Great Is Our Sin

Great Is Our Sin
Studio album by Revocation
Released July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22)
Genre Technical death metal, thrash metal, progressive metal
Length 47:53
Label Metal Blade
Producer Revocation, Zeuss
Revocation chronology
Deathless
(2014)
Great Is Our Sin
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicfavorable[1]
Loudwirefavorable[2]
MetalSucks4.5/5[3]

Great Is Our Sin is the sixth studio album by American death metal band Revocation, released on July 22, 2016. It is the band's first album to feature drummer Ash Pearson, who replaced original drummer Phil Dubois-Coyne in 2015.[4]

Release and promotion

The release of Great Is Our Sin was first announced on May 24, alongs with the release of the first single "Communion".[5][6] On June 9 the second song "Monolithic Ignorance" was released as a lyric video via Stereogum.[7][8] A lyric video for "Crumbling Imperium" premiered at Loudwire on June 23.[9] David Davidson appeared on the MetalSucks podcast #153 to talk about Great Is Our Sin, on the podcast "Profanum Vulgus" debuted.[10]

Track listing

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

No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Arbiters of the Apocalypse"    4:20
2. "Theatre of Horror"    4:33
3. "Monolithic Ignorance"  Gargiulo 4:33
4. "Crumbling Imperium"    5:24
5. "Communion"    4:44
6. "The Exaltation" (instrumental)  3:40
7. "Profanum Vulgus"    5:27
8. "Copernican Heresy"    3:44
9. "Only the Spineless Survive"    4:19
10. "Cleaving Giants of Ice"  Gargiulo 4:22
Total length:
45:07

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[11]

Personnel

Revocation

Guest musicians

Production

Visual art

Studios

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 169
US Billboard 200[13] 189

References

  1. Monger, Timothy. Great is Our Sin - Revocation at AllMusic
  2. Bowar, Chad (July 22, 2016). "Revocation, 'Great Is Our Sin' - Album Review". loudwire.com. Loudwire. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  3. Frank, Max (July 14, 2016). "Review: Revocation's Great is Our Sin Burns Down the House". www.metalsucks.net. Metal Sucks. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  4. Rosenberg, Axl. "Soon-To-Be Former 3 Inches of Blood Drummer Ash Pearson Joins Revocation". metalsucks.net. MetalSucks. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  5. Staff writer(s); no by-line. (May 24, 2016). "Revocation to release new album, 'Great Is Our Sin', on July 22nd". www.metalblade.com. Metal Blade Records. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  6. Staff writer(s); no by-line. (May 24, 2016). "Revocation To Release 'Great Is Our Sin' Album In July". www.blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  7. Staff writer(s); no by-line. (June 9, 2016). "Revocation premieres lyric video for "Monolithic Ignorance" via Stereogum.com". www.metalblade.com. Metal Blade Records. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  8. Moore, Doug (June 9, 2016). "Revocation – "Monolithic Ignorance" (Stereogum Premiere)". www.stereogum.com. Stereogum. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  9. DiVita, Joe (June 23, 2016). "Revocation, 'Crumbling Empirium' - Lyric Video Premiere". loudwire.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  10. Chuck & Godless (July 5, 2016). "Dave Davidson of Revocation Returns to The MetalSucks Podcast #153". www.metalsucks.net. MetalSucks. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  11. Great is Our Sin (booklet). Revocation. Metal Blade Records. 2016.
  12. "Ultratop.be – Revocation – Great Is Our Sin" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  13. "Revocation – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Revocation. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

External links

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