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PSYCROPTIC: New Song Available For Streaming

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Wednesday, 20 August 2008

Tasmanian tech-death masters PSYCROPTIC have uploaded a brand new track, "Immortal Army of One", to their MySpace page. The song comes off the group's fourth album, "Ob(Servant)", which is scheduled for release in Europe on September 26 and in North America on October 14 via Nuclear Blast Records.

The follow-up to 2006's "Symbols of Failure" was mixed and mastered by former MACHINE HEAD and SOULFLY guitarist Logan Mader (DIVINE HERESY, GOJIRA) and was recorded once again by guitarist Joe Haley. The album will include a free bonus DVD featuring a studio diary as well as performance footage from a 2006 gig in Amsterdam, Netherlands and 2008 concert in Wellington, New Zealand. The free bonus DVD will run approximately 85 minutes.

Commented drummer Dave Haley: "'Immortal Army of One' is one of my personal favorites on 'Ob(servant)'. The riffs on it are catchy as hell and stick in your head, and it is a very brutal song. Yet, it has a lot of dynamics throughout and is quite technical. It's very PSYCROPTIC-sounding, yet there are a lot of new sounds and ideas introduced. Just an all-around cool track both to listen to and play. Lyrically, the song explores the the idea of a suicidal god like being — one who has omnipotence yet wants to relinquish it. A twisted thought — a being who has the choice to do anything desired, except giving up such a power; all-powerful yet powerless at the same time."

PSYCROPTIC dropped by the Nuclear Blast USA office on July 11, 2008 for a brief introduction and to answer a few questions for the Nuclear Blast videocast Episode 5. Watch the 14-minute interview below.

PSYCROPTIC's third full-length album, "Symbols of Failure", was released in February 2006 via Neurotic Records. The follow-up of 2003's "The Scepter of the Ancients" marked the recording debut of the band's new vocalist Jason Peppiatt.