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Byzantine's OJ speaks out
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Hot on the heels of an amazing new record, "...And They Shall Take Up Serpents", Byzantine are currently on the UNDER THE UNDERGROUND tour with The Dream is Dead and Halo of Locusts which features Randy of LAMB OF GOD.
Recently, The Gauntlet spoke with the band's Chris "OJ" Ojeda, who spoke about the band's latest effort...
The Gauntlet: "'And They Shall Take Up Serpents" is a stellar album. Tell us a bit about what went into the creation of the record. Did you feel that you had achieved your original vision for the record once it was finished?
OJ: When we sat down to start writing this album, we mainly wanted to keep the momentum we had built with our debut album, The Fundamental Component. We wanted to expand on the first one by making the songs stronger, the recording better and the overall feel of the album to be more dynamic. Serpents came about pretty quickly since we wrote the album in a span of about 3 months and rehearsed about 15 times before going into the studio to record it. We had the specter of the "sophomore slump" looming over our heads and we really wanted toe second album to step it up and keep the forward progress moving. By the time the album was in its mixing stage, we really felt happy and secure in the album we were making. I still feel that way today.
Date: Oct 18, 2005
As Reported by: Erin Fox
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