When the band began writing their next release, they were now a four-piece, featuring Evan (Razz), Jess, Susan and Timothy.

[6] They were also cognizant of the fact that this would be their first CD release, so more care was taken to craft their art and ready the songs for the digital world.

[7] During this time, they also continued to travel to different cities, even playing in Chicago for the 100th anniversary of the writing of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

In 1995, Lestat would release a 12 track compilation CD entitled One[9] through Jevan Records, featuring all three acts on the label.

Also in 1995, Lestat performed at the first annual Convergence alt.gothic festival in Chicago alongside bands such as Mephisto Walz, Lycia, The Wake, and Sunshine Blind.

Timothy formed electronic band UV,[14] and continued performing, even having two songs picked up for the Matrix Trilogy box set.

[15] Razz, now known as Evan Nave, founded the Cleveland area metal band PKS[16] (then known as Planet Killswitch) with fellow bassist War.

Susan and Timothy quickly rejoined Lestat, but Jess politely refused, not wanting to perform musically any longer.

For a full year, the band worked to mesh their unique sounds by reworking Lestat’s original material.

When they felt ready, they wrote their first new material in over a decade, and performed a reunion show in August 2010 in their hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.

[17] For the year that followed, Lestat began taking advantage of social media, all but non-existent during their first tenure, creating pages on Facebook, MySpace and their own Lestatmusic.com.

[18] They began to get the word out of their return, and started touring the country, visiting cities that they had never gotten to perform in such as Miami and Detroit.