Shortly after releasing their upcoming album, Divine Council (available August 5th), Australian extreme metal group Psycroptic will co-headline a North American trek with tech-metal masters Fallujah, featuring progressive outfit Interloper and tech-death unit Cognitive as support. Dubbed "The Divine Ascension Tour", this extensive run kicks off September 11th in Los Angeles, CA, and is one show not to be missed!
Psycroptic's Todd Stern (bass) comments: "We have been caged up for far too long, and I believe this upcoming tour with Fallujah & friends will be a full-on revitalization of the band. We have new material, we believe in it strongly, and are going into this tour planning to be ferocious. I promise that this will be the most aggressive version of the band you've seen in ages."
Fallujah's Scott Carstairs (guitars) adds: "This fall, Fallujah will return to unleash an atmospheric onslaught upon the masses. To say that we are excited to co-headline with Psycroptic would be an understatement. We have never been more ready to tear up North America...Not only to bring you one of the most extreme tech death line-ups of the year, but also to perform for you NEW music from our record, 'Empyrean'!! Let's rage!"
See below for all dates! For a preview of Psycroptic's Divine Council, stream the previously released singles - "Exitus" and "Rend Asunder" - now at: https://lnk.to/Psycroptic
"The Divine Ascension Tour" dates
w/ Psycroptic, Fallujah, Interloper, Cognitive
Sept. 11 - West Hollywood, CA - Whisky-A-Go-Go
Sept. 12 - Mesa, AZ - Nile Underground
Sept. 13 - El Paso, TX - Rockhouse Bar & Grill
Sept. 14 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
Sept. 15 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
Sept. 16 - Austin, TX - Come and Take it Live
Sept. 17 - Dallas, TX - Amplified Live
Sept. 18 - Houston, TX - Acadia
Sept. 20 - Orlando, FL - The Haven
Sept. 21 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade (Purgatory)
Sept. 22 - Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero
Sept. 23 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
Sept. 24 - Brooklyn, NY - The Meadows
Sept. 25 - Clifton, NJ - Dingbatz
Sept. 26 - Providence, RI - Alchemy
Sept. 27 - Québec City, QC - Source de la Martinière
Sept. 28 - Montreal, QC - Foufounes Electriques
Sept. 29 - Ottawa, ON - Brass Monkey
Sept. 30 - Albany, NY - Empire Underground
Oct. 1 - Pittsburgh, PA - Preserving Underground
Oct. 2 - Cleveland, OH - Cleveland Masonic (Asylum)
Oct. 3 - Chicago, IL - Reggies
Oct. 4 - Minneapolis, MN - The Cabooze
Oct. 5 - Winnipeg, MB - Park Theater
Oct. 6 - Regina, SK - The Exchange
Oct. 7 - Calgary, AB - Dickens
Oct. 8 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room
Oct. 10 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theater
Oct. 11 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
Oct. 12 - Portland, OR - Bossanova Ballroom
Oct. 13 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
Oct. 14 - Fresno, CA - Full Circle Brewery District
Oct. 15 - Santa Ana, CA - Stages
Australian fans can also catch Psycroptic at a special release show in Melbourne on August 5th. See below for more info!
Psycroptic live:
Aug. 5 - Divine Council Album Launch @ Max Watts - Melbourne, Australia*
*w/ Denouncement Pyre, Werewolves and Golgothan Remains
Brothers Dave Haley (drums) and Joe Haley (guitar) have steered Psycroptic through different shades of death metal, from the technical to the experimental, with longtime vocalist and lyricist Jason Peppiatt and bassist Todd Stern further embellishing the sound of the band to create something that is distinctively Psycroptic.
Origin vocalist Jason Keyser has long been considered a part of Psycroptic's extended family, and on Divine Council, he contributes vocals to the album tracks. As Peppiatt wrote the lyrics and vocal patterns, the group were able to utilize an extended palette of styles to further enhance his sound, courtesy of Keyser and additional vocals from Amy Wiles, hitting upon a collective approach to complement the Haleys.
With writing and recording punctuated by a pandemic and subsequent strict lockdowns, Divine Council was recorded in various locations across Australia and North America. Drums were tracked at Anubis Studios by Chris Thelemco, bass was captured by Justin Spaeth at Cave Bound Studio, and guitars, vocals and synths were recorded by the band's own Joe Haley at his Crawlspace Studios before he mixed and mastered the album's nine tracks.
The suffocating atmosphere carries through to the lyrics that detail the myriad of ways that human beings waste, destroy or devalue what's in front of them - captured in the evocative album artwork, courtesy of the prolific Eliran Kantor. With narrative threads that throw back to tracks on both their self-titled album and As The Kingdom Drowns, Psycroptic have found yet more new ways to explore human's inherent inability to see the bigger picture - or change track before a miserable demise becomes a crushing inevitability.
Divine Council is an album that oozes confidence, maturity and a relaxed self-assurance befitting of a band with a rich legacy behind them and an unconstrained future ahead of them.
Divine Council track-listing:
1. Rend Asunder
2. A Fool's Errand
3. This Shadowed World
4. Enslavement
5. Ashes of Our Empire
6. The Prophet's Council
7. Awakening
8. A Fragile Existence
9. Exitus
Psycroptic line-up:
Jason Peppiatt - Vocals (studio and live)
Jason Keyser - Vocals (studio only)
Joe Haley - Guitar
Todd Stern - Bass
Dave Haley - Drums
Psycroptic online:
https://www.facebook.com/psycroptic
https://www.instagram.com/psycroptic_official/
https://www.psycroptic.com/
