Matt de Vries

Matt De Vries

Matthew DeVries (born January 28, 1977) was the rhythm guitarist in the heavy metal band Chimaira and current bassist in the metal band Fear Factory. During his time with Chimaira he, along with Rob Arnold (the lead guitarist) and Mark Hunter (the lead singer) wrote a large number of the band's songs. Recently, DeVries appeared on the Roadrunner United: The All Star Sessions album, playing on two of the tracks written by Joey Jordison drummer of Slipknot, "Annihilation by the Hands of God" and "Constitution Down".

In 2003 Matt was beaten badly in Liverpool while on tour with Chimaira. The attack was unprovoked and had nothing to do with Matt's membership of Chimaira or Chimaira's genre of music in general. The band's next performance, in Dublin, Ireland was scheduled as normal and the band performed the entire concert as a four piece while Matt recovered in hospital. He was then able to join them for the following night's performance in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

It was announced in March 2011 that DeVries would be the touring bass player for Six Feet Under along with fellow Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold and former Chimaira drummer Kevin Talley.

In November of 2011,it was announced that Matt DeVries will be leaving Chimaira after Chimaira Christmas '11 for 'personal reasons'. This was not well received by the fans, many stated "R.I.P. Chimaira" and "The Death of Chimaira."

In February 2012 he joined Industrial metal band Fear Factory replacing Byron Stroud as bassist.

DeVries is endorsed by ESP Guitars, and he plays his LTD MFA-600 signature model. It features an alder Viper body, a maple neck through the body with an ebony fingerboard, a TonePros Tune-O-Matic bridge, locking tuners and one EMG 81 pickup.