A Disturbance in the Deep (Official Video) - Chris Snyder

I had the idea to make a concept album while sitting on the couch playing Champions: Return to Arms. I wanted it to be a godzilla-like fantasy story involving some kind of monster terrorizing the world. I went through a bunch of different types of monsters, not sure which one to choose. Then I asked myself "What monster are you most afraid of?"

Immediately the Kracken came to mind.

I've always had an aversion to water ever since I was a little kid. My earliest childhood memory is me sitting in the bathtub as my mom pours this giant red pitcher of water over my head and I despised it. She remembers it to this day and has confirmed that I absolutely hated it.

I didn't take a shower till I was 13. Only took baths because I hated the feeling of water washing over my face. I forced myself to do it because I didn't wanna feel like a weirdo never having taken a shower before. I would hold my breath as I washed my hair, rushing to finish. Took me about a year of showers to get over the feeling of water in my face.

I never learned to swim. There was one time I was legitimately afraid I would drown in a YMCA pool. I had fallen into the deep end and had to essentially walk very slowly back up to the surface.
Literally was afraid I might die.

The Kracken is the most terrifying monster to me because you are literally out of your element. The Kracken has total control over you and can just pull you down into the ocean with little effort, where you are completely helpless in its grasp.

It's funny that the Kracken ended up becoming the protagonist in the story.
The more I wrote about it the more I became interested in its plight and actually started to feel bad for it and the situation it was in. In a way, the story almost has the implication of befriending what you fear.


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