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West Virginia, USA |
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Page online:
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April 21, 2006
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Last update/review:
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August 3, 2017
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Byzantine
West Virginia's finest Byzantine formed in 2000 and soon signed
to
Prosthetic
Records, eventually resulting in their debut
full-length album
The Fundamental Concept.
The band often mentioned as a soundalike or influence here is
Meshuggah,
but these guys are far from Meshuggah clones -- while they
share a fondness for choppy, staccato riffs and rhyhtms,
Byzantine is far less interested in the dense, wall-of-sound
style of Meshuggah, preferring instead a sparser, groovier
style that works to great effect
(others have described them as a cross between Meshuggah
and
Pantera,
an apt description).
They disbanded almost immediately
following the January 2008 release of
Oblivion Beckons,
but reunited two years later.
Current Members
Chris Ojeda
vocals
Brian Henderson
guitars
Sean Sydnor
bass
Matt Bowles
drums
Former Members/Guests
Tony Rohbrough
guitars
Chris Adams
bass
Michael Cromer
bass
Matt Wolfe
drums RIP: December 19, 2021, age 46
Discography
Broadmoor
EP
2003
self-released
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- Stoning Judas
- Slipping on Noise
- Kill Chain
- My New Casket
- Hatfield
- The Filth of our Underlings
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-
Chris Ojeda
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Tony Rohbrough
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Chris Adams
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Matt Wolfe
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The Fundamental Component
2004
Prosthetic
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- Hatfield
- Stick Figure
- Stoning Judas
- My New Casket
- Sin Remover
- Slipping on Noise
- Kill Chain
- The Devil's Arithmetic
- Brundlefly
- The Filth of Our Underlings
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-
Chris Ojeda
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Tony Rohbrough
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Chris Adams
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Matt Wolfe
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... And They Shall Take Up Serpents
2005
Prosthetic
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- Justicia
- Taking Up Serpents
- Jeremiad
- Ancestry of the Antichrist
- Temporary Temples
- Five Faces of Madness
- Redneck War
- Pity None
- The Rat Eaters
- Salem, Ark
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-
Chris Ojeda
-
Tony Rohbrough
-
Matt Wolfe
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Oblivion Beckons
2008
Prosthetic
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- Absolute Horizon
- Nadir
- Oblivion Beckons
- The Gift of Discernment
- Expansion and Collapse
- Catalyst
- Pattern Recognition
- Renovatio
- Centurion
- Receiving End of Murder
- All Hail the End Times
- Deep End of Nothing
- A Residual Haunting
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-
Chris Ojeda
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Tony Rohbrough
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Michael Cromer
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Matt Wolfe
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Byzantine
2013
self-released
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- Which Light Shall Never Penetrate
- Soul Eraser
- Efficacy
- Forged in the Heart of a Dying Star
- Caldera
- Signal Path
- Everything I Touch Bursts into Flame
- Posthumous
- Pathogen
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-
Chris Ojeda
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Tony Rohbrough
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Michael Cromer
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Matt Wolfe
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To Release Is To Resolve
2015
self-released
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- Scold's Bridle
- Justinian Code
- A Curious Lot
- The Agonies
- God Forsaken
- You Sleep, We Wake
- To Release
- To Resolve
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-
Chris Ojeda
-
Brian Henderson
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Sean Sydnor
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Matt Wolfe
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The Cicada Tree
2017
Metal Blade
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- New Ways to Bear Witness
- Vile Maxim
- Map of the Creator
- Dead as Autumn Leaves
- Trapjaw
- The Subjugated
- Incremental
- The Cicada Tree
- Verses of Violence
- Moving in Stereo
- Servitude
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-
Chris Ojeda
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Brian Henderson
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Sean Sydnor
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Matt Bowles
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