''Ob(Servant)'' is the fourth studio album by Australian

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band

Psycroptic 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 ...

. It was released on 26 September 2008 by

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Track listing

Critical reception

Alex Henderson of

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praised the band's musicianship, saying that "in fact, is a crucial part of the equation on ''Ob (Servant)''" and "technical is definitely the operative word where Psycroptic are concerned". However, he criticised the release, stating: "the material isn't remarkable, but it is noteworthy" and defined the album with: "although not stunning, certainly doesn't suffer from a lack of musicianship or technical prowess".

Personnel

* Jason Peppiatt –

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* Joe Haley – guitar * Cameron Grant – bass *

Dave Haley Dave Haley (born 5 March 1980) is an Australian musician. He is the drummer of death metal bands Psycroptic, Abramelin and Werewolves, and black metal bands Ruins and KING. Haley previously performed for Melbourne-based grindcore band Blood ...

– drums *

Logan Mader Logan Conrad Mader (born November 16, 1970) is a Canadian record producer and current guitarist of melodic death metal band Once Human, as well as the former lead guitarist of groove metal band Machine Head. Mader is most famous for his time i ...

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, mixer *

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References

{{Authority control 2008 albums Psycroptic albums Nuclear Blast albums Albums produced by Logan Mader