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