REVOCATION will release its new album, "The Outer Ones", on September 28 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2016's "Great Is Our Sin" sees the band pushing both the death metal and progressive elements of its signature sound harder than ever. The song "Blood Atonement", taken from "The Outer Ones", can be streamed below. "The Outer Ones" track listing: 01. Of Unworldly Origin 02. That Which Consumes All Things 03. Blood Atonement 04. Fathomless Catacombs 05. The Outer Ones 06. Vanitas 07. Ex Nihilo 08. Luciferous 09. A Starless Darkness "I knew that I wanted to go in a darker direction, and this is our most death metal album to date," states vocalist/guitarist Dave Davidson. "Sometimes when death metal bands go down the prog route, they lose some of that edge, but we wanted to keep the aggression at the forefront of what we do while still pushing our boundaries." Moving away from the societal and historical themes that informed "Great Is Our Sin", this time Davidson has immersed himself in the fantastic, evoking one of the great writers of the sci-fi/horror genre. "The title is my ode to H.P. Lovecraft and the entities of pure cosmic horror that rule that universe he created," Davidson says. "Since the new music we were writing was so evil and spacey in sections, it seemed to be the right title to fit the overall vibe. But while the lyrical content is largely influenced by such writings, in every allegory there is, of course, some reflection of the real world, so I enjoy writing in a way that could have one overlaying meaning and then another deeper, symbolic meaning as well." REVOCATION is currently taking part in its first North American headlining tour in several years, with EXHUMED, RIVERS OF NIHIL and YAUTJA as support. REVOCATION is: David Davidson - Guitars / Vocals Dan Gargiulo - Guitars / Vocals Brett Bamberger - Bass / Vocals Ash Pearson - Drums
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