David Chastain
David Taylor Chastain is an American heavy metal guitarist and the owner of Leviathan Records and Diginet Music.
Chastain emerged in the mid-1980s along with a wave of other neo-classical guitarists. He has released about 50 recordings under multiple names, including David T. Chastain, CJSS, Georgia Blues Dawgs, The Cincinnati Improvisational Group, SPIKE, Zanister, Ruud Cooty and Southern Gentlemen ; as well as a number of heavy metal releases under the band name Chastain, accompanied by female vocalist Leather Leone.
In more recent years, Chastain has worked as a record producer at his own company, Leviathan Records. His label specializes in discovering and promoting new talents, specializing in guitarists and bands. He also runs Diginet Music, a company specializing in rare, unreleased or out-of-print music.
Discography
Solo albums
- Instrumental Variations – 1987 Leviathan Records
- Within the Heat – 1989 Leviathan Records
- Elegant Seduction – 1991 Leviathan Records
- Movements Thru Time – 1992 Leviathan Records, Compilation album
- Next Planet Please – 1994 Leviathan Records
- Acoustic Visions – 1998 Leviathan Records
- Rock Solid Guitar – 2001 Leviathan Records
- Prisoner of Time – 2005 Diginet Music
- Countdown to Infinity – 2007 Leviathan Records
- Heavy Excursions – 2009 Leviathan Records, Compilation album
- Civilized Warfare – 2011 Leviathan Records
With Spike
- The Price of Pleasure – 1983 Starbound Records
With CJSS
- World Gone Mad- 1985 Leviathan Records
- Praise the Loud – 1986 Leviathan Records
- Kings of the World – 2000 Pavement Music
With Chastain
- Mystery of Illusion – 1985 Shrapnel Records
- Ruler of the Wasteland – 1986 Shrapnel Records
- The 7th of Never – 1987 Leviathan Records
- The Voice of the Cult – 1988 Leviathan Records
- For Those Who Dare – 1990 Leviathan Records
- Sick Society – 1995 Leviathan Records
- In Dementia – 1997 Leviathan Records
- In an Outrage – 2004 Leviathan Records
- The Reign of Leather – 2010 Leviathan Records
- Surrender To No One – 2013 Leviathan Records
- We Bleed Metal – 2015 Leviathan Records
- We Bleed Metal 17 – 2017 Leviathan Records
With Zanister
- Symphonica Millennia – 1999 Shark Records
- Fear No Man – 2001 Leviathan Records
With Southern Gentlemen
- Exotic Dancer Blues – 2000 Leviathan Records
- Double Your Pleasure – 2003 Leviathan Records
- Third Time Is the Charm – 2006 Leviathan Records
- Valley of Fire – 2008 Leviathan Records
- Instrumentalized – 2009 Leviathan Records
Other appearances
- Shockwaves – Leather – 1990 Roadrunner Records
- Live! Wild and Truly Diminished!! – 1992 Leviathan Records
- Masahiro Chono 21st Century Prelude – 1995 Teichiku Records
- Aftermath – Ruud Cooty – 2002 Lucretia Records
- Burning Earth – Firewind – 2003 Leviathan Records
- Hurricane X – Michael Harris – 2003 Leviathan Records
- Armed and Ready – Joe Stump – 2003 Leviathan Records
- Destination – Corbin King – 2004 Leviathan Records
- Shredology/Midwest Shredfest – Joe Stump – 2005 Leviathan Records
Music videos
- "For Those Who Dare" – Chastain – 1990
- "Bullet From A Gun" – Chastain – 2004
- "Rise Up" – Chastain – 2013
- "Evil Awaits Us" – Chastain – 2014
- "I Am Sin" – Chastain – 2014
- "All Hail The King" – 2015
- "I live for today" – 2017