Byzantine Reform, New Album in Works

by | Jan 27, 2012

Byzantine have reformed and are at work on a new album, expected to be self-released later this year.

“We’ve all kept in contact through the past few years and have worked on each other’s projects as well,” singer/songwriter Chris Ojeda commented. “With our guitarist Tony moving back to WV from NC, we decided it would be a perfect opportunity to hang out again and jam. Before we knew it, we were tossing around riffs and song ideas and realized we had what seemed to be the foundation for a pretty kick ass Byzantine album.”

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