Tech Death Band Psycroptic Debut Stream of New Self-Titled Album

Australian technical death metal band Psycroptic have debuted a stream of their new self-titled album on Decibel Magazine's website.

The new album carries Psycroptic's mixture of technical death metal, hardcore, and rich Gothic harmonies. Too many technical death metal bands streamline their tone until the primal, stomach-churning energy and dissonant alien melodies of death metal are polished to a radio pop sheen. This is no slight to pop music; mile-high stacked vocals and uber-clean arena-sized production is part of what makes pop's hooks so damn compelling.

But death metal, and extreme metal in general, typically requires a bit more grit to the tone to generate the knuckle-whitening dead-eyed intensity that makes it so compelling.

This is where Psycroptic continues to shine.

They alternate seamlessly between clean, ultra-fast technical riffing, blastbeat soaked tremolo picked riffs, heavier hardcore-influenced chugging grooves, wide-voiced complex harmonies, and vocals that come closer to hardcore's primal bark than a sterile death metal growl.

You can check out the new record here and preorder it here. Psycroptic's self-titled album is due out March 10 through Prosthetic Records.

Check out the official music video for "Cold" from the upcoming album:

Psycroptic Tour Dates

3/12 - Perth, AU - Amplifier ^
3/13 - Melbourne, AU - The Hi-Fi *
3/14 - Adelaide, AU - The New Dead Festival (Fowlers) *
3/15 - Ballarat, AU - Karova Lounge *
3/18 - Geelong, AU - The Barwon Club #
3/19 - Lanceston, AU - Club 54 #
3/20 - Hobart, AU - The Brisbane Hotel #
3/21 - Melbourne, AU - Wrangler Studios #
3/25 - Canberra, AU - The Basement &
3/26 - Newcastle, AU - The Cambridge Hotel &
3/27 - Sydney, AU - The Factory Theater &
3/28 - Brisbane, AU - Crowbar &
6/07 - Osaka, JP - Nanba Rockets
6/08 - Tokyo, JP - Duo Music Exchange
8/05 Prague, CZ - Brutal Assault 2015
^ with Goatwhore & Earth Rot
* with Goatwhore, Earth Rot & Aversions Crown
# with Goatwhore, Disentomb & Whoretopsy
& with Goatwhore, Disentomb & Ouroboros

Image taken from Psycroptic's Facebook page.