The Chasm – “From the Lost Years”
THE CHASM is totally awesome. This band is from Mexico. The leader of this outfit is Daniel Corchado, who writes everything. This is hard to label, which is a good sign, but I’d say that Atmospheric, heavy, doomy, Melodic, catchy death metal is pretty close. This band has really surprised and impressed me. It has been a long time since I’ve heard something this good. Every song is well thought out, complex, fast, slow, melodic, heavy, actually each song has its own identity. What band do they sound like? Like no one, but you hear shades of CANDLEMASS, old CELTIC FROST, old DISMEMBER, and some others. The song, “I, the Pastfinder,” has the doomiest stuff I’ve heard in years. The double-bass is running through ,while the acoustic guitar is “shredding.” The singer, Daniel, sounds really like no one.These songs are not short at all. That is why you can only enjoy this after a few listens because each song has a lot going on in it and one listen is simply not enough. If you see this release or any others by this band, but it, steal it, better yet, steal two copies, one for you and one for your friend. If you are the kind of person who is always looking for original, complex, unusual stuff, you will not be disappointed.