Psycroptic – The Pulse of Annihilation tour

with Body Prison + Pulverised Cranial Matter. Altar 8th August 2026

Aug 11, 2026

I’ve been late to the party, I know. For years, my friends kept telling me about this band, Psycroptic. Then, in July, I caught Fear Factory at The Odeon, when I found myself in the pit, in front of Psycroptic, training my lens on Jason as he prowled the stage.

It began to dawn on me as to why Hobart’s Psycroptic were such a force worldwide. After the show, I reached out to Jason (Psycroptic’s front man) to shoot for the album launch at Altar.

Let me say this now: I am relatively new to this end of the metal spectrum. And that only because my daughter introduced me recently. So when I say that I didn’t know either Pulverised Cranial Matter, from Burnie in Tassie’s north-west, or Body Prison, hailing from Narm/Melbourne, you may understand my ignorance. Consider me ignorant no longer!

PCM entered the stage like a set of death-triplets and their demon-possessed overlord. However, the onslaught of deathly roars was intercut with warm smiles and dad jokes between songs.

Conversely, Body Prison arrived with angelic innocence, yet gave what they promised: unrelenting deathcore metal. There was no respite. No remorse. Just thirty minutes of belting metal that left us gasping for air. The crowd lathered up, ready for destiny.

Psycroptic. There is a reason they are well-loved around the world. The technicality in their playing, the energy of frontman Jason Peppiatt or just the sheer power of their songwriting is enough to join the dozens of others in the mosh pit.