THE CHASM – The Scars Of A Lost Reflective Shadow CD (Jewel Case)
THE CHASM (Mexico) – The Scars Of A Lost Reflective Shadow CD (new CD; not sealed) (2022) Released by VIC Records (The Netherlands) in a standard jewel case w/8 page booklet & clear tray.
Over a lengthy period of 30 years and counting, Mexico (and now Chicago’s) THE CHASM has been one of the few long-running constants of Death Metal reliability, consistency, and quality.
Far fewer still can attest the same volume of output and ever-changing adventurousness even amongst numerous lineup changes, reducing them to the core duo of Daniel Corchado and Antonio Leon.
Even ignoring all of the band's rich history, their latest offering (and 9th full-length studio album overall) stands strong as an example of Death Metal at once brainy and barbaric, having very few similarities with the various trends of today beyond disparate cosmic oddities like VoidCeremony, Inanna, Aenigmatum, Vile Rites, and Atemporal.
A few of them even take inspiration from THE CHASM’s long history but it’s telling that those that do have all ended up in their own strange extrasolar domains. The takeaway from this is that THE CHASM has always been defined by the sense of being on a constant journey, further or deeper into some distant domains, and even those that cite from them demonstrate this.
Various core concepts have remained since that 1993 demo but with how much they have morphed over the decades it can be hard to tell. This is for the better and this album reminds us that the past isn’t merely various altars for defeatist odes in the name of nostalgia. It can just as much be a fiery reminder of the power of legacy and the promise of its continuation and evolution. -- VIC Records – VIC287CD