Moribund Records have signed Portland, Oregon's Chasma. They will be releasing their debut, Declarations of the Grand Artificer, later this year. The band describes their sound:

Musically, we are influenced by new millenium-era French black metal and DC scream, and bands like Weakling, Joyless, Ameseours, and Majority Rule. We are influenced by the intensity and passion of our brotherhood as musicians and try to express that passion through dimension bending riffs. We don't really fit the black metal label; we consider ourselves either noir nouveau ['new black'] or bright metal.

You can find some material on their MySpace page.