PSYCROPTIC: 'Initiate' Video Available

December 11, 2008

"Initiate", the new video from Tasmanian tech-death masters PSYCROPTIC, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by James Harmsworth of Express Media Productions and it reaches almost eight minutes in length. The song comes off PSYCROPTIC's fourth album, "Ob(Servant)", which entered the AIR chart (Australian Independent Recordings) at position No. 7.

The AIR charts are compiled by AIR from sales rankings supplied by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

Titles are eligible to be included in the AIR charts survey if:

* The artists are Australian;
* The title is released on an independent label or self-released;
* Where it is either distributed through an independent distributor or where an independent label uses the services of a major or its subsidiary to distribute the title

PSYCROPTIC drummer Dave Haley stated about the accomplishment, "I just heard that our new album 'Ob(servant)' hit number #7 on the AIR charts out here in Australia. I actually had to have a bit of a giggle about that — a death metal album filled with blast beats and growling vocals sitting next to a lot of pop and rap stuff. It's great indictation of the state of extreme metal at the moment — it has a growing and dedicated following... good times to be a metal band!"

"Ob(Servant)" was released 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 includes 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 runs approximately 85 minutes.

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 vocalist Jason Peppiatt.

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