Band Origin: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Running Time: 41 minutes
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Best Part: Their twist on the technical death metal genre that features also features a fusion of thrash, hardcore and
Favorite Tracks: From Scribe to Ashes, Deprivation, The Throne of Kings, Carriers of the Plague, and Euphorinasia
Grade: 4.5
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The Inherited Repression in way more than 20 words or less:
Psycroptic's fifth full-length release is also their first release in four years since signing with Nuclear Blast and features the Aussies returning to their old tricks, with some technical
The Band:
Psycroptic is a four piece technical death metal band from Australia that was formed in 1999 by drummer Dave Haley and his brother, guitarist Joe Haley, as well as bassist Cameron Grant, who remain members to this day, along with current vocalist Jason Peppiatt. The band plays a high speed, technically proficient style of technical death metal that is heavy on the blast beats and features interesting vocal work from Peppiatt who utilizes cleaner, harsh screams, rather than the death growls so often associated with the genre.
Psycroptic's fifth full-length release is also their first release in four years since signing with Nuclear Blast and features the Aussies returning to their old tricks, with some technical
The Band:
Psycroptic is a four piece technical death metal band from Australia that was formed in 1999 by drummer Dave Haley and his brother, guitarist Joe Haley, as well as bassist Cameron Grant, who remain members to this day, along with current vocalist Jason Peppiatt. The band plays a high speed, technically proficient style of technical death metal that is heavy on the blast beats and features interesting vocal work from Peppiatt who utilizes cleaner, harsh screams, rather than the death growls so often associated with the genre.
Psycroptic's other releases include: The Isle of Disenchantment (2001), The Scepter of the Ancients (2003), Symbols of Failure (2006), and Ob(Servant) (2008)
Jay's Take on The Inherited Repression:
Psycroptic is an interesting entrant in the technical death metal genre because of the way they layout the signature elements of the genre, along with a smattering of elements from other genres to create a sound that is their own. It's something that becomes more and more evident as you delve deeper into Psycroptic's most recent release The Inherited Repression, as what you're being exposed to is not your average technical death metal. The Haley brothers each display their own levels of technical proficiency and musicianship, in between Joe's guitar flourishes and riffs, and Dave's nigh-relentless blast beats and percussion work, with Grant filling in that heavy, encompassing rumble. There are echoes of thrash that leak into the musicianship at different moments, apparent in some of the riffs and which are only slightly broken up by the shifts in tempo and movements up and down the scale. It's the vocal elements that really differentiates Psycroptic from most other technical death metal bands as Peppiatt's vocals are primarily much cleaner, harsh screams and do not travel very low into the register, and extremely rarely into anything deeply resembling a death growl. It's vocal work you would more often expect to find on a metalcore album, rather than something of this style. Nonetheless, it's something refreshing as many technical death metal bands find themselves either traveling down the route of low death growls, guttural churns or raspier shrieks. The Inherited Repression features a good staggering of pace heavy technical feats, and more slowed down emphatic drives - and manages to keep you on your toes.
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