01. Cretin
02. Cradle Robber
03. Harlot
04. Dissolution Ritual
05. Conjuring The Cataclysm
06. No Funeral
07. Fractal Entity
08. Chaos Of Forms
09. The Watchers
10. Beloved Horrifier
11. Dethroned
12. Reprogrammed

This review reflects Chaos Of Forms by Revocation after doing a full discography listen-through.

Revocation is an uneven band. The strongest material creates an arch, beginning with Chaos Of Forms, moving on to Revocation and Deathless, before ending with Great Is Our Sin.

I believe that the person that "made" Revocation is not Dave Davidson, but rhythm guitarist Dan Gargiulo (2010-2020, now in Artificial Brain). He was involved in the band when that peak material was created. Chaos Of Forms was an instant step up from the band's first albums. The album has more pristine production, riffs are more memorable, and songs have space to breathe, ebb and flow. Gargiulo also contributes with his lead work; there are a lot of places where it's actually Dan playing some leads, not the big man Dave. Everything comes together to make strong, memorable metal moments.

After Chaos Of Forms, the band takes a dip with the self-titled Revocation. It sounds like the "difficult third album", where after a great album it's hard to top it. It's mid-tier curiosity with mushy tones. Deathless is a return to the spirit of Chaos Of Forms, repeating a lot more functional harmonies, injecting melodies to make songs interesting, with great production too. With Great Is Our Sin, it's back to the slow decline has been sustained across Revocation albums to this day. You are able to separate the two first albums and the albums that came after Great Is Our Sin. In those, Dave Davidson goes on to embrace a fuzzy, woolly tone and chug a forgettable barrage of riffs that drag on to boredom. The only highlights are his amazing leads, which in way too many cases pop at the last minute of the songs, after four minutes of mushy riffage. Yes, there are some stand-out moments here and there, but those don't save the albums, so I will just ignore those completely.

My conclusion is it's Chaos Of Forms that takes the #1 spot of Revocation's releases, with Deathless coming very strong in second place. The rest, I see no point in investing time at all whatsoever.

Performance:	9
Songwriting:	8
Originality:	8
Production:	8