title: Chimera (Aria album)
text: # Chimera (Aria album)
  
  Chimera (Russian: Химера) is the eighth studio album by Russian heavy metal band Aria and the last to feature vocalist Valery Kipelov.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Valery Kipelov – vocals
  * Vladimir Holstinin – guitar, keyboards on tracks 1, 3 and 4
  * Sergey Terent'ev – guitar
  * Vitaly Dubinin – bass, keyboards on tracks 6, 8 and 9
  * Alexander Maniakin – drums
  * Sergey Naumenko – keyboards on track 7
  * Oleg Mishin – flute solo on track 4
  * Leo Hao – cover art
  