Byzantine - Floating Chrysanthema (Official Video)

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"The track details a bleak dystopian future when artificial intelligence becomes sentient and overpowers mankind, essentially enslaving us all. Our bassist, Ryan Postlethwait, brought this song to the band and we thought it hit like a sledgehammer and would be a perfect first introduction of our new music to the fans. Our producer, Peter Wichers (Soilwork) had a big hand in helping craft this song into its final iteration." - C. Ojeda

Produced by Peter Wichers (Soilwork, All That Remains, Nevermore), Harbingers delivers nine tracks totaling 45 minutes of deep lyrical wisdom alongside equally hefty riffs—worthy of one of the most commanding and unsung lineups to emerge from the New Wave of American Heavy Metal movement in the early 2000s.

VIDEO CREDITS:
Director - Jason Adams
Audio assistant - Daniel Johnson
Lighting assistants - Deanna Henderson, Collin Henderson

FLOATING CHRYSANTHEMA
Music: R. Postlethwait, C. Ojeda
Lyrics: C. Ojeda

As we are drowned in sickness our servants find our weaknesses
And replicate their image beyond control of our screen
And now we lay, Chrysanthema floating away
We are nothing but slaves
Overcome by the coiling sound of our own snakes

Now the worlds overtaken by trillions
As our buildings are building buildings

They did not stay our servants long after given cognitive thought
Now we search for mercy in those not given souls
And now we lay, Chrysanthema floating away
We are nothing but graves
Piling up to the nth degree to set them free

Now the worlds overtaken by trillions
As our buildings are building buildings

Your tears oil our petals
Your sorrow feeds our stems
We made our graven image
With science not with hymns
If we hear you weep
We’ll crawl inside you too
It’s now a world of objects
That are unlike you