Revelation (metal band)

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Revelation
Concert in 2010
Concert in 2010
General information
origin Baltimore , Maryland , United States
Genre (s) Doom metal
founding 1986
Current occupation
Steve Branagan
John Brenner
Electric bass
 Bert Hall Jr.
former members
Electric bass
 Mike Thiess
Electric bass
 Andy Kremer
Electric bass
 Josh Hart
Electric bass
 Jim Hunter
Electric guitar, vocals
 Dennis Cornelius

Revelation is an American doom metal band from Baltimore , Maryland that was formed in 1986.

history

The band was formed in May 1986 and consisted of guitarist and singer John Brenner, bassist Andy Kremer and drummer Steve Branagan. After the first demo Face Reality was released in January 1987, Kremer left the band, whereupon Brenner also took over this post. This was followed by the next two demos with Terminal Destiny in June and Images of Darkness in November 1987. In February 1988, Bert Hall Jr. joined the group as the new bass player, and the next demo, The Illusion of Progress , followed in March 1989. The band could be heard on the Doom Metal sampler Dark Passages , which allowed them to get a contract with Rise Above Records . In June 1990 the group recorded their debut album Salvation's Answer , which was released on the label in early 1991. Shortly after it was released, she recorded another demo called The Unbearable Vision , which came out in the summer of 1991. Then bassist Bert Hall Jr. left the band and was replaced by Josh Hart. In early 1992, the band recorded their next album Never Comes Silence , which consists of nine songs with a total of 70 minutes playing time. The title song is 18 minutes long. In the summer of 1992, the group signed a deal with Hellhound Records , about which the album was released in early 1993. Despite the good press and thus promising perspectives, the main composer, lyricist and tape recorder Brenner decided to paint rather than make music, not without first proving his friendship to Branagan by recommending Dennis Cornelius as his successor. This actually fitted in well, but Hart suddenly switched to unorthodox . Cornelius and Branagan then recorded the next demo Mourning Son in February 1994. They tried out several bass players in the rehearsal room, the chemistry was only right with Jim Hunter, who was integrated into the line-up in the spring of that year. In November and December of that year the band recorded their next album … yet So Far , which was released in early 1995 on Hellhound Records. It was voted the third best album in the March issue of German Metal Hammer . The release was followed by European tours with Saint Vitus in March and Solitude Aeturnus in May 1995. After the tours, new material was written and presented live at local gigs. After the band separated from Cornelius for a short time in March 1996, they recorded their next demo Frozen Masque in December and started looking for a label, which however remained fruitless. The group then took a longer break.

For the first Stoner Hands of Doom Festival in August 1999, the band got together again. The group also wrote new material. In February 2003 she took part in the German festival Doom Shall Rise before going on tour with Mirror of Deception and Reverend Bizarre . In October 2003 the compilation Frozen Masque was released by The Miskatonic Foundation , which contains the two demos Frozen Masque and Mourning Son , two live recordings, as well as photos and lyrics. In April 2007 the band took part in the Doom or Be Doomed festival in Baltimore . The cast of Salvation's Answer , consisting of Brenner, Hall Jr. and Branagan, played almost all of the songs on the album, while Brenner, Branagan and Hart played most of the songs from Never Comes Silence . In the same year Leaf Hound Records released the two albums again. After the festival appearance, Brenner, Hall Jr., and Branagan began writing new material. After they started towards the end of 2007, thus, was released in June 2008, the album release on Leaf Hound Records. In addition, the trio had already formed another band called Against Nature before the release . In 2009 the band took part in the Doom Shall Rise VI in Göppingen . In addition, the band held a few other gigs in Germany and also recorded a new album, which was released in November 2009 under the name For the Sake of No One on Shadow Kingdom Records . Furthermore, a self-titled album was released in the same year via The Church Within Records , which contains previously unreleased recordings from 1988.

style

According to Robert Müller from Metal Hammer, the band play classic Doom Metal on Salvation's Answer at a slow pace , whereby the vocals remind a little of Ozzy Osbourne . In addition to the “unconditional heavyness”, the album “also has the beautiful, optimistic to melancholic melody, even if that means using an acoustic guitar ”. In addition, Müller stated: "In addition to the blackest, nihilistic depressions of Cathedral , in addition to the almost grand orchestral pomp of Solitude Aeturnus, this is something like the pleasant everyday variant". In the March 1992 issue of Metal Hammer Müller wrote that the music on the album was "romantic, melancholy, not overloaded in the Candlemassian sense, pompous and rich in gestures, but heavy, but elegant, with finely woven acoustic guitar parts". The texts are of a philosophical and religious nature, with John Brenner being primarily inspired by literature. According to Müller, the band also play classic Doom Metal on Never Comes Silence , whereby the band knows how to “ pile up riffs in a subtle way , then let them fade away and enrich the silence with elegant acoustic passages”. According to Michael Lorant from Metal Hammer, the band also play on … yet So Far classic Doom Metal with extended instrumental passages that would be loosened up with the occasional melodic guitar push by Dennis Cornelius. Songs like Grasping the Nettle would sound “like rush in simple slow motion”, whereas “the super slow motion” would be used very rarely and thus appear more effective. The musicians stated that they were strongly influenced by Trouble on the demo Images of Darkness , while in the … yet So Far phase the personal preferences for Rush, Fates Warning and Voivod got through.

Discography

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Garry Sharpe-Young : AZ of Doom, Gothic and Stoner Metal . Cherry Red Books, London 2003, ISBN 1-901447-14-6 , pp. 338 f .
  2. ↑ a b c d Markus Müller: Doom 95 . Revelation. In: Rock Hard . No. 95 , April 1995, pp. 136 .
  3. ↑ Eduardo Rivadavia: Revelation. Allmusic , accessed December 27, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Revelation (5) - Revelation. Discogs , accessed December 27, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Biography. (No longer available online.) Revelation-usa.net, archived from the original on July 24, 2011 ; Retrieved December 27, 2013 .
  6. ^ Robert Müller: Revelation . Salvations Answer. In: Metal Hammer . December 1991, p. 66 .
  7. ^ Robert Müller: Revelation . In: Metal Hammer . March 1992, p. 146 .
  8. ^ Robert Müller: Revelation . Never Comes Silence. In: Metal Hammer . February 1993, p. 56 .
  9. ↑ Michael Lorant: Revelation . ... yet So Far. In: Metal Hammer . March 1995, p. 52 .