The Outer Ones

Critic Score
Based on 4 reviews
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Based on 97 ratings
September 28, 2018 / Release Date
LP / Format
Metal Blade / Label
Revocation, ZeussProducer
David DavidsonWriter
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Critic Reviews

Quag3418K3l
79

Nice drum roll intro to begin Of Unworldly Origin. Solid sharp riffing as well with a fun thrashy bounce. The underlying structure and vibe reminds me a little of Voivod until you get to the groovy passage. Fun track to start.

That Which Consumes All Things hits with furious speed but a very nice atmosphere approach as well. A nice little groove, kind of reminds me of more modern Enslaved at times. At about a minute and half it moves back to their technical thrash bread and butter. Another ... read more

ST4T1C
90

Coworker of mine is a pretty big metal head and they told me about this band they loved called Revocation. I had no clue what to expect on here and I honestly gotta say, this is so fucking good! The riffs on here were incredible, with some really fucking abrasive sounding riffs like “Of Unworldly Origin” and “Vanitas”. The vocals are also damn great, the gruff screamo type refrains are stellar and the lyrics are really great! Everything on here for the most part is just ... read more

fartgoblin
90

new Revocation countdown deep dive (8/10):

so, Revocation is releasing a new album on 26.09 and I've thought that it would be cool if I reviewed every release of theirs one per day, thus the deep dive would end perfectly with me listening to New Gods, New Masters on its release date.

Anyway, let's get to reviewing. I think I know what's been bugging me with their releases after self-titled. It's that they have less thrash elements, which makes their music less fun. However ... read more

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