A Feeling of Home on Tour

An interview with Brett Bamberger of Revocation

By: George Archibald
Photos by Andrew Bastion & Josh Drespling

Metal Blade Records Artist, Revocation are feeling quite at home among the lineup of this year’s Summer Slaughter. This Boston based technical death metal band are riding high after just releasing their 6^th album, Great Is Our Sin, just last week. This band fuses death metal, thrash and the melodic, by incorporating stylings of old school metal and today’s modern techniques, to create a musical blend that is appreciated by metal heads of all ages. Brett Bamberger the bassist of the band had a few minutes during Summer Slaughter to speak to me about the new record and how touring was coming along.

GA: So how has the tour been going for the band?

Brett: Good man, it is exceeding my expectations, we are having a really good time.

GA: Revocation just dropped a new album last Friday, how was your studio experience?

Brett: It was really awesome, we as a band record all separately. The drums go in first, then we work on the rhythm guitars, then leads, then they bring in me for the bass parts at pretty much the end. Then we pretty much do the vocals after, it’s like we do bass for three quarters of the day then do vocals at the end just so Dave doesn’t blow out his voice. It gives a little bit extra time, and more time to sit on it and do stuff. Working with Zeus, is always amazing, this is our third effort with Zeus. Home is with him, and we have a really good time recording. It’s a good collaborative process, especially with the bass, we work on a lot of that on the spot, we do it and come with some cool lines. It’s like we have three minds on it to spice it up. For me, recording is always a good time and a unique experience.

GA: So what has been your favorite stops while on tour?

Brett: Everyday has been awesome. This is day seven I think, New York was a hoot, Worchester was awesome, Florida was amazing, Boston was sick, every show is just sick. This show (Cleveland) was amazing, so I am pretty much stoked. We have been just having a really good time every day.

GA: Of all the bands you are on tour with, who would say is the biggest rock star like one for you to play with?

Brett: This tour is a lot of friends and family to us. We’ve toured Europe with Cannibal Corpse, so we lived on a bus with them for a couple of months. It’s like we are so excited with those guys. We’ve toured with Carnifex before, and we are super tight with them. Ash, he had played drums in Three Inches of Blood, he has toured with Ingested before. Krisiun is super cool, everyone is just super sick, and we are having a good time. Obviously we look up to Cannibal Corpse. Suffocation, the New York homies, I’m a tri-state guy so it’s good to have that New York flavor on the bill in my opinion. It makes me feel more at home. Just look at the lineup Nile, everyone is just killing it. It’s pretty much a dream come true tour if you are a death metalhead. This is one of the better lineups for Summer Slaughter in my opinion.

GA: So what is next for Revocation after this tour?

Brett: We are going to finish up this tour, then maybe take a bit of time to chill. I am thinking about going down to Florida, and spend some time with my family. Then after that the band is going to go to Europe, in October. We will be out there for a month with Obscura, Rivers of Nihil, and Beyond Creation. It’s going to be a fun time. Then we are going to come back and do a headline tour, we even have a boat show in February. We keep getting offers coming in so we are looking to do a worldwide thing.

GA: Anything else you want to mention?

Brett: Pick up our new record Great is Our Sin; it came out on Metal Blade Records. We worked really hard on it, and thank you to everybody for your support, and thank you for your time man.

Thank you as well Brett, it was a pleasure to speak with you during tour and learn more about what is going on in Revocation’s world. Great is Our Sin is out now grab a copy where ever it is available near you. You can catch Revocation on tour now with Summer Slaughter coming to a town near you. I wish you guys well and enjoy the upcoming European tour.

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