– April 14th, 2025 –
New Video / Single Now Enjoying + Pre-Orders Accessible
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 Steel Blade Information.
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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 Steel 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 provides 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 point out the rock and metallic world what we’re actually about.”
The album cowl, designed by mixed-media artist Ashley Hoey, superbly depicts Irene of Athens – the mom of Emperor Constantine and the primary feminine empress of the Byzantine Empire. This give attention to a maternal ruler eloquently ties into the album’s title, Harbingers, which suggests “ones who usher in nice change.”
The file’s first single, “Floating Chrysanthema,” envisions a bleak dystopian future the place synthetic intelligence turns into sentient and overpowers mankind, primarily enslaving us all. “Our bassist Ryan introduced this tune 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 a giant hand in serving to craft this tune into its ultimate iteration.”
Watch BYZANTINE‘s video for “Floating Chrysanthema” HERE.
Harbingers might be launched on CD and digital codecs. Discover pre-orders at: metalblade.com/byzantine
Harbingers Observe Itemizing:
01. Consequentia
02. A Place We Can not 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 Elementary Element, in 2004. The file 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 someday 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 turned solely the second impartial band to realize this feat following Clutch‘s indie launch, Earth Rocker.
In 2017, BYZANTINE made their Steel 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, “If you happen to’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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