Charleston, West Virginia metal veterans Byzantine have unveiled their brand new video for Harbinger, a track off their latest full-length Harbingers, released last June via Metal Blade Records.
The stop-motion clip was months in the making, with vocalist Chris Ojeda co-writing the story alongside his daughter Mallory. The duo enlisted Mexican claymation artist Adrian Venti to hand-build every scene and Holly Grayson of Screaming Butterfly Entertainment to edit the final piece. The video tells the tale of a boy searching for meaning after the loss of his father, lured astray by a cunning Wolf, and ultimately redeemed through one small act of kindness toward a Raven.
Ojeda comments:
“Mallory and I are fans of all things stop motion , from Fantastic Mr. Fox to Coraline. We wanted this video to feel handmade and heartfelt. We even modeled the boy after my six-year-old son, Henry. This was truly a labor of love.”
Watch Byzantine’s Harbinger video:
Watch the band’s previously released videos for Floating Chrysanthema and The Unobtainable Sleep.
The premiere comes just ahead of Byzantine’s US Fall tour, which kicks off September 20th and includes select dates with Cavalera Conspiracy, Fear Factory, and Pissing Razors. Tickets are available now at byzantinewv.com.
