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Grit Band Chasm takes top spot on Hard Rock Album Charts
Renewed interest in flagging genre brings spotlight back to Port Swedes
Port Swedes, Vrassa
April 18, 5084


Chasm is the first major Grit band to make it into the Album charts

Grit rockets Chasm, the mostly female hard rock band from Port Swedes, has come into their own and have revived interest in a music genre many critics took for dead.

“The grit scene has always been alive in Port Swedes,” said Chasm front woman and rhythm guitarist Kathleen Harding. “I mean. While the country turned it attention to thrash, pop punk and all that, we never stopped rocking.”

The genre, which rise to prominence nearly two hundred years ago along with the alt folk movement in Kalistan has indeed lived on in Swedes clubs, which largely resisted other trends. But a major PR push and serious fan support behind Chasm’s debut album, VDR’s “Double Daniel” is what made the difference this time around. “When VDR signed us and we recorded the new record,” said bassist Madalyn Von der Platz, “music was kind of at a lower point. There hadn’t been mush in the way of loud rock. Luckily we hit right when there weren’t many other options around.but we’ll take it.”

“Double Daniel” which is an uncertain reference, began climbing the Albums chart early this year and quickly moved into the top twenty. Critic Zara Jones said “This record expresses the rage that every 17 year old girl feels. You feel like they want things to change, they got priorities, they’re impatient. They are angry and disaffected.”

“Double Daniel” finally entered the top 5 two weeks ago and this week cracked the Number One spot, taking the title away from pop rockers Satanalist Fingernail Bamboo Torture, whose album “Flaying the Flesh” was a favorite of a small but wealthy segment of the population, many of whom bought several copies of the record to boost it’s chart position. “Double Daniel” is expected to sell internationally and songs from the album are already spinning in Radio 1.