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The Broadmoor Demo

by Byzantine

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Hatfield 05:47
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Sin Remover 05:45
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Kill Chain 05:24
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Stick Figure 04:56
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Brundlefly 04:40
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From The Byzantine Myspace:

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Regarding the new Byzantine "Self-Titled' album

Alright. I have been sitting on this information for about a month now trying to let the legal system prevail but time has ran out and now I must take to the internet.

I have been getting a slew of emails and messages about the new Byzantine album released today through Crash Music, INC. People are wondering why we have not mentioned it on our MySpace. The reason is very simple... the people who have released this album have done so under a false contractual agreement. Let me explain...

In 2003, we signed a one album deal with a small label out of NY which shall remain unnamed at this time. It was for European distribution only. We went into a local studio and recorded 10 songs. We didnt spend much time or money on the project. No Pro-tools, no click track, just count it off and go! One copy of the masters were handed over to the NY record label. We kept the other copy. The next thing we hear is that the label didn't have the funds to fulfill the obligation. They sent us 50 advanced copies to have and never put out the release, therefore breaching the agreement.
We decided to use that recording to shop ourselves to labels. Within a few months we had signed our first legitimate deal with Prosthetic Records. They wanted us to go in and completely re-record the demo, song for song, which we did. This demo became what you guys know as "The Fundamental Component".

Fast forward 5 years to now. I hear from a friend that someone is releasing a new Byzantine album complete with artwork and everything. This floored me. Somehow the record label Crash Music, INC. out of Phoenix, AZ had a Byzantine release coming out. We have never spoken to Crash Music and I am sure they couldn't pick the members of Byzantine out of a lineup.
Come to find out, the unnamed NY record label that we signed a one album UK distribution only deal with in 2003 sells the masters to Crash Music, INC for an unspecified sum without contacting anyone from Byzantine.

Now some friends and fans whom have heard this demo that was originally called "The Broadmoor Demo" has said they liked it better than "The Fundamental Component". Much more raw, off the cuff, angrier. We as a band sat on this recording for 6 years because we quite simply didn't think it was that good. It was a demo. But obviously, unnamed NY record label and Crash Music, INC. thinks it is the right time to capitalize on this product since Byzantine is no more. They also believe that not contacting the band before hand was an honorable business practice. We think otherwise.

So... obviously our legal attempts at filing an injunction to stop this release has failed. They are selling the product on various websites for varying costs. I feel that if anyone benefits from our hard work and music, it should be the musicians themselves. So please, do not purchase this product from Crash Music! You will be helping to fund musical piracy which obviously goes on much more often than I ever dreamed. Byzantine will not see a dime of it!

In order to combat this, we will be selling "The Broadmoor Demo" digitally on www.bandcamp.com for $5.00. You will also be able to purchase this through our myspace at www.myspace.com/byzantine . These will be WAV quality recordings straight from our master recording. This will be accompanied by the original never before released artwork, available for download as well. This will be available for purchase as of midnight on 3/10/09. I will post the exact link tomorrow for the album. Till then...

OJ

credits

released March 11, 2009

All Songs Recorded and Mixed at Broadmoor Recording, Huntington, WV

Recorded, Engineered and Mixed by Russ Fox and Matt Gingerich

Produced by Byzantine and Russ Fox
All Music & Lyrics by Byzantine

Album Design by Xack Paden

Band Photography by Matt Sauls
Except OJ Photo by Ryan Gray

Additional Vocals on Tracks 3, 7 & 10 by Jeff Ellis


Download artwork here: www.zshare.net/download/56872737d6f25757
These are scans of the originally produced promotional copies from 2004. If the original artwork files become available, we will replace these with the better resolution versions.

Problems? caustic_eye@hotmail.com

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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!

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