Revocation

Tickets available locally at Recycled Records & Higher Elevation Smoke Shop(Incline Village)Bio:Emerging in the mid-2000s, Boston, Massachusetts extreme metal trio Revocation are armed with a super-technical thrash/death metal style that prizes virtuosity as much as heaviness and aggression. Originally operating under the moniker Cryptic Warning, the band found favor with the metal underground via a pair of well-received demos and a full-length. After changing over to Revocation in 2006, the group racked up accolades with virtuosic blasts of uncompromising thrash like Chaos of Forms (2011), Deathless (2014), The Outer Ones (2018), and Netherheaven (2022).Comprised of vocalist/guitarist David Davidson, vocalist/bassist Anthony Buda, and drummer Phil Dubois-Coyne -- all of whom showcase incredible dexterity at their chosen instruments, even by heavy metal standards -- Revocation began attracting attention from numerous labels with their self-released Summon the Spawn EP (2006) and Empire of the Obscene album (2008). They eventually decided to sign with Relapse Records, and delivered their sophomore full-length, Existence Is Futile, in September 2009, also to very positive reviews. The band continued to impress with subsequent albums Chaos of Forms (2011) and Revocation (2013), and in 2014 they inked a deal with Metal Blade and released Deathless, which reached number one on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. It would be the last outing for drummer Dubois-Coyne, who left the group shortly after Deathless release. 2016s Great Is Our Sin also topped the Heatseekers chart, and introduced new drummer Ash Pearson (3 Inches of Blood)In 2018, Revocation issued their seventh studio long-player, The Outer Ones, followed by their first North American headlining tour. The LP became the groups highest charting effort to date, reaching number 46 on the Billboard 200. Guitarist Dan Gargiulo left the fold in 2020, reducing Revocation to a trio. Two years later, the band issued the uncompromising death metal opus Netherheaven, making it to number 15 on the Heatseekers chart. In early 2024, Relapse reissued the groups acclaimed 2012 EP Teratogenesis.