# Diocletian | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/diocletian
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/diocletian/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 16:12 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/diocletian
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/diocletian/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/diocletian/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Diocletian
- Visible lyric pages: 9

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `diocletian`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 16:12 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-f8daed24460a2a50
- Visible lyric pages: 9
- Pages with stored lyric text: 9
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 7667
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Beast Atop The Trapezoid, Cleaved Asunder, Steel Jaws, Summoning Fear, Traitor's Gallow, Werewolf Directive, Wolf Against Serpent, and Wretched Sons
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Diocletian formed in 2003 when guitarist Brian "Brew" Mason and vocalist Alex Poole started playing together in Canada. Their early years saw frequent lineup changes, but they kept working on a raw black metal sound that eventually solidified with the addition of Al Henderson on guitar, Bart "The Butcher" Szabo on bass, and Jonathan Athon on drums around 2007. They released their first album "Gesundrian" in 2007, followed by "Doom...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Beast Atop The Trapezoid — https://lyroverse.com/diocletian/beast-atop-the-trapezoid
2. Cleaved Asunder — https://lyroverse.com/diocletian/cleaved-asunder
3. Steel Jaws — https://lyroverse.com/diocletian/steel-jaws
4. Summoning Fear — https://lyroverse.com/diocletian/summoning-fear
5. Traitor's Gallow — https://lyroverse.com/diocletian/traitor-s-gallow
6. Werewolf Directive — https://lyroverse.com/diocletian/werewolf-directive
7. Wolf Against Serpent — https://lyroverse.com/diocletian/wolf-against-serpent
8. Wretched Sons — https://lyroverse.com/diocletian/wretched-sons
9. Zealot's Poison — https://lyroverse.com/diocletian/zealot-s-poison