– April 14th, 2025 –
New Video / Single Now Taking part in + Pre-Orders Obtainable
Watch BYZANTINE’s “Floating Chrysanthema” HERE
Charleston, West Virginia metallic veterans BYZANTINE will launch their long-awaited new full-length, Harbingers, on June thirteenth by way of Metallic Blade Data.
Photograph by Jason Adams
Produced by Peter Wichers (Soilwork, All That Stays, Nevermore), Harbingers delivers 9 tracks totaling forty-five minutes of deep lyrical knowledge alongside equally hefty riffs delivered seamlessly by one of the vital commanding and unsung lineups to emerge from the New Wave Of American Heavy Metallic motion within the early 2000s. Now a five-piece for the primary time ever that includes Ojeda, alongside former guitarist Tony Rohrbough, bassist Ryan Postlethwait, veteran guitarist Brian Henderson, and drummer Matt Bowles, with Harbingers, BYZANTINE presents the crown jewel of their spectacular seven-album discography. Notes founding frontman Chris “OJ” Ojeda, “After twenty-five years of using the battle bus, we’re prepared to indicate the rock and metallic world what we’re really about.”
The album cowl, designed by mixed-media artist Ashley Hoey, fantastically depicts Irene of Athens – the mom of Emperor Constantine and the primary feminine empress of the Byzantine Empire. This deal with a maternal ruler eloquently ties into the album’s title, Harbingers, which suggests “ones who usher in nice change.”
The document’s first single, “Floating Chrysanthema,” envisions a bleak dystopian future the place synthetic intelligence turns into sentient and overpowers mankind, basically enslaving us all. “Our bassist Ryan introduced this music to the band,” says Ojeda, “and we thought it hit like a sledgehammer making it the right introduction to our new music. Peter Wichers had an enormous hand in serving to craft this music into its closing iteration.”
Watch BYZANTINE‘s video for “Floating Chrysanthema” HERE.
Harbingers shall be launched on CD and digital codecs. Discover pre-orders at: metalblade.com/byzantine
Harbingers Observe Itemizing:
01. Consequentia
02. A Place We Can’t Go
03. Floating Chrysanthema
04. The Clockmaker’s Intention
05. Riddance
06. Harbinger
07. The Unobtainable Sleep
08. Kobayashi Maru
09. Irene
It has taken years of ups and downs for BYZANTINE to achieve the purpose of making Harbingers. Found early on by Lamb Of God‘s Chris Adler, the band rapidly launched their debut full-length, The Basic Part, in 2004. The document boasted a uncooked fusion of Bay Space thrash and Southern-tinged groove metallic and set the tone for his or her future sound. Their 2005-released …And They Shall Take Up Serpents providing marked an much more blistering evolution. Nonetheless, turmoil finally led to BYZANTINE‘s breakup, introduced simply in the future after the discharge of their third album, 2007′s prophetic Oblivion Beckons.
Reforming to launch the impartial albums Byzantine (2013) and To Launch Is To Resolve (2015), the band noticed the latter dominate SiriusXM’s Onerous Assault Satan’s Dozen for weeks, additionally incomes them the #1 spot on CMJ’s Loud Rock Chart. Notably, BYZANTINE grew to become solely the second impartial band to attain this feat following Clutch‘s indie launch, Earth Rocker.
In 2017, BYZANTINE made their Metallic Blade debut with The Cicada Tree, faultlessly merging a number of genres into their progressive groove sound, a signature mix now synonymous with the band. With Harbingers elevating the stakes and a revitalized lineup in place, Ojeda confidently states, “In the event you’ve slept on BYZANTINE for the previous twenty-five years, Harbingers will awaken you.”
BYZANTINE:
Chris Ojeda – vocals
Brian Henderson – guitar, vocals
Tony Rohrbough – guitar
Ryan Postlethwait – bass, vocals
Matt Bowles – drums
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