REVOCATION w/Crowbar, Fit for an Autopsy, Armed for Apocalypse, Witchburn, World Of Lies; Dante’s, 350 W Burnside, Wed Oct 1, 8 pm, $18-20, tickets
While studying at Berklee College of Music, David Davidson’s teachers kept telling him to find his own voice on guitar. So he studied and borrowed from as many players as possible, incorporating jazz, prog-rock, and classic thrash into his death-metal band’s attack.
“It’s all about being inspired and taking all these influences, hopefully blending them together in a melting pot and having your own sound,” Davidson offers.
His band Revocation releases its fifth full-length, Deathless, later this month, and it’s some of the heaviest material they’ve recorded to date. “I think the thrash metal elements were maybe more at the forefront of our earlier records,” the singer/guitarist says. “Starting with the Teratogenesis EP [2012], I think we’re going with a darker, more death metal direction. Of course, we’re always going to have the thrash metal element. I think ‘Scorched Earth Policy’ is probably the best thrash metal song we’ve ever written.”