Psycroptic [AUSTRALIA]

Published 5 September 2011 on voltagemedia.com.au

Technical death metal troupe, Psycroptic, has been a mainstay of our national death metal scene for a while now, and in the past couple of years they’ve graced stages across the world with top-name bands and released the stellar live DVD, entitled Initiation.

Since their debut release The Isle of Disenchantment in 2001, all the way up to the technical maturity of 2008’s Ob(Servant), Psycroptic has been bringing the intensity both on the record and stage, and their current round of shows on the BASTARDFEST lineup throughout September and October is no exception.

Psycroptic is no stranger to the other bands on the bill, and drummer Dave Haley insists “it’s going to be a great time catching up with everyone.”

He continued, “There are a few bands I haven’t seen before as well so it will be cool to check them out. We’re really excited for BASTARDFEST… it should be a great time.”

With the recent cancellation of one of the “Revolutionary” new music festivals, the relevance of the music festival format in Australia has seemingly come into question. Dave, however, feels that it’s working just fine. “I think it still works well for any music scene really,” he says, “lots of awesome bands on one day for one ticket price… why wouldn’t you want to go? I think BASTARDFEST is so much more than just a “death metal show” anyway… I think it picks up where Metal for the Brain left off.”

Psycroptic has been hard at work on their so far untitled follow-up to Ob(Servant)and Dave reveals that the record is almost complete. “We’re mixing the album as we speak,” he explained. “It will see the light of day sometime early next year, and we’ll be playing a few of the new ones at BASTARDFEST!”

With the festival already in motion and the cards laid out on the table, interested punters should heed Mr. Haley’s advice and “come along, have a great time and hang out!”

Psycroptic is touring throughout September and October as part of Bastardfest