Revocation (album)

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Revocation
Revocation Self-titled.jpg
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)
  4. "Revocation Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  5. "Revocation Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  6. "Revocation Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.
  7. "Revocation Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.