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Year : 2013
Style : Heavy Metal , Power Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 126 mb
Bio:
Chastain is a Power/heavy metal project formed in 1984 by guitarist David T. Chastain.The band was put together in 1984 by Mike Varney, president of Shrapnel Records for a David T. Chastain solo album. Varney had noticed the shred guitar ability of Chastain, member of the Cincinnati-based band CJSS and, at the same time, he wanted to create an output for the talent of young singer Leather Leone, formerly with the San Francisco band Rude Girl.The first band line-up included Leone, Chastain, CJSS bassist Mike Skimmerhorn and drummer Fred Coury, who would later play in Cinderella. In 1986, Chastain readily declared that "I could never work with these people on a full-time basis because they live all over the country (...). We just get together once a year, record an album and then go off and do our own things".In the case of Chastain, he wrote music for CJSS and his solo albums, as well as producing other artists and managing his own record label.Their debut album Mystery of Illusion was released worldwide in 1985, followed by Ruler of the Wasteland (1986) and The 7th of Never (1987). Drummer Ken Mary (Fifth Angel, TKO) replaced Coury from 1986 to 1988. The fourth album The Voice of the Cult was released in 1988. On 1990's For Those Who Dare, new virtuoso bass player David Harbour replaced Skimmerhorn and drummer John Luke Hebert replaced Mary, who went to play for Alice Cooper. Having put on hiatus CJSS to favour the more commercially successful Chastain, the band became also David T. Chastain main touring occupation, with a succession of world tours until 1991.After some years of quiescence, when David T. Chastain dedicated his time to other solo projects, in 1995 appeared Sick Society and in 1997 In Dementia, which were recorded with a new cast: Kate French on vocals, Kevin Kekes on bass and former Trouble member Dennis Lesh on drums.Until the appearance of the 2004 album, In an Outrage the band disappeared again. The line-up for this album, in addition to David Chastain and singer Kate French, saw also her husband, Larry Howe and Dave Starr (both ex-Vicious Rumors) on board.
Album:
I was literally buzzing with excitement when I heard that Ohio’s Chastain (the brainchild of guitar wizard David T. Chastain) were reforming, and once again featuring original members Leather Leone on vocals and bassist Mike Skimmerhorn, with additional drummer Stian Kristoffersen.I have to admit that Chastain’s debut opus, 1985’s Mystery Of Illusion, is one of my favourite metal records of all time, made all the more oaken by its cover art. Chastain somehow managed to hit the metal nail of the head with his style – never once becoming archetypal or predictable despite the tales of swords and sorcery.Surrender To No One is an 11-track platter which once again showcases the remarkable talents of Leather Leone, with this being her first venture alongside Chastain since 1990’s For Those Who Dare. Kate French had done more than an adequate job of filling Leather’s boots but Leone’s style which graced our ears during those early albums embedded itself into my soul. And so now the trio are back, wielding axes, stoking fires and summoning demons, and as soon as ‘Stand And Fight’ comes slithering into the room we know we’re in for another fantastic ride.Leone is slightly gruffer, as you would expect after all those years of wailing like a banshee, but her gravelly rasp is perfect company for those blazing riffs and some really potent drumming from Kristofferson who plays like a man possessed. ‘Stand and Fight’ is the perfect anthem as the band rises from its tomb to view the light and take in the world around them, and it doesn’t take long to dust itself off as a track and then gallop headlong into those ill-lit woodlands. Then we are engulfed by the flames of ‘Call Of The Wild’, another pounding composition featuring Leather’s most lethal vocal performance and again those battering ram drums.Chastain has clearly seen this reunion as more than a flash in the pan, as the band are tighter and heavier than ever, and this is none more evident than on ‘Evil Awaits Us’ with its hypnotic introductory solo and that bombastic drum sound which is reinforced by Skimmerhorn’s volatile bass. Leather sneers and rasps like a dervish, her bewitching tones giving a majority of male vocalists a run for their money as she barks anthem after anthem, and coming into her own on the menacing plod of ‘I Am Sin’ and the ferocious judder of ‘Deep Down In The Darkness’.To say that David T. Chastain and company have returned with a bang is an understatement, but now the fires are raging again I see no reason for these flames to not grow higher and higher as the likes of the pacey ‘Freedom Within’ and simmering ‘Bleed Through Me’ fan those orange embers like the wings of some vast dragon, rising from the darkness to spread its fiery word.Very much a statement of intent, Surrender To No One is a heavy metal slab that has made a huge impact on this listener.
Line Up:
Leather Leone - Vocals (1984-1992, 2013-present) - see also: Sledge Leather, ex-Leather, ex-Malibu Barbi, ex-Rude Girl
Mike Skimmerhorn - Bass (1984-1989, 2013-present) - See also: ex-CJSS, ex-Spike
David T. Chastain - Guitars (1984-present) - See also: David T. Chastain, Zanister, ex-CJSS, ex-David T. Chastain / Michael Harris, ex-Spike, ex-Michael Harris
Stian Kristoffersen - Drums - See also: Pagan's Mind, Trivial Act, ex-Kinrick, ex-Dimension F3H, ex-Firewind, ex-Jorn, ex-Silverspoon
Production:
Produced: David T. Chastain
Mixed: Christian Schmid at The Music Factory, Waltenhofen, Germany
Guitars, Bass, Keyboards & Vocals recorded at Leviathan Studios, Atlanta, GA
Drums recorded at Pagan Hill Studio, Skien, Norway
Graphic Design and Photos: Steven Taylor
Cover Art: Eric Massaro
Tracklist:
01. Stand and Fight 04:53
02. Call of the Wild 05:00
03. Deep Down 06:07
04. Freedom Within 04:11
05. I Am Sin 04:39
06. Rise Up 04:05
07. Evil Awaits Us 04:30
08. Fear My Wrath 04:35
09. Save Me Tonight 04:45
10. Surrender 05:49
11. Bleed Through 05:17
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