Chastain

In Dementia... Again

This is a reissue of the 1997 CHASTAIN album IN DEMENTIA. "I have always felt this to be one of the absolute strongest CHASTAIN albums." David states. "It never received the recognition it deserved when it was first released due to the musical climate of the times. We are hoping this will wakeup people to this release and they will give it a first or in some cases a second listen. They won't be disappointed as this album only seems to get better with time. Plus the new artwork by Rainer Kalwitz really fits the title. We are hoping for a Vinyl release in the not too distant future."

The second Kate French era album melds together the 4 great individual talents of vocalist Kate French, guitarist David T. Chastain, bassist Kevin Kekes and drummer Dennis Lesh. The group continues it's heavy bombastic sound created on 1995's SICK SOCIETY. David states, "We kept the heavier 90's sound but added more of the progressive stylings from the original CHASTAIN."

Also this is the first time in David's career where all songwriting was evenly split. "I really love what Kate does with the melodies and lyrics and I finally felt comfortable with letting her take that responsibility 100% so I didn't have to worry about it," the guitarist comments. "She sings with much more emotion on topics that are personal to her as opposed to the sociopolitical themes that I seem to dwell on." "I am not sure how many more times I can talk about the world disintegrating before our eyes."

The lyrical content on this new release centers on Kate's views of life, relationships, religion, sex and other things important to her. "You don't really have to go into a fantasy world to find topics to write about in today's demented world," Kate says. "Anyway, we all love, hate and desire sex!"

Whereas SICK SOCIETY was more of a studio project with everyone doing a little bit of everything, IN DEMENTIA is truly a group effort with each person excelling in their own area of expertise. David states, "Make no mistake, this is a group effort and everyone deserves equal credit in the final results.

The band continues to explore new musical territory and yet still find ways of incorporating the best of the past. IN DEMENTIA promises to be one of the top heavy progressive metal releases for years to come. Simply put: Heavily Demented Progressive Metal!!








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