Byzantine complete work on record

West Virginia's favorite metal sons, Byzantine have completed work on their sophmore release, ...And They Shall Take Up Serpents. The follow-up album to The Fundamental Component was once again produced by the band and Charles A. Fisher and was mixed by Brad Divens (Fu Manchu) and mastered by Alan Douches and will be released July 12, 2005. In the meantime the band have lined up some warm-up dates, a UK headline run followed by a support slot on a tour featuring southern crust legends Eyehategod.