Dave Haley (born 5 March 1980) is an Australian musician. He is the drummer of

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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 signe ...

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and Werewolves, and

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and KING. Haley previously performed for

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from 2007 for seven years, and served as a touring member of

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, with whom he previously served between 2003 and 2007, from 2013 until 2015. He has also recorded with Belgian death metal band Aborted, the

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band The End of All Reason, also from Belgium, and

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act Nervecell. Haley formed Psycroptic 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. In 2003, he joined The Amenta with his brother Joe; he joined fellow Hobart musician Alex Pope in his black metal project Ruins in 2004. In 2007 Haley took over the drumming role in Blood Duster from Matt Rizzo. He joined the reformed

in 2016 and in 2014 joined the black metal band KING. He formed Werewolves in late 2019 with two ex-members of The Berzerker. Haley has recorded eight albums with Psycroptic, four albums and an EP with Ruins, two albums with The Amenta, an EP with Blood Duster and one album with Werewolves.

Discography

Psycroptic

* ''

The Isle of Disenchantment ''The Isle of Disenchantment'' is the self-released debut album by Australian technical death metal band Psycroptic. It was released in 2001. Track listing Personnel * Matthew Chalk - Vocals * Joe Haley - Guitar * Cameron Grant - Bass * Dave ...

'' – (2000) * ''

The Scepter of the Ancients ''The Scepter of the Ancients'' is the second album by Psycroptic. It was released in 2003 by Unique Leader. Track listing Personnel * Matthew Chalk – Vocals * Joe Haley – Guitar * Cameron Grant – Bass * Dave Haley – Drums {{D ...

'' – (2003) * '' Symbols of Failure'' – (2006) * '' Ob(Servant)'' – (2008) * ''The Inherited Repression'' – (2012) * ''Psycroptic'' – (2015) * ''As The Kingdom Drowns'' – (2018) * ''Divine Council'' – (2022)

The Amenta

* ''

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'' – (2004) * ''n0n'' – (2008)

King

* ''Reclaim The Darkness'' – (2016) * ''Coldest of Cold'' (2019)

Ruins

* ''Atom and Time'' ''EP'' – (2004) * ''Spun Forth as Dark Nets'' – (2005) * ''Cauldron'' – (2008) * ''Front the Final Foes'' – (2009) * ''Place of No Pity'' – (2012)

Blood Duster

* ''SVCK'' ''EP'' – (2012) * KVLT – (2012) – full-length album recorded and pressed on

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but deliberately destroyed before release – the album was issued but is unplayable

Abramelin

* ''Never Enough Snuff'' - (2020)

Werewolves

* ''The Dead Are Screaming'' - (2020) * What A Time To Be Alive - (2021)

Pestilence

* ''Obsideo'' – (2013)

Nervecell

* ''Preaching Venom'' – (2008)

Aborted

* '' Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture'' – (2007)

The End of All Reason

* ''Artifacts'' – (2011)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haley, Dave 1980 births Australian heavy metal drummers Living people Death metal musicians Musicians from Tasmania People from Hobart Pestilence (band) members 21st-century drummers