Myspace New-Metal Reviews: Revocation
New metal, not Nu-Metal.
Snap judgements are like assholes.
Mortal Kombaaaat!
It’s new to me, and new to you. Here’s a review of two new songs from Revocation’s forthcoming full-length, “Existence Is Futile”.
- Dismantle the Dictator: Vocals sound a lot like Burnt By The sun. Very technical, catchy riffs. This is like Necrophagist, but doesn’t sound totally impossible to play and learn for yourself. Drumming is pretty sick. Gang chorus vocals before a “make it rain” solo at 2:50 is the highlight here. Very cool stuff going on throughout the entire track. The whole outro sounds like a damn Satriani outtake. And, strangely this works quite well!
- The Brain Scramblers: Maybe I was bit hasty with thinking it was like Necrophagist but not totally impossible to play…these guys make a trio sound like 5 people. When it comes to technical sounding metal, the production needs to be clear but not overglossed. The drums are a tad too trigger happy on this track, but the guitars and bass are brought up to their level to compete for listening space. The best thing going on here is a short length. Their not filling a song full of shitty riffs, it’s just enough past a 3 minute mark to remain memorable.
Bottom Line: If you’re into tech-death metal give this band a shot. You can tell these songs apart, which is saying a lot for most tech-metal bands that just fill each song with a flurry of speed picking sweep solos in every song. Bonus points for having Baraka included in the album art.
