Psycroptic

Psycroptic
Psycroptic - Music Hall, Geiselwind (2012)
Background information
OriginHobart, Tasmania, Australia
GenresTechnical death metal
Years active1999 (1999)–present
LabelsUnique Leader, Neurotic, Willowtip, Nuclear Blast, Stomp Entertainment, Prosthetic
MembersTodd Stern
Dave Haley
Joe Haley
Jason Peppiatt
Past membersMatthew Chalk
Cameron Grant
Websitepsycroptic.com

Psycroptic are an Australian technical death metal band formed in Hobart, Australia in 1999. Mainstay members are Dave Haley on drums and his brother Joe Haley on guitar. Their lead vocalist, Jason Peppiatt, joined in 2004. In 2008 they signed to Nuclear Blast. As of August 2022, the band have released eight studio albums. They have undertaken Australian national tours supporting international acts, Incantation, Decapitated, Origin and Misery Index. Psycroptic have also toured Europe with Nile and with Deicide. In February 2019, the band started a co-headlining tour alongside Aversions Crown and support bands Within Destruction, Hadal Maw and Hollow World across Europe. They also headlined a 2019 tour in the United States in support of their album As the Kingdom Drowns.