Psycroptic: The Pulse of Annihilation

Psycroptic is an Australian technical death metal band formed in Hobart in 1999. Mainstay members are Dave Haley on drums, his brother Joe Haley on guitar, and Cameron Grant on bass guitar. Their lead vocalist, Jason Peppiatt, joined in 2004. In 2008 they signed to Nuclear Blast. As of February 2012, the band have released five studio albums.

BIOGRAPHY

1997: InferiBlack (drums) decide to form a band to play black metal and so began a long period of composition.

1998: INFERI performs many shows in the best places of Buenos Aires, supports the best locals bands of extreme metal.

1999: That summer the band signs with FURIAS Rec. and records their debut album entitled “THE CALL OF THE DARK SIDE”, and so they become in the first black metal band in Argentina that actually edited and launched a full CD. The official presentation of this album is next to two large international bands such as INCANTATION (U.S.A) and NEUROSIS INC. (Colombia). At the end of that year INFERI tours all around the country to destroy the most important cities in Argentina.

2000 to 2003: Between endless gigs around the country, the composition of the second album begins. The band is recognized at the scene as one of the largest and most important in the style.

2004 - 2005: Start the recording of their second album entitled “THE AWAKENING OF THE BLACK HORDES” produced by INFERI, HURLINGMETAL and SOUL DYING LABEL. The presentation of the album as the support of the Swedish band MARDUK (SWE). After the show, the band travels to the city of Corrientes (Argentina) to take part of a bigger and more important extreme metal festival along with more than 30 bands.

2006 - 2008: Facing the composition of the third album start their first European tour. In June of 2008 the band played for nearly all Spain “CYCLE OF DESTRUCTION Spain tour 2008”.

2009: the band edit his third album, "THE END OF A WEAK NATURE" an excellent production, getting the best reviews from local and international media. This work is edited independently with support from the national label DISEMBODIED Rec. for distribution and sale.
In October begins his second European tour "HERETICS & PAGANS Euro Tour 2009" with IMPERIOUS MALEVOLENCE (BRA) and performing shows in: GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, POLAND, HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, SPAIN AND CROATIA, being "the first extreme metal band from Argentina to play in Croatia after their war.

2010: The band begins in 2010 sharing the stage with bands of the Argentine scene and international classic bands like OBITUARY (USA), NAPALM DEATH (UK), SUFFOCATION (USA) and KRISIUN (BRA).

2011 - 2012: Published their first official video clip and went on their 3rd European tour playing shows in Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany and Spain with bands like HATE (PL), VESANIA (PL), SAMAEL (SE), KEEP OF KALESSIN (NO) and MELECHESH (NL, IL). In 2012 they played at gigs in Argentina and performed at the important Zombie Ritual festival in Brazil.

Cognitive was born in 2011 with the sole intent to create heavy, intensely technical music, while maintaining an edge of creativity that separates them from the over produced, sea of sub genres.

Summoning the Lich is a five-piece metal band from St. Louis, MO. We have come to play fast, heavy, punishing music. We aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel, so we’ve just arm ours with spikes and rolled into battle. With a three track demo available now and a full-length album in sight, we aim to make our mark in the metal community. Stay tuned for upcoming news regarding new material, merchandise, shows, and more.