Oho, this was a pleasant surprise! The mixture of grunge and harder, heavier rock is a rapidly growing genre in the USA, particularly in the Southern states (specifically Georgia and the Carolinas, which have given us Sevendust, Stereomud, Dark New Day, Virgos Merlot, to name but a few). Revelation Theory sort of fit into this genre, mixing less grunge with their heavier, harder-hitting moments. At the same time, they have a much more pronounced commercial skill that makes almost every one of these songs a potential single.It’s a tough album to describe, other than that. In their own words, they say, "Most of our fans describe us as a mix between Sevendust, Staind, and Seether," the band tell me. Well, I think I'd agree to a certain extent. The band's sound certainly contains elements of heavier grunge (Seether), 'crooning' vocals (Staind - kind of, but nowhere near as whiny as Aaron Lewis), and a whole skip-load of raw emotion, power and talent (Sevendust).
Julien's heavy, driving guitars, coupled Rich's rougher singing and the groovy rhythms of Matty and Dave, the band have a sound purpose-built for the live setting.
Overall, this album turned out to be far more interesting, catchy and also better written than other reviews had led me to believe. No, they don’t reinvent the wheel, but they know how to rock like bastards, and surely that’s all we really need, right?
Top cuts: current single "Slowburn", and "Selfish And Cold" (personal favourite)
Far from being mere immitations of other bands, Revelation Theory have a familiar, yet unique hard rock sound that should be attractive to the majority of hard rock fans.
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