Praise the loud it's another Chastain album!

CJSS to be exact-Mr. Chastain's not so alter ego where the well known six string master blaster puts himself once again to the test while at the same time testing the true "mettle" of his core group of followers that are nothing short of… narrow-mindedly devoted!

Good to hear from them again, now taking up residence on Pavement Music where hopefully a deeper European presence will follow, as it should, the former Leviathan cranks 'em out loud and proud, same as you remember.

In and out of view over the years, the members did stay active individually and Chastain of course doing his own projects under the mark of his own label but now, banded together for the first time in years, the end result "King of the World" is a mighty and majestic product that recalls metal's glory years from an act that helped create them.

Chastain serves up a heaping helping of technical prowess which thankfully continues to fit the songs rather than run wildly all over the place as some others of the mold have been known to do.

So CJSS is right away, first and foremost the band, together again working in total unison-progressively underwhelming, directly effective!

"Kings of the World," the opening song is probably the best one here, though an argument could be made for "The Executioner's Song" or "Thief of Hearts" which simply pounds your head right into the ground with a painfully grinding and authoritative back beat that'll make you reach for the old leather gloves and throw that fist in the air just like the good old days-to be honest, this has got a very post-Sabbath feel to it, during the Martin era.

I kinda dig the Rainbow-like effectiveness of "The Fall of Babylon" where Jinkens on vocals does well to fit the relatively soft parts, which if we were only to judge by the past six scorchers, first thoughts would be, "no way."

CJSS delivers just what has always been expected of them and this might even be a more complete record than I remember from days past.

The signature Chastain staples are all present and accounted for and the song writing continues to trudge confidently down memory lane… speaking of which, stay tuned for a relatively relaxing, if not oddly formulated cover of Tull's "Locomotive Breath!"

Released by Pavement Music

Review by Vinnie Apicella