement
Yeah I just read that (on Metalstorm.ee), Ricky is a good drummer. Although I don't really like Chimaira they did get a solid replacement.