A new music video from German tech-death force OBSCURA has just premiered via Youtube/Vevo. "Ten Sepiroth," taken from the band's recent full-length Akroasis, can be streamed in full at this location.
In addition to their series of festival appearances this coming summer (including Brutal Assault, Tuska Open Air, and more), OBSCURA have also announced a new headlining European tour this October! They'll be laying waste to Western and Eastern Europe alongside a stellar lineup of Revocation, Beyond Creation, and Rivers of Nihil. View a full itinerary of dates below.
Produced by the band and V. Santura (Triptykon, Pestilence), OBSCURA's newest album Akróasis (released this past February via Relapse) is eight songs diverse enough to serve as a near-comprehensive introduction to all of extreme metal. Packed to the gills with virtuosic musicianship, compelling themes, and airtight songwriting,Akróasis has breathed new life into death metal, progressive metal and beyond. Akróasis is out now worldwide via Relapse Records on CD, 2xLP and Digital - physical orders are available HERE, and digital orders can be placed HERE.
OBSCURA Live:
Jul 7 Helsinki, FI Tuska Open Air
July 24 Tel Aviv, IL Gagarin / Progstage Festival
July 24 - 30 Tolmin, SI MetalDays Festival
Aug 11 Jaromer, CZ Brutal Assault
Aug 17 - 20 Dinkelsbuhl, DE Summerbreeze Festival
Aug 21 Brittany, FR Motocultor Festival
***All Dates with Revocation, Beyond Creation, Rivers of Nihil***
Oct 20 München, DE Feierwerk
Oct 21 Weinheim, DE Café Central
Oct 22 Haarlem, NL Patronaat
Oct 23 London, UK The Dome
Oct 24 Sheffield, UK Corporation
Oct 25 Aarschot, BE de Klinker
Oct 26 Paris, FR Divan du Monde
Oct 27 Aarau, CH Kiff
Oct 28 Les Pennes-Mirabeau, FR Jas'Rod
Oct 29 Calenzano/Florence, IT Cycle Club
Oct 30 Brescia, IT Circolo Colony
Oct 31 Ljubljana, SI Orto Bar
Nov 01 Wien, AT Viper Room
Nov 02 Kosice, SK Colosseum
Nov 03 Dresden, DE Scheune
Nov 04 Prague, CZ Nova Chmelnice
Nov 06 Oberhausen, DE Kulttempel
Nov 07 Berlin, DE Lido
Nov 08 Hamburg, DE Markthalle
Nov 09 Stockholm, SE En Arena
Nov 10 Oslo, NO Parkteatret
Nov 11 Aalborg, DK Aalborg Metal Festival
Having delivered five killer albums boasting some of the most potent, technical and abrasive metal unleashed over the last decade, it would be easy for Revocation to sit back and rest upon their laurels. However, with their constant drive to push their sound ever forward and refusal to compromise their integrity, this could never be the case - and Great Is Our Sin is their most dynamic, boundary-pushing and weighty release to date.
Today Stereogum.com is presenting the second audio offering off of Great Is Our Sin. The lyric video for the song "Monolithic Ignorance" can be viewed here: http://www.stereogum.com/1881781/revocation-monolithic-ignorance-stereogum-premiere/mp3s
Great Is Our Sin is slated for a July 22nd release date via Metal Blade Records. To hear the first single, "Communion" - and to pre-order the record in various formats! - please visit: http://www.metalblade.com/revocation
When it came time for the follow-up to 2014's Deathless, the quartet had their work cut out for them, and their response to the challenge is a record that grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. Never forcing anything, the songs that would comprise Great Is Our Sin came together organically, and while the members being spread all around North America would have been an impediment to some, Revocation drew strength from it.
Reuniting with producer Zeuss (Hatebreed, Bleeding Through), who also helmed Deathless and 2012's Teratogenesis EP, the record packs the requisite punch, yet retains the organic feel with which it was conceived. Known for their technical prowess, the band remained dedicated to upping the ante without ever losing sight of the importance of good songwriting.
Regardless of the state of the world, nothing is going to slow Revocation down any time soon. Whilst the lineup has changed over the ten years the band has been in existence, Davidson's passion has never waned, and they are arguably sounding better than ever as they look toward the future. "We can't wait to bring these songs out on the road and perform them for different audiences all over the world. 'Great Is Our Sin' is a new chapter for the band, and collectively we feel that it is our defining record to date."
Great Is Our Sin track-listing:
1. Arbiters of The Apocalypse
2. Theatre of Horror
3. Monolithic Ignorance
4. Crumbling Imperium
5. Communion
6. The Exaltation
7. Profanum Vulgus
8. Copernican Heresy
9. Only the Spineless Survive
10. Cleaving Giants of Ice
In support of Great Is Our Sin, Revocation will be hitting the road this summer as part of the Summer Slaughter tour, alongside Cannibal Corpse, Nile, After the Burial, Suffocation, Carnifex, Krisiun, Slaughter to Prevail and Ingested. The tour kicks offJuly 23rd in Orlando, FL and runs through August 21st in Atlanta, GA. A complete list of dates can be found below.
Summer Slaughter tour dates
July 23 - Orlando, FL @ The Plaze Live
July 24 - Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor
July 26 - Knoxville, TN @ The International
July 27 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
July 28 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
July 29 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
July 30 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
July 31 - Cleveland, OH @ The Agora Theatre
Aug. 2 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Cabooze
Aug. 3 - Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
Aug. 5 - Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
Aug. 6 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
Aug. 8 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO
Aug. 10 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
Aug. 11 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
Aug. 12 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
Aug. 13 - Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
Aug. 15 - Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Live
Aug. 16 - Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room
Aug. 17 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Aug. 19 - Richmond, VA @ The National (B4BQ)
Aug. 20 - Wilmington, NC @ Ziggy's By The Sea
Aug. 21 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Revocation line-up:
David Davidson - Guitars / Vocals
Dan Gargiulo - Guitars / Vocals
Brett Bamberger - Bass / Vocals
Ash Pearson - Drums
Revocation online:
http://www.revocationband.com
http://www.facebook.com/revocation
http://www.twitter.com/revocation
http://www.youtube.com/officialrevocation
