The Fundamental Component

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Fundamental Component
The Fundamental Component cover
Studio album by Byzantine
Released February 10, 2004
Recorded 2003
Genre Groove metal
Progressive metal
Length 52:00
Label Prosthetic Records
Producer Aaron Fisher and Byzantine
Byzantine chronology
Broadmoor
(2003)		 The Fundamental Component
(2004)		 ...And They Shall Take Up Serpents
(2005)

The Fundamental Component is the first studio album from Byzantine. It was released on February 10, 2004.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Hatfield" – 5:51
  2. "Stick Figure" – 4:49
  3. "Stoning Judas" – 4:38
  4. "My New Casket" – 6:16
  5. "Sin Remover" – 5:47
  6. "Slipping On Noise" – 4:54
  7. "Kill Chain" – 5:19
  8. "The Devil’s Arithmetic" – 4:30
  9. "Brundlefly" – 4:38
  10. "The Filth of Our Underlings" – 5:43

[edit] Personnel

  • Chris "OJ" Ojeda - Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
  • Tony Rohbrough - Lead & Rhythm Guitar
  • Chris "Cid" Adams - Bass Guitar
  • Matt Wolfe - Drums

[edit] Singles

  • "Hatfield"

[edit] Trivia

 Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines.
The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.
  • Album was recorded at 101 Productions, which is located inside an active daycare school called Little Kidz. The studio used to be one of the classrooms.
  • 3 months were spent recording, mixing and mastering.
  • The band had Jeff Ellis, who is a lifelong friend of OJ's, and also the singer for the Soft rock jam band Guinness Clarke's Wine, do guest vocals on "My New Casket", "The Devil's Arithmetic" and "The Filth of Our Underlings".
  • They Also had Matt Greene, who was the singer for Apparatus, sing the chorus on "Stoning Judas". Apparatus was the band of the Engineer / Producer Aaron Fisher.
  • For the guitar sound, they borrowed a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier head from Tim Watson, guitarist of local faves A Place of Solace.
  • Tony played rhythm tracks on "Stoning Judas", "My New Casket", "Kill Chain", "Hatfield", "Brundlefly" and "Stick Figure".
  • OJ played rhythm tracks on "The Filth of Our Underlings", "The Devil's Arithmetic", "Slipping on Noise" and "Sin Remover".
  • This was the first recording that Byzantine used a click track with. Wolfe first didn't like it and then ended up not wanting to play without it. It tightened up the recording a lot.