The 7th of Never is the third studio album by the American heavy metal band Chastain, released in 1987 through David T. Chastain's own record label Leviathan Records in the USA.[5] In Europe the album was reissued by Massacre Records in 1995. The band members lived in different locations in the United States and recorded in different studios their parts, which were later mixed by Steve Fontano at Prairie Sun Studios in California.[1]

The 7th of Never
Cover art by Guy Aitchison
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1987
Recorded1986
StudioCounterpoint Creative Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio; Steve Lawson Studios, Seattle, Washington,
Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California,[1]
GenreHeavy metal, power metal
Length42:27
LabelLeviathan
ProducerDavid T. Chastain
Chastain chronology
Ruler of the Wasteland
(1986)
The 7th of Never
(1987)
The Voice of the Cult
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[3]
The Metal Crypt4.25/5[4]

Track listing

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All songs by David T. Chastain, except "The Wicked Are Restless" by Chastain and Leather Leone

Side one
  1. "We Must Carry On" – 3:37*
  2. "Paradise" - 4:12
  3. "It's Too Late for Yesterday" - 4:49
  4. "827" (instrumental) - 3:22
  5. "The Wicked Are Restless" - 5:37
Side two
  1. "The 7th of Never" - 4:51
  2. "Take Me Back in Time" - 4:50
  3. "Feel His Magic" - 5:05
  4. "Forevermore" - 6:03
  • Some CD's have a shorter version of "We Must Carry On" that fades out and runs 3:26.

Personnel

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Band members

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Production

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  • Dale Smith – guitar and bass recording engineer
  • Terry Date – drums recording engineer
  • Steve Fontano - vocals recording engineer, mixing
  • George Horn – mastering at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chastain "The 7th of Never"". Guitar Nine Records. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
  2. ^ "Chastain 7th of Never review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ^ Ingle, Micha (16 June 2010). "Review: Chastain - The 7th of Never". The Metal Crypt.com. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  5. ^ "Chastain - The 7th of Never". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-11-18.