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Psycroptic - Divine Council



7.9 | 172 votes |
Release date: 5 August 2022
Style: Technical death metal

Owners:

51 have it
12 want it


01. Rend Asunder
02. A Fool's Errand
03. This Shadowed World
04. Enslavement
05. Ashes Of Our Empire
06. The Prophet's Council
07. Awakening
08. A Fragile Existence
09. Exitus

Additional info
Guitars and vocals recorded at Crawlspace Studios.
Bass recorded at Cave Bound Studio.
Drums recorded at Anubis Studios.

Staff review by
nikarg
Rating:
N/A
I don’t like tech-death. The reason is that I don’t like the musicians’ masturbatory playing, and I don’t like music that suffers from ADHD. But I do like Psycroptic and their latest album, Divine Council.

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published 25.08.2022 | Comments (6)

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23.05.2022 - 20:09
Majohadica
I have it and it's great
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29.07.2022 - 13:28
Rating: 7
Karam Aslan
I Have it and it's awesome
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06.08.2022 - 03:26
Rating: 9
Uxküll
Incredible album!
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06.08.2022 - 13:20
Abattoir
Staff
A straightforward tech death metal beast this is. Loving the production as well.
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06.08.2022 - 19:48
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
I'm very impressed with this one, it's very well structured, and has a quality clear sound with a tight production. I'm really liking the guitarwork too, lot's of technicality and melody has gone into it, but importantly it's not overdone. I'm usually not that into technical death metal of this kind, but I must admit this one is very good, I would say they are up there with Obscura as one of the best tech death bands around right now.
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07.08.2022 - 15:11
Rating: 9
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Easily the best album in their discography, perhaps only second to tSotA. They took their done-to-death style (which I love anyhow) and introduced several unexpected twists. They've never sounded more fresh in the last decade or so. There's even "Enslavement", a song which experiments with major-esque keys which I don't think they've done before...and it sounded truly epic. Hats off to these guys who keep the creativity flowing even after having reinvented themselves almost halfway through their career.
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08.08.2022 - 16:16
Rating: 8
Claudric
This album has the coolest riffs I heard in a looong time. The tech death album I enjoyed the most since Archspire's Relentless Mutation.
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08.08.2022 - 23:58
jawharessence
Beast of an album. A total riff machine.
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09.08.2022 - 08:29
BCI
I was introduced to them with As The Kingdom Drowns which I initially loved but got tired of after a short while. Mostly it was because of the guitar tone which started sounding really whinny.
But this is on a whole other level, though. Loving the tempo and complexity, the drums, and the guitar tone is right on the money.
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Black Crown Initiate have ruined a lot of bands for me...
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09.08.2022 - 10:02
Rating: 9
Nightmare^
Joe Haley is a guitar god.
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09.08.2022 - 15:59
Rating: 6
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
A good reminder that I'm not a tech death fan
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18.08.2022 - 21:18
nikarg
Staff
This council is divine indeed.
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29.08.2022 - 01:53
A Real Mönkey
I like that the vocals are more shouted than growled, suits the music nicely.
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"Change the world. My final message. Goodbye."

~Last words of Harambe, seconds before he was shot, according to child he shielded from gunfire
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29.08.2022 - 15:38
Rating: 7
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Excellent guitar work. Anyone else find the drum mixing a little buried? I have new headphones so it could be that.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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03.09.2022 - 20:47
Rating: 8
The Galactician
Very enjoyable. Kind of surprised I hadn't listened to these guys before considering how long they have been around.

When every riff is as well thought-out as these who needs solos?
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05.12.2022 - 20:45
Rating: 7
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
It's tough to listen to this album when I could just go listen to First Fragment instead.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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09.01.2023 - 18:45
Rating: 8
tintinb
The Haley brothers killed in this album. Really really good guitar work.
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Leeches everywhere.
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29.03.2023 - 13:38
Rating: 8
Liafev
This album was my introduction to Psycroptic, and damn I do love them. They guitar work is so groovy for a tech-death album. Somehow it made me feel like the riffing was closer to what one can hear in thrash than tech-death, but keeping all the other elements of tech-death. Superb album from begining to finish.
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02.11.2023 - 19:47
Rating: 10
Marty75
Absolutely perfect! I'd say it's even a hair better than their last CD! And I don't understand how someone can evaluate such great music with one or two points? Just a complete ignoramus. 😉
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06.11.2023 - 02:40
Rating: 9
(o> . <o> )
Love the whole package, but the riffs especially, Rend Asunder and Ashes Of Our Empire favs.

This was my first album I've heard from them a month after it came out. I will be spinning songs form this one for long time to come.
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