Ob is the fourth studio album by Australian technical death metal

Technical death metal

Technical death metal is a musical subgenre of death metal that focuses on complex rhythms, riffs and song structures. Technical experimentation in death metal began in the late '80s and early '90s by bands such as Death, Atheist and Cynic...

 band Psycroptic

Psycroptic

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. It was released on 26 September 2008 by Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast

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Track listing

1. "Ob(Servant)" – 3:23
2. "A Calculated Effort" – 6:30
3. "Slaves of Nil" – 6:01
4. "The Shifting Equilibrium" – 4:27
5. "Removing the Common Bond" – 6:00
6. "Horde in Devolution" – 5:21
7. "Blood Stained Lineage" – 4:54
8. "Immortal Army of One" – 5:11
9. "Initiate" – 8:01
10. "Behind The Crooked Cross" (Tour Edition)
11. "Dawn Of The Angry" (Tour Edition)
12. "A Calculated Effort [LIVE]" (Tour Edition)
13. "Immortal Army Of One [LIVE]" (Tour Edition)
14. "Ob(Servant) [LIVE]" (Tour Edition)

"USA Bonus DVD"


1."Video Diary "Making of Ob(Servant)"


2."Live Footage from Amsterdam 2006"


3."Live Footage from New Zealand in 2008"

Critical reception

Alex Henderson of Allmusic 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 criticized 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 – vocals
  Death growl
  A death growl, also known as death metal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, and harsh vocals among other names, is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal and black metal music genre, but also used in a variety of heavy metal and hardcore punk subgenres.Death...
  
  
• Joe Haley – guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Cameron Grant – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Dave Haley
  Dave Haley
  Dave Haley is the drummer with Australian death metal band Psycroptic. Haley formed the band in 1999 with his brother Joe, bass guitarist Cameron Grant and vocalist Matthew Chalk. Chalk was subsequently replaced by Jason Peppiatt. Previously, the Haleys were members of Disseminate.Haley has...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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• Logan Mader
  Logan Mader
  Logan Mader was born on November 16, 1970 in Montreal, Canada. Logan is best known for his work as a guitarist in the heavy metal band Machine Head, who formed in Oakland, California in 1992. Their 1994 debut, Burn My Eyes, was released by Roadrunner Records and quickly became the top-selling...
  
   – master
  Mastering engineer
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  , mixer
  Mix engineer
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• Raymond Swanland – artwork
  Album cover
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