Abstraction may refer to: 1) A Progressive Death Metal Band 2) A French dark ambient/8-bit artist 3) Scottish Indie Band 4) Bulgarian progressive power metal band 5) American Downtempo/Ambient/Chillout artist 1) Abstraction is a melodic progressive metal band with roots in Death Metal. Formed in 2005 by John Brisentine (Guitar and Vox) and Brian Vandegrift (Drums). Later members include Ryan Thall (Guitar and Vox) and William Denne (Drums). Remote Viewing was released on July 30th, 2014.