History Music / Revocation

As of June 2020, Dan Gargiulo has left the band. A replacement has yet to be announced. Meanwhile, their eighth (ninth if one counts their Cryptic Warning days) studio album ''Netherheaven'' is set to be released on September 9, 2022.

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Alliance and Tyranny", "Stillness", "Enter the Hall", "Across Forests and Fjords", "Fractal Entity", "Spastic", "Apex", "The Exaltation", and "Ex Nihilo".

* SpecialGuest: [[Music/JobForACowboy Jon Rice]], [[Music/ThreeInchesOfBlood Ash Pearson]], [[Music/TheFaceless Alex Rudinger]], and Toby Swope (Psychosomatic) all filled in for Phil after he left the band, and Ash eventually became an AscendedExtra. On the guitar front, Noah Young (Skeletal Remains) is a current live session member, and it remains to be seen whether he will join as a full member. Additionally, [[Music/{{Aborted}} Sven de Caluwe]] joined them onstage as a guest vocalist for "Madness Opus" during a European tour with Cannibal Corpse and Aeon. As for album guests, [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Marty Friedman]] has a guest solo on "The Exaltation".

As of June 2020, Dan Gargiulo has left the band. A replacement has yet to be announced. Meanwhile, their eighth (ninth if one counts their Cryptic Warning days) studio album ''Netherheaven'' is set to be released sometime in late 2022.

As of June 2020, Dan Gargiulo has left the band. A replacement has yet to be announced.

Revocation is an American technical death metal band. Characterized by their [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly highly eclectic]] sound that combines elements of countless metal and non-metal genres, as well as frontman David Davidson's unique, versatile guitar style, Revocation has made a tremendous rise in a short period of time, having netted a lucrative contract with heavyweight metal label Relapse Records, as well as embarking on numerous high-profile tours, and it doesn't look as if they're going to stop any time soon.

** ''Chaos'' majorly amped up their GenreRoulette and NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies.

* SpecialGuest: [[Music/JobForACowboy Jon Rice]], [[Music/ThreeInchesOfBlood Ash Pearson]], and [[Music/TheFaceless Alex Rudinger]] have filled in for Phil on the past three respective tours, as he broke his arm and has been unable to make the shows; as of now, Ash has crossed over into AscendedExtra territory and is now a full-time member. Additionally, [[Music/{{Aborted}} Sven de Caluwe]] joined them onstage as a guest vocalist for "Madness Opus" during a European tour with Cannibal Corpse and Aeon. As for album guests, [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Marty Friedman]] has a guest solo on "The Exaltation".

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Hard 9 for the most part, soft 10 on the heavier songs. Their absolute heaviest tracks ("Empire of the Obscene", "Reprogrammed", "Teratogenesis", "Madness Opus", and "Only the Spineless Survive") are easily a solid 10.

* BadassBeard: Brett. Dave is also getting there.

* HollywoodNewEngland: From Boston, and got most of their initial fame from house shows and DIY tours, but none of the current lineup still lives there (Dave lives in Brooklyn, Dan lives on Long Island, Brett lives in Virginia, and Ash lives in Vancouver).

* RockTrio: Started out as this. They added Dan in 2010 because a lot of their newer material wound up not really working live without a second guitarist.

This band contains examples of the following tropes:

In August 2013, the band released their [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] fourth album. After their contract with Relapse expired, they signed with Metal Blade Records in 2014 and released ''Deathless'', their fifth full-length, that same year. As of 2015, Phil Dubois-Coyne has announced his exit from the band, citing numerous life circumstances that led to his having to make that decision while also stressing that there is absolutely no bad blood and that they are still his best friends. As of June 26, 2015, [[Music/ThreeInchesOfBlood Ash Pearson]] is officially their new drummer, though he has unofficially held that slot since at least April. ''Great Is Our Sin'', their first release with Pearson behind the kit, dropped on July 22nd, 2016. Their seventh album, entitled ''The Outer Ones'', will release on September 28, 2018.

* TrueCompanions: Music/RiversOfNihil (whose career they have done a lot to help, namely getting them on big tours and sending Jared Klein their way) and Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder, their perennial food and drinking buddies; if they're playing somewhere where at least one member of Revocation resides, they ''will'' show up for pre-show eats and post-show bar runs.

* StartMyOwn: Dave started the experimental rock project Gargoyl with members of Ayahuasca at some point in 2017 and finally released material in 2019. Subverted with Dan and Artificial Brain, as they were around before he joined Revocation. That being said, they never released anything prior to Dan joining the latter, so you could be forgiven for thinking that he started the former as a side project.

* TrueCompanions: Music/RiversOfNihil (whose career they have done a lot to help, namely getting them on big tours and sending Jared Klein their way) and Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder, their perennial food and drinking buddies; if they're playing in Boston and the members of Revocation are in town (or just Dave), they ''will'' show up for pre-show eats and post-show bar runs.

* CthulhuMythos: "Existence Is Futile", "Chaos of Forms", "The Watchers", "A Visitation", "Madness Opus", "The Blackest Reaches", "Of Unworldly Origin", "That Which Consumes All Things", "The Outer Ones", and "A Starless Darkness" all range from heavily inspired by it to outright [[FilkSong Filk Songs]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Teratogenesis'', which was noticeably more death metal-leaning than the previous albums. ''Deathless'' appears to go even further in this direction.

* StartMyOwn: Subverted with Dan and Artificial Brain, as they were around before he joined Revocation. That being said, they never released anything prior to Dan joining the latter, so you could be forgiven for thinking that he started the former as a side project.

* TheStoner: Dan and Brett.

* BlackMetal: A major part of their sound circa ''The Outer Ones'' (especially on "That Which Consumes All Things", "Blood Atonement", and "Luciferous"), which was heavily influenced by Dave and Dan's listening habits during the writing process (particularly technical black acts like Thantifaxath, Dodecahedron, and Imperial Triumphant, as well as Gorguts and Ulcerate, who influenced those acts heavily).

* TechnicalDeathMetal: Along with Music/{{Death}}, Music/{{Necrophagist}}, Music/TheFaceless, Music/{{Obscura}}, Music/DecrepitBirth, and Music/BeyondCreation, they are among the most prominent mainstream faces of the genre.

* TechnicalDeathMetal: Natch.