Revocation (album)

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Revocation
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 5, 2013 (2013-08-05)
RecordedFebruary - March 2013
Studio
Genre Technical death metal, thrash metal
Length45:52
Label Relapse
Producer Revocation, Peter Rutcho
Revocation chronology
Teratogenesis
(2012)
Revocation
(2013)
Deathless
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Exclaim! 7/10
Metalstorm.net 6.0/10
Popmatters 8/10
Rock Hard 9.0/10

Revocation is the fourth studio album by American technical death metal band Revocation, released on August 5, 2013 by Relapse Records.

Contents

The album entered the US Billboard 200 at #159. [1] selling 2,500 copies in the first week [2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Davidson; all music is composed by Davidson, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."The Hive" 3:44
2."Scattering the Flock"Gargiulo5:28
3."Archfiend" 5:42
4."Numbing Agents" 3:18
5."Fracked" 3:52
6."The Gift You Gave" 5:31
7."Invidious" 4:27
8."Spastic" (instrumental) 3:57
9."Entombed by Wealth" 4:09
10."A Visitation"Gargiulo5:44
Total length:45:52
Deluxe edition bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Dyers Eve" (Metallica cover) Hetfield Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett 5:15
Total length:51:07

Personnel

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes. [3]

Revocation
Additional Musicians
Production
Artwork and design

Chart performance

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [1] 159
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [4] 35
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [5] 15
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [6] 4
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [7] 44

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References

  1. 1 2 "Revocation Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  2. Brown, Matt. "Metal By Numbers 8/14: Asking Alexandria About The Charts". www.metalinsider.net. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  3. Revocation (liner notes). Revocation. Relapse. 2014.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  5. "Revocation Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  6. "Revocation Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.
  7. "Revocation Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.