Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm

Day Thirteen. I first started listening to The Chasm back in high school around 2004 for the album "The Spell of Retribution". It would be five long years before the would release another album. But, boy, that wait was worth it. I think this is their best album.
I would constantly listen to this album as I was doing my MAT 371 homework at ASU. For those that don't know, that class is tough, man. It was nice to listen to something that motivated to continue when things got difficult. How could anyone not feel motivated while listening to this? You can easily picture yourself as combatant facing a worthy adversary; determined to overcome all weakness in order to clinch that victory.

Most bands play one riff at a time, repeat it several times, then move on to the next one. The Chasm is one of the few bands that will play two or more riffs at the same time throughout the entire song. The riffs themselves are powerful. They carry all of the familiar heavy metal tropes and yet sound distinctly strange and alien at the same time. Part of the reason is because these boys employ various diatonic scales to generate eerie textures to fill out a colossal sound.
Most bands also generally follow the verse/chorus/bridge format that 99.99 percent of all musicians employ. The Chasm pretty much eschew that. Hell, half the songs are purely instrumental. They only repeat certain riffs to tie the song together at the end after a climax. It's almost like they're beyond being mere songs; like they're full on classical movements or something. Wild.
This approach to songwriting and riffcraft is what makes The Chasm a unique band. It's very dense stuff. Strangely enough, it's still accessible. You can still headbang and moshpit to this stuff. Yet, there is so much going on beneath the surface that you could spend hours analyzing the music.
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