Byzantine - "Jeremiad"

[HokieD1993]

What ever happened to these guys?

[NujillicAx]

deadly breakdown! 2:50 - 3.15 . too bad, cheesy vocals. awesome music !

[tehmiff]

00:39 this guy is such a bad ass!

[thefallingdream]

SHIT! scratch that last comment! i didnt know they had a new album and the vocals on that album are exactly what i was talking about. and finally they have an album with decent vocal production. Anyone who hasnt heard Oblivion Beckons, do yourself a favor and check it out. Its seriously amazing. And now the band is pretty much "perfect"

[thefallingdream]

this band is musically so fuckin awesome!!! i just have trouble gettin into the vocals for some reason. Theyre a lil ass rockish. They are obviously able to scream and growl. The clean vocals arent terrible. If only the cookie monster vocals and 80s metal style vocals were cut out and replaced with more aggressive or more harmony vocal parts, id probably listen to them way more. Any one else hear the cheese metal vocals too? or is it just me?

[TheTrooper424]

I can never get enough of these guys

[MrKindaSux]

Awesome!!!!$!$!$1

[SlayerAndWhiskey]

That bass player has a hell of a clean voice. Christ. Great band, makes me fucking mad they split.

[postmortemspasm]

so like... why arent these guys more popular?!

[Ekofu]

@postmortemspasm Because bands from hick towns don't get any attention.

[deathbysilence0]

@Ekofu what about Lamb Of God ? they were from somewhere vill in Virgina

[Ekofu]

@deathbysilence0 Richmond, Virginia. Four times more known than Huntington. A lot of americans don't even know West Virginia exists.

[xJetStaR]

i jizzed from 1:15-1:40 ...might not have kids now ! :D

[PlaguetheLoss]

I had the pleasure to tour with these guys when I was in Arsis(God Forbid,Goatwhore,Mnemic,Byzant­ine,and Arsis Tour) Byzantine was my favorite band on the tour. Really good dudes and highly underrated. Fuck Prosthetic..you bastards. Love all you dudes,OJ,Skip,Wolf,And Tony!!

[cpgnition]

@PlaguetheLoss You were in Arsis? Much respect.

[clarajanny]

thumbs up if you were looking for byzantine music / empire and came across THIS instead... :D

[Bman1393]

just came across this band

holy fucking shit yes

[wvmetalmaniac]

thank you prosthetic records for screwing over the only good band to have ever come from west virginia, DICK HEADS

[ChevyChe23]

@wvmetalmaniac Isn't that the fucking truth. Sure beats Bobaflex. Anyone from West Virginia knows Bobaflex gets all of the local recognition while only the metal scene knows of Byzantine.

[TorH8]

Охренительная песня!

[andreipopity]

Killer song, I read the lyrics, but didn't fully understand the meaning of the song, can someone care to explain plz?

[andreipopity]

Judging by the video I guess its something about death?

[ojbyzantine]

@andreipopity

The simple explanation is that it is about someone wanting to commit suicide just to see if anyone comes to their funeral.

[cfg520]

So i was looking for stuff like LoG and the Oh-so-amazing Pantera, and came across Byzantine. I love it. My only beef with it is that the singer sounds like Phil from Pantera. His screams dont, just his clean vocals. Some screams do sound like Phil's though. But what's cool is even though this singer sounds like Phil, the band still has a great, unique, and individual sound. Fucking awesome.

[TheDrumerking]

If Pantera and Scar Symmetry had a baby this band would be they're creation imo.. pretty good band.. surprised they're not well known

[krosgood]

I live in Reno NV. and i've loved this band since The Fundamental Component came out. Fucking amazing!!! I would love to see them live, but it's so far away. Diggin the concert videos tho so keep em up!! kinda makes me feel like im there but not DAMN IT!!!!! by the way which 4 assholes didn't like the video? String em up!!

[ashthedemonhunter]

@krosgood If you ever do get the change SEE them I live in West Virginia so I have seen them numerous times now you know how we feel with all the other bands out there MetaL

[ENDVash]

@krosgood they are broke up dude they did there like 3 fairwell shows back in march im pretty sure there done..theres talk of them getting back together but nothing is confirmed yet

[jessman445]

fuck yea i got to thank that guy on chatroultte

[joshramsey]

If you ever get the chance to see Byzantine live, go see them. I am lucky enough to be from WV, and have seen them 3 times, my favorite metal band, and this video kicks ass

[TacoPenguin4347]

How is this not metal?

[kurtw1991]

im so glad theyre back together...

[12thconfession]

sadly they are not that was there last show in motown the one we played with them

[kurtw1991]

@12thconfession i thought they were back together? their myspace said the reunited

[12thconfession]

@kurtw1991 for a 3 day tour

[metallicatilldeathhh]

@kurtw1991 i fuckin know right????

[burgesmack]

Seen these guys a couple of weeks ago in WV. Killer show! It was my first time seeing them.

[wvmetalmaiden]

WEST VIRGINIA!!!!!!!

[tuterc12]

this band is incredible ... so fuckin good musicians!

[TheTrooper424]

I was there at their last show. Talk about fucking epic XD love these guys lol

[LesPaul10905]

They tore this song a new one in Huntington. If this was them with two and a half years or rust I would of loved to see them two years ago, I hope this aint the last we see of Byzantine.

[joninwv]

They KILLED at Morgantown last night. Holy crap. Thier video is great, they are great live. Its a crying shame they aren't together.

[LadyIce13]

They kicked ass in Huntinton! Great to see these guys again! At least the 4th or 5th time. Well worth the drive from Columbus!

[Trustyourinstincts1]

They played in Morgantown at 123 Pleasant St tonight.

[TheTrooper424]

My english teacher went to school with the drummer. Talk about a small world lmao

[NETMenace2012]

these bad-asses are doing a 3 West Virginia dates only reunion next weekend March 5-7&

I'll be at the Huntington gig hopefully,yesss!

[ARKAEA33]

Do me a favor and scream at them until they decide to get back together for good.

[Mestapholise666]

fucking lucky, i would give my left nut to see these guys live.

[ViNnIePaUL12]

@Dysusfusion

Pantera was definately not overrated. they were one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time. RIP dime. but i do agree with you that this band is underrated. they are pretty fuckin brutal

[shariotoflove]

look how she's arranging her tools of destruction. Brutal stuff man!

[richmeister4eva]

subtle middle finger at 2:45 to 2:46

[VALiDATi0N]

Pantera anyone?

[Dysusfusion]

pantera's is overated, byzantine is underrated

[richmeister4eva]

for sure these are just insane XD

[shariotoflove]

no you mean overplayed to destruction! pantera never was and never will be overrated

[TheNeoByzantine]

Incomparáveis as vias que o Império prossegue.

[Gibson889]

the guitarist for this band used to teach at Route 60 Music in WV where I took lessons.....I used to see him all the time

[Bmf10382]

Such an underrated band; lyrically, they had few equals in American metal.

[MandyPigtails]

I just had sex with my best friend to this song. She hates metal, but I don't. I also came and she didn't..awesome.

[VALiDATi0N]

Probably because you are ghey. You need a dick to properly induce orgasm, l2human anatomy

[MaYbYl8eR]

@VALiDATi0N

troll detected.

[StrappingYoungLawd]

magic!

[MaYbYl8eR]

Thats pathetic

[MandyPigtails]

What's pathetic, that I got off and she didn't? Yeah I suppose...

BYZANTINE RESURRECTION 2010

[akickndanuts]

Oh a lefty guitarist, INTENSE song too.

[thefishlover]

sounds very influenced by Pantera for part of it, kinda neat stuff.

[hertzer2000]

The most underrated band.

[habitatnoah11]

this may well be one of the greatest songs of all time... metal heads listen to this. its phenomenal

[Metaliger850]

groove metal is a metal genre where they play thrash riff to thrash riff, never going back to that riff, and the riffs are always changing.

devildriver, lamb of god, chimaira, throwdown, biohazard etc. most of those bands have evolved into a metalcore sound though, such as chimaira; who sounds really metalcore now. lamb of gods Sacrament closeley resembeled deathcore, but this time around with WRATH they went back to groove. Devildriver is a nice blend of melodic death metal and groove metal.

[dime6664ever]

the wrath album has to be lamb of gods best yet.. i love groove metal. i just wish pantera was still around..

[Metaliger850]

I really think As The Palaces Burn is their greatest material. I could listen to that album 200 times and not get tired of it, I swear. But Wrath is definitely my number 2 with them. What's your favorite song off of Wrath?

[PanterAmetal100]

@dime6664ever i wish that too... without pantera it seems like there's a void... damn!

[undert8er]

@dime6664ever i think "as the palaces burn" is by far log's best album followed by new american gospel... there newer shit doesnt sound that good to me....

[ZEROOJEDA]

@dime6664ever Doesnt everyone just want to beat the shit out of the guy who shot Darrel

[GlamMetalhead]

Another thing to add is that Groove Metal tends to have a lower tempo then Thrash Metal also, but not always.

[InvisibleSandwichTM]

Don't forget the middling tempo often used by groovies. Not to mention the really early workers in the style, like Pantera and Exhorder.

[lordderak]

absolutely awesome band.......in my top ten

[Sparkxzzz]

Still waiting for these guys to get back together. Great, GREAT, band.

[speedfreak18ish]

motorhead groove metal lol? there an old school early heavy metal band. machineheads groovemetal like pantera, fear factory, exhorder,hellyeah

[Wykyd007]

Byzantine. One of the few bands that defied typical metal and made something entirely different, and just to think that they started out using only a drum machine. Absolutely amazing... Keep it metal!

[3dd656]

I'm devastated that they slip-up.

[twistejay]

Chris Ojeda is my third cousin!!! Yeah!!!

[cdewd]

2:04 is amazing!

[ffejster20]

100% the shit this band rocks

[emperorpalpatine5005]

Byzantine  forever

[superbadlucre]

I dig the solo - they rest of it is just alright, solo is great.

[youthsuicide8]

i rember the days when they would come to 123 pleasent street and turn the hills of morgantown black

god i miss those days ::tear::

[TheUnevenable]

wow...sooooo damn nine...they more brutal songs....

[TheSunMoon]

i was searching for the (byzantine) empire, then i came across this LOL

definitely worth the listen. are they progressive? becus the solo doesn't sound too metal, but its a perfect blend

[uloveme2nv]

it's a post -thrash groove metal sound.

at least that's what i can think of calling it.

[shutout123]

@TheSunMoon

This is called Groove metal. Bands like Pantera, Motor Head, Sepultura.

[InvisibleSandwichTM]

Motorhead isn't a groove metal band. Maybe you were thinking Machine Head?

[txsk8r84]

sepultura? they started as thrash and progressed into groove.

[TheStarlessAeon]

@TheSunMoon nah mate, definetly a metal solo.

[tomdbeddig95]

@TheSunMoon Progressive/Experimental Thrash would probs be the best way to describe the

[cycojay13]

just got turned on to this band pretty damn good

[CrookStarkiller91]

This is pretty good

[darthkadaj]

Fucking awesome band!

[mikiep4]

Not really the same style, but check out Warbringer: Waking to nightmares...... Solid thrash album released this month.

[uloveme2nv]

i haven't heard that album.

have seen Warbringer live though, and they are all super chill guys.

i'll check that out.

[darthkadaj]

DUDE I went to school with OJ's Cousin Richard Ojeda's Richard Ojeda jr.

[emmarilla]

I agree, these guys were pretty darn good. It is amazing how crap bands can go on & solid bands get forgotten by their own label.

[critikul]

ah byzantine.

always were one of the most under-rated bands in metal. their last release was insanely good. will miss them!

[mikiep4]

Agreed! Oblivion Beckons was one of the best metal albums of the last 10 years. Too bad it ended there.

[fintonb1982]

Holy shit... How did I forget about this band? Glad I remembered.

[LordofBLTs]

Jesus. Love the actual musical work and all (Metal actually kicks ass in the instrumental department), but what in God's name is he shouting all the fucking time? God, usually I'm good at getting Metal lyrics, but this was just ridiculous.

[NRRRDLemur14]

Are you a noob to metal?.... Since the 1980s Exhale Screaming has become a large portion of metal... So, i don't see how you don't understand why he does scream, and he barely ever does it.. Compared to most anyway.

[soulintent]

He wasn't wondering why he's screaming all the time, or what the heck he is doing screaming, but what he is saying.

[NRRRDLemur14]

Ohhhhhhhhh, okay reading it over i see now. Sorry for the inconvenience..

[Sparkxzzz]

A lot of people enjoy it, it's a difference in opinions.

[joshkatell]

sooooooo shitty live

[3dd656]

There were two bands that really got me into metal. Meshuggah and Byzantine. Unfortunately, Meshuggah became my favorite of the two and I began to forget all about Byzantine. But recently I've been listening to them more and I am beginning to remembering what I have been missing out on.

[jackdowle]

1:17 thats such a sick solo!

[BadBillboard]

Man, these guys are pretty sweet. Not a huge fan of the clean chorus, but the rest of it sounds pretty fucking sweet.

[Nikkaaay27]

Byzantine is beyond amazing. This song is insane.

[Mestapholise666]

The mid break down at 1:16 makes me want to fucking mosh this band is so badass! this song got me hooked!

[Cheesepuffs414]

More like 2:51.

[Goratory666]

hes talkin about the solo lol

[david81DIS]

yeah thats where i want to head bang too...that part is heavy!!..you don't head bang to solos...you head bang to the heavy shit!

[Mestapholise666]

ok ok the whole song is amazing regardless of what breakdown :D better?

[msigler78]

OJ is the man.

[campkilldavy]

:( wheres the rest? at 3:17 i was like 0_0 tf?

[Gooogley]

I am one of the few that was actually a student of Byzantine's drummer, Matt Wolfe. Great teacher and drummer. I will miss their music.

[tnptm0pt0p]

R.I.P. Byzantine

[raine982003]

they have a lot pantera infulence in there music to bad there done these guys rock

[affordablenuisance]

im suprised they arent as noticed as lamb of god or mastodon! maybe they just didnt want to push themselves commercially!

[randomstupidnesswv]

they broke up. they started about an hour from where I live,they're from west virginia.

[luislobillo]

Why? Is't possible a reunion?

[randomstupidnesswv]

Idk why,but a reunion is always possible,check the myspace if you wand to know more.

[SOYUNPINCHEBOY]

why did these guys break up? I am form oakland california and I caught a byzantitne show in beckely west virginia while i was on vacation visiting some family, how did these guys get a record deal being from wv i know it had to have been tough

[randomstupidnesswv]

they probably got with a low grade record label and then got alittle better one and broke up,but if you really want to know go to there myspace page and ask them.

[campkilldavy]

they broke up because they couldn't catch a break, they kept getting screwed (and continue to get screwed). for example, they were going on tour with Gizmachi(whom were playing Ozzfest that very year) and also Six Feet Under, but SFU backed out of the tour the last minute and fucked em over. plus they had families and bills that needed paying with "real" jobs.

[pinokio82]

they are really good !!! and stop comparing different bands !! All gd artists have "something different" to give!!

[tesmapingkian]

ok ok slayer is slayer.

but dude..

XD lamb of god > slayer

[tesmapingkian]

no disrespect to slayer, but LoG are the new kings.

nways, byzantine kick ass, one of my favorite metal bands.

[ICantOpenMyBeer]

Lamb of God?

Lolz, Slayer > Lamb of God

[Chorrol07]

This is another one of those bands that you never hear of but is incredible once you actually come across it.

[deathbox75]

What a drag; been hearing about these guys for months, finally got my hands on a copy of 'Oblivion Beckons' (which destroys me every time I listen to it) only to discover they split. :(

[Mestapholise666]

yea, too bad hardly anyone has heard of em, too bad they aren't doing anything ATM.

[ibanezdude666]

these guys are so good,to bad not many heard of em

[bello787878]

luv the vocal variation!

[bello787878]

i can actually understand most of the lyrics

[TryptiBreaker]

OJ has had it in for my mom ever since he met her in Huntington's Best Buy, gah!

Hide your women if OJ comes to town!

[captininsano042]

tony was my guitar teacher he kicked ass thanks for all the lessons tony

[defmut]

R.i.p.

Byzantine!

The best arrangements in metal!!!

[rocknguy]

I have known OJ since the days of National Record Mart in Charleston. He gave us the first demos which I still have my original copy. They played our Tool release party when they didnt have a drummer, just the drum machine. Hes a great talented guy, not a prick. Matt Wolf is a great talent as well as great guy. Tony, you couldnt ask for a nicer guy. As far as success, yes they had some. People thought they were riding in limos, get real. They had a shitty indie label, who could have cared less.

[ProstheticRecords]

We still care, friend. There's no money in heavy metal.

[rocknguy]

I guess a subgenre is harder to market these days. I dont think thats there not a chance to make money. If its so hard, how come they didnt get put on Ozzfest over a better looking more "marketable band". I just find that a bit odd? I didnt say you didnt help but seems to me from what I heard, the moneymaker hit the second stage and they were relegated to slug around in a shitty van. It may not be radio friendly ,but it makes me wonder if thier IMAGE did not fit with the label?

[ProstheticRecords]

We don't have an image our bands need to fulfill. The Byzantine dudes are great guys and they've made three awesome records for us, there's just a lot of work involved from many different places and a little bit of luck for a band to ascend above the 'touring in a van' atmosphere. Regardless, we're proud to have been involved with Byzantine's last three albums and hope you guys have enjoyed, and will continue to enjoy, listening to them.

[BledAngelShadowPOM]

To be honest, I envy and worship Byzantine for everything they have accomplished. Having been part of several metal projects that have failed myself, its great to even have that chance to put your product out there for even 1 CD let alone 3. Placing the blame on the label itself is poor judgement as they do what they can. Sometimes the band needs to take that extra initiative. I respect the hell out of Byzantine and Prosthetic alike, and always will for the memories. Cheers guys.

[mynki911]

byzantine owns your mom's life.

[onehundredfortythre]

I like the fundamental component the best out of all their albums... [other two are serpents and oblivion beckons] I wish I knew how to post songs... Cuz they are badass...

OJ is the most virsitile singer I've ever heard!

[maddearth]

awsome song, id heard of them and saw the new album in stores, bt now im confident the new albums gonna be the next album i buy :]

[stripes154]

sometimes things like family and children have to come before music. even if it's the baddest shit ever laid down. i'm a fan for life. logan county mother fuckers!!!

[TryptiBreaker]

WOOOOOOOOOO BYZANTINE FTW

[bkiel2]

they are awsome, wish they would get back together, didnt realise they ahd broken up

[regnier123]

we should try to make something all together so we can tell them to please come back! i would really REALLY! like to hear something from oblivion beackons live

[captininsano042]

i used to take guitar lessons with tony to bad they broke up

[kingofblades08]

Just got Oblivion Beckons it's a great album, it's a shame that they broke up.

[33toyou]

Skip...sorry to hear about the breakup. Stay in touch.

-The intellectual friend.

[theironmaiden766]

THEY BROKE UP? holy shit that sucks i love this band

[clockworkmike83]

Yeah whats even more fucked up is they were like the only successful metal band to emerge from god forsaken WV ( which is were I am, the armpit of society) and had a real great shot of being something huge in metal ,but too much ego floating in that band to do anything more than 3 albums. Lots of my friends know these guys personally, they've all said OJ is just a prick to his band and fans anymore. Which sucks because I really liked Byzantine

[stacyjimmy]

dude lots of famous people from here, Blackstone cherry, chum ( who used to be on mtv a long time ago in the 90's), byzantine (of course), zeroking is pretty big now, bloodblisters are big in the goth scene, boba flex, and i can name a lot more especially in some of the other musical genres.

[stacyjimmy]

btw anyone know if the one guy from the band still delivers pizza here in wv anymore?

[marguedas]

Byzantine kick asssssssssssss

[XRoCkZAnGeLX]

thats killer dude love it

[nick9122]

I saw them at Milwaukee Metalfest in 2007. They didn't break up...or at least they're still playing.

[AW2009]

metal mike you fucking dumbass piece of shit, they broke up. my friends used to take guitar lessons off of tony; we know. Get the dick out of your ass and come to reality.

[mandina95]

Wow...sad and a little scary, but still so beautiful. I love it!

[Dysusfusion]

they gots floyd roses thats awesome! floyd rose on any guitar=awesomness

[snobassman]

How do you figure they broke up?

They just released their new CD Oblivion Beckons...

[Contagion76]

read things, please.

[dieselboy64]

I think this kicks ass!! A bud of mine got me to listen to these guys a year ago- the hell with the negativity, I dig 'em!

[REVELATIONKINGS1316]

? what negativity r u talkin about?

[Joose]

Hey, the singer even laughed when I asked why they didn't play this. It's not that great of a song, and he straight up admitted it.

Kickass band though, or they were.... broke up