We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

To Release is to Resolve (ALBUM)

by Byzantine

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $8 USD  or more

     

1.
We are collective entities The framework of punishment for all to see You've stolen something so pure to me A life so full of shine now dulled intensity We shall bereave Stand up, show your identity We decode and decrypt now with impunity Your freedom, a fluid industry Compiled under the guise of anonymity Click to agree [Solo: Henderson] We comply and the truth is found once we toe the line Our revelations all will be revealed In time to the ones who seek with their open eyes Who will be spared? All gaze upon the scolded witch Your speech is laden false, lies tethered inch by inch Surveillance shall breed conformity And press upon the tongue that speaks against me
2.
Violence it's the only way for me justify An aggression that bears no face even exposed to the light A veiled disease planting IED's under the crescent moon My Enemy, You are not the conqueror this time We open pits again As we pile up the bodies so high Our sense of humanity is tossed away As soon as we attain solid visual Decapitate no matter the age or the tribe Your cavity of freedom is filled with passivity In the shadows of human tyranny you undermine We open up pits again As we pile up the bodies so high Our sense of direction is lost [Solo: Henderson] Martyrs, assassins We mourn and move on as the sun disappears To dig trenches four Caliphs Our laws are null you abide to no one Extremists, no leaders This genocide will destroy your identity But it has to be As you dance on the corpses and wail to the almighty above In this time of war Let the moon heal the body, sore We are forever more Until the ashes sweep under the door, then you'll know [Solo: Henderson] In this time of war Let the moon heal the body, sore We are forever more Until the ashes sweep under the door, Then you know we're gone [Solo: Henderson] Go forth in the night You're a compass for us all Follow what is right And your stories will be told Some by force and some by choice In time you all shall leave me I do not fear to be alone Solitary, I will atone Graves of sand we all are damned A body count so accurate We are surgical in our trade Enslaved you will be trained Never strive for life unstrifed We fight out of necessity This canvas will always be Chaotic and painted with blood As we pile up the bodies so high Our sense of direction is lost [Solo: Henderson]
3.
Now I'm free and I'm never alone Still I heap heavy woe on the clouds Accepted the plea to end the misery As I shield myself from the crowds I chisel away at the walls of my cell That chisels so slowly at me We are the meek who obtained the world And vengeance we bring unto thee I'm not afraid to die So please unholster that hate at your side I'm not afraid to… die [Solo: Henderson] Comb the lies for admission of guilt Now your tales hold your feet to the fire Murderer, we are not alone And the torches they keep growing brighter We are the meek and vengeance we bring unto thee We are not alone and vengeance we bring unto thee The mark of Cain I forever bear That was penned from the blood of three lambs Innocence forever scrutinized Yet life never died from these hands From these visions I will never heal A ghost that will haunt till the end The scent of your wickedness fills the air Yet from home I'm forever damned I'm not afraid to die So please unholster that hate at your side I'm not afraid to die When you smother the truth all you foster are lies
4.
The Agonies 04:39
Relent to the feeling you try to resist; now it has all come to this Medicine cabinets are your treasure troves now the hunt is on After the high a crushing low you scrape away the release because it’s slow Driven to the mill to block the ills, pillbilly you are never alone You were the light of your family A beacon of hope snuffed out before you Everything changes nothing here stays the same These West Virginia hills will sedate you You rise again to fall again I cannot believe you would murder for medicine Claw the guilt away as the crank bugs they burrow below You wake to the misery of your life compounded from dependency Coal mine scrip, Suboxone strips our pride is swallowed away You were the light of your family A beacon of hope snuffed out before you Everything changes nothing here stays the same These West Virginia hills will sedate you [Solo: Henderson] One man’s cure is another man’s malady A door unlocked I’m standing above you Nothing is sacred everything’s here to take These West Virginia pills will sedate you Oh, what a rush
5.
God Forsaken 05:56
[Solo: Henderson] Nobody notices the difference here Outside of me a hollow frame I lie awake no feelings of shame I smile when all of the fools believe The path I've taken eroding from me My eyes are dry they do not shed a tear Sanctuary was taken from me I laugh and talk and keep thinking that I'm still here The fractured moments of our life they are lost Hemorrhage the tears no more You never tried to lift me up and let me fly with my own wings Burdened by small and petty things Our yesterdays erased, depreciation seeping from the lips, Judas What is it like to live and love without the lies? Tell before the seal is permanent You fail to realize Selfish acts will define By grievance, you then will learn A misery so cold It blots out the sun, surrendered The only one to fall will be yourself [Solo: Henderson] I cannot fathom what is happening Never amnesty for me You never tried what kind of life do you expect for me to lead? An open wound for calm to cauterize You fail to realize Selfish acts will define By grievance, you then will learn A misery so cold It blots out the sun, abandoned You uttered we are done, the only words I, let no calm groweth inside me I, know that love is not the remedy We arrive unsympathized I, wave the white flag to misery
6.
Hear ye, all you grovelers of Earth You impede our constant inertia No progression, your isolation now forms your beliefs Our existence a truth your instruments can not perceive You're not awake Your will to struggle we shall deplete Subjugation will be complete We are still the architects of your fate, deter the disease Our message is a mandate your answer a ballot, get off your knees And face the truth without the filter of dogma We don't forgive nor forget so now expect us The deepness of sadness Your rituals are useless now Solutions decreasing We bring to light your prophets false Discoveries irreversible Now laid upon cuneiforms Extinction of denier's faith Know the ally from your dominator [Solo: Henderson] Forever pull the plug from your light source Now mother earth can heal through Terraform From dark intentions of human overlords It's time to sleep again forever more You sleep, we wake...
7.
To Release 06:27
There was a time when our bond rose above not long ago Blinded by the allure I was running lost, navigating the lies But I have learned from a life of mistakes to not look back at them And never sow the deadly seeds of doubt in my mind The Devil wants to take me again It was a road less traveled paved with Good intentions that brought me out of hell And those intentions spread like ashes upon my life And through it all I have sacrificed myself to never be the same So who amongst you without fault come forth and cast at me The Devil wants to take me again No one knows the sadness that I hide Failure breaks me down from deep inside Feel this depression weighing down Walls that once were gone, now they surround [Solos: Henderson, Henderson, Ojeda]
8.
To Resolve 03:54
Shed yourself of the albatross There is no greater loss For they will take you underground Where you'll never be found Loneliness is just a phase But it's one that I retain A place of comfort known to me But to others, only pain [Solo: Henderson] Trust in me, my only friend Mirror of despair Seek a new beginning For tomorrow won't be there The devil wants to take me alive All my life you'll see The devil wants to take me again Life you'll see

about

Published by WV Snakepit (ASCAP)
All Songs Administered by CEN/RED Distribution
A Division of Sony Music

Recorded at the Fishbowl Studios in Sissonville, WV, and 7over8 Recording Studio in Little River, SC
Engineered by Jason Hannon

Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Jason Hannon at 7over8 Recording Studio in Little River, SC
Additional guitar and vocal engineering on "Justinian Code" and "To Release" by Eric Hayne

Album Cover Artwork by Christopher Lovell (www.christopherlovell.com)

Album Layout and Design by Xack Paden

100% FAN and BAND FUNDED

credits

released April 7, 2015

All songs written, arranged, and performed by Byzantine
All lyrics written by Chris Ojeda, and co-written by Jamie Rakes

Byzantine is:
Chris Ojeda: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Brian Henderson: Lead Guitar, Vocals
Sean Snydor: Bass Guitar
Matt Wolfe: Drums
Jay Hannon: Producer, Mixing/Mastering Engineer

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Byzantine West Virginia

Formed : 2000
Origin: West Virginia
Signed to Prosthetic Records 2004-2007.
Disbanded 2007.
Reformed in 2012 and released 2 albums independently.
Signed to Metal Blade Records in 2016. "The Cicada Tree" due out Summer 2017!

contact / help

Contact Byzantine

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Byzantine, you may also like: