BYZANTINE Streaming New Track “The Agonies”

March 5, 2015, 9 years ago

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BYZANTINE Streaming New Track “The Agonies”

West Virginia-based progressive thrash titans Byzantine will release their new album, To Release Is To Resolve, on April 7th via CEN/RED Distribution. The album track, “The Agonies”, can be heard streaming below:

Byzantine has spent the better part of its nearly 15-year existence overcoming the odds. After two years of building the band’s infrastructure, Byzantine caught the attention of Chris Adler of Lamb Of God, leading to an East Coast tour together and signing to Prosthetic Records. By 2007, however, the financial hardships of the industry took their toll and led to Byzantine disbanding.

“We had no clue how to run a band like a business,” admits front-man Chris “OJ” Ojeda. “But I just had this horrible feeling we were making a big life mistake by walking away.” This feeling led to Byzantine reforming five years later, releasing its self-titled fourth record that garnered multiple “Album of the Year” awards and solidified the band’s cult status amongst metal-heads.

However, Byzantine have no intentions of slowing down. Once again turning to crowd-funding to help support the album’s creation, Ojeda and drummer Matt Wolfe reunited with Jay Hannon to handle engineering and mixing duties for To Release Is To Resolve. Album no. 5 also marks bassist Sean Sydnor and guitarist Brian Henderson’s debut recording with Byzantine. The band intends to tour extensively in the coming year.

“To have a second chance to make a first impression is a blessing we don’t take lightly,” declares Ojeda. “We slammed the door on ourselves in 2007, and now we are forcing it back open. This time around, we are not going away without a fight.”

 

 

“A Curious Lot”:

Live dates:

March

18 - Austin, TX (South By South Death) - The Dirty Dog
19 - Little Rock, AR - Shooters Bar & Grill
20 - St. Louis, MO - Fubar
21 - Dayton, OH - Rockstar Pro Arena

April

4 - Huntington, WV - The Vclub
17 - Beckley, WV - Muncheez Bar & Grill
18 - Parkersburg, WV - Sixpence Pub & Eatery

 



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