{"id":29038,"date":"2015-06-09T15:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T20:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=29038"},"modified":"2015-06-08T22:09:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T03:09:47","slug":"death-bliss-an-easter-spent-with-revocation-black-crown-initiate-and-sexcrement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/death-bliss-an-easter-spent-with-revocation-black-crown-initiate-and-sexcrement\/","title":{"rendered":"Death-bliss: An Easter spent with Revocation, Black Crown Initiate and Sexcrement."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Boston thrash lords<strong> Revocation<\/strong> are playing a handful of dates following their tour with <strong>The Contortionist<\/strong> and <strong>Fallujah<\/strong>. Fortunately for yours truly, they happened to be spending Easter casually dining on roasted lamb with cherished loved ones (OK, maybe that&#8217;s what I was doing)\u2026 before heading to Middle East in Cambridge with <strong>Black Crown Initiate<\/strong> and <strong>Sexcrement<\/strong> to whip a small army of New Englanders into a frothing fucking frenzy.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Having never seen any of the bands on the bill, I was particularly excited for this rager and the bands involved did not disappoint. Thanks to their generous and congenial willingness to sit down with the Toilet\u2019s own Stockhausen I was at least somewhat familiar with BCI, though I hadn\u2019t explored their material thoroughly. I had absolutely no familiarity at all with Boston\u2019s Sexcrement. The big draw for this fan was Revocation- one of my favorite acts of the last several years.<\/p>\n<p>Sexcrement got the party jumping early on with an incredibly entertaining set. While their band name and album art certainly imply that they\u2019re a porno-grind outfit, their sound is a bit more\u2026 death-y. \u201cYou guys ready to have some fun tonight? We\u2019ve got a hell of a show planned for you!\u201d bellowed their front man to begin their set. They weren\u2019t lying- a male slave and two gothic dom queens headed to the stage in corsets and garters that left just the right amount to the imagination, and so the show was rolling!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_70037\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bSRMWXdR86s?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Immediately our two fem-doms led a dude in some skimpy boxers all around the stage by his hair and generally beat the holy hell out of him as Sexcrement bellowed to the crowd\u2019s delight. Skinny-britches tapped out early (I imagine the studded belt that repeatedly crashed across his bare back was most responsible) and fled from the stage through the crowd, so for the rest of the set an assortment of scantily-clad attractive women performed pseudo-stripteases that had a few struck slack-jawed. Sexcrement\u2019s punishing riffs had the crowd moving a little bit and certainly made a fan out of yours truly- I highly recommend seeing them if they ever make their way through your neck of the woods. Their stage show carries with it an incredibly high entertainment value that\u2019s worth the price of admission by itself!<\/p>\n<p>Toilet friends Black Crown Initiate hit the stage next and immediately made me regret not exploring their material more thoroughly! My fellow authors preached and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/black-crown-initiate-the-toilet-ov-hell-interview\/\">regaled me<\/a> with tales of their prowess and woe is unto me, for I did not take heed. Mixing their brutal growls and melodic clean vocals, BCI seemed to ebb and flow with waves of sound throughout the Gyro-scented establishment. The vast majority of the material played was from the recently released \u2018The Wreckage of Stars\u2019 with tracks like The Malignant, The Fractured One and A Great Mistake all receiving playing time among others. There was nothing particularly noteworthy about their stage show (which stood out after Sexcrement\u2019s offering!) but their playing was incredibly tight and sounded great; they certainly brought the mosh.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_28268\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0-qXwcqwY-4?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You still got the feeling, though, that the crowd was holding some energy in reserve\u2026 and Revocation showed this to be accurate. This being a hometown show for them, a handful of folks who appeared to be friends with the band peppered the crowd. By this point I\u2019d worked my way up to the stage where I would try (and fail) to stay once Revocation got to playing. Right from the outset, a guy to my left flagged down David Davidson and yelled \u2018I made it buddy, how have you been!\u201d to which Davidson responded by grinning like a maniac and taking the gentleman\u2019s hat.<\/p>\n<p>Revocation was INCREDIBLE.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_74958\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RPIRkrb7C0k?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Right away they took the stage and broke into \u2018A Debt Owed to the Grave.\u2019 The venue was set up in such a way that the stage is right on top of the crowd, so I started head banging and mixing sweat\/hair with bassist Brett Bamberger. On at least two occasions, Bamberger, rocking out incredibly hard, simply bashed me on top of the head with his bass. I replied with a hearty \u2018THANK YOU SIR CAN I HAVE ANOTHER?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_76100\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZSn6hbjNKfQ?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The set featured tracks from all over Revocation\u2019s discography; as you\u2019d expect, there was solid representation from the most recent release, Deathless, but there were bits and pieces of every album sprinkled in. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlist\/revocation\/2015\/the-middle-east-upstairs-cambridge-ma-6bc8baca.html\">setlist<\/a> from that night can be found here. Songs that stood out to your author included: Leviathan Awaits, Labyrinth of Eyes, Madness Opus and Witch Trials.<\/p>\n<p>When their set wrapped up, I came to find I&#8217;d been moved some 75-100 feet in the course of the moshing and madness; dazed, I made my way over to the merchandise table to buy BCI&#8217;s &#8216;A Wreckage of Stars.&#8217; and make fun of Stockhausen together, an activity in which they happily obliged me. A faint smile playing across my lips, I made my way back outside with a fresh driving soundtrack to accompany me on my drive home!<\/p>\n<p>Revocation are currently wrapping up a tour with Veil of Maya and assorted others (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Revocation\/app_123966167614127\">dates here!)<\/a>. Black Crown Initiate are out with Deicide, Entombed and Hate Eternal (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlackCrownInitiate\/app_123966167614127\">dates here!)<\/a> and Sexcrement are out defiling your sons and daughters in some Boston alley (<a href=\"http:\/\/sexcrement.bandcamp.com\/\">You can find their bandcamp here, though!)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston thrash lords Revocation are playing a handful of dates following their tour with The Contortionist and Fallujah. 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