History Music / Revocation

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* 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") are easily a solid 10.

** ''The Outer Ones'' has prominent black metal (primarily experimental and technical black metal) and dissonant death metal elements and a significantly more progressive approach overall, with fewer clean vocals and less of a focus on hooks than ''Great Is Our Sin''.

* 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'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).

* BlackMetal: A major part of their sound circa ''The Outer Ones'', which was heavily influenced by Dave'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).

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: As the years have gone on, they've thrown in tons and tons of genres and made them work. In addition to death and thrash, they've used jazz fusion, blues-rock, Southern rock, funk, surf, post-metal, 80s shred, 70s hard rock, progressive rock, bluegrass, and even some Tower of Power-esque horn sections.

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

* CreatorsOddball: ''Chaos of Forms''. Its eclectic, experimental nature and GenreRoulette tendencies make it stand out in their discography, and aside from "No Funeral" (which itself has sparse appearances), they do not play anything from it at this point in time.

* GenreRoulette: ''Existence'' had elements of this, but ''Chaos'' really brought this out. You have straightforward technical death ("Cretin", "Beloved Horrifier", "Reprogrammed"), progressive death ("Dissolution Ritual", "Conjuring the Cataclysm", the title track, "The Watchers"), a straightforward death/thrash track ("Harlot"), a heavily power metal-influenced song ("Cradle Robber"), a Megadeth-esque technical thrash song ("No Funeral"), something that could've been a lost Coroner track ("Dethroned"), and a technical instrumental in the vein of Spastic Ink ("Fractal Entity").

* EpicRocking: "Exhumed Identity" (6:52), "Suffer These Wounds" (6:11), "Tragedy of Modern Ages" (7:03), "Madness Opus" (6:23), and "Witch Trials" (6:03).

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, whose title has not been revealed yet, will release on September 28, 2018.

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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.

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* EldritchAbomination: Some of the characteristics of the [[KrakenAndLeviathan titular monster]] in "Leviathan Awaits" certainly evoke this, while the creatures from "The Watchers" seem to be the [[Creator/HPLovecraft Fungi of Yuggoth]]. Finally, "A Visitation" appears to be about a reality incursion by beings akin to this.

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, will drop on July 22nd, 2016.

* MetalBandMascot: Unofficially, there's Hoss the [[GagPenis giant dildo]], the likes of whom is primarily used for pranks on other musicians.

* VocalEvolution: Dave started out with a higher, more shout-like style that occasionally invited comparisons to metalcore; as time went on, he gradually lowered it to more of a growl and also started using cleans on ''Chaos of Forms'' on an intermittent basis.
* XMeetsY: Music/TheFaceless meets Music/DemolitionHammer.

Revocation is an American technical death metal/thrash 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.

* TheStoner: Dan.

* NoExportForYou: Their cover of Exhorder's "Death in Vain", which was a Japanese bonus track on ''Existence'', as well as their cover of "[[Music/{{Metallica}} Dyers Eve]]" on the self-titled, but that is slightly subverted insofar as the Japanese version of the self-titled was also offered in the US in very limited quantities as a preorder.
* OldShame: Their Cryptic Warning days, to some degree; they're not too happy with them, but it's less about the music itself and more about the naivety and lack of foresight they displayed, culminating in the less-than-stellar production job of their full-length that was due to their picking the first producer that they found regardless of his actual experience with metal.

* PromotedFanboy: Dan.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: "A Debt Owed to the Grave" was inspired by the time that Dave spent working in the morgue of a hospital, as his job largely entailed moving bodies down to the basement. At face value, it's about leaving payment for Charon, but it's also just as much about his realization that he essentially was a ferryman for the dead.

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

* XMeetsY: [[Music/{{Exodus Band}} Exodus]] meets Music/{{The Faceless}} meets Music/{{Death}} meets Music/{{The Dillinger Escape Plan}}. Yes, really.

* CoverVersion: "Death in Vain" (Exhorder), "[[Music/{{Death}} Pull the Plug]]", "[[Music/FaithNoMore Surprise! You're Dead!]]", "[[Music/{{Metallica}} Dyers Eve]]", and "[[Music/MorbidAngel Sworn to the Black]]".

* IconicItem: With his rapidly rising status as a modern shred icon, Dave's 7-string Jackson Warrior with maple finish is fast becoming one of these.

* 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.