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Hello, everyone recently I've been listening to a lot of revocation, and is it just me, or is Dave Davidson a modern day chuck schuldiner? I know no one can replace chuck, but Dave Davidson is (from what I've heard) it seems like is on par with chucks guitar chops. Even in some revocation songs their vocals to me, sound pretty similar. He even, although it's not a bc rich stealth plays a similar guitar as chuck did, a Jackson warrior. Has anyone else made the connection? What do you guys think? Is Dave Davidson reminiscent of chuck to any of you?

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I've not heard the band (might give them a listen later to confirm my suspicions). Have you considered perhaps the similarities exist as a result of blatant hero worship? There's another band (the name escapes me now) that pretty much sound like Leprosy era Death. It's very much a case of (at least for me) thinking if I wanted something that sounded like early Death I'd listen to early Death.

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Again though if it's pure hero worship then why not just listen to the original? It's the same problem Hammerfall have. Too busy paying homage to their idols (whilst ignoring historical context entirely) to craft an original or even an interesting sound.

 

Inquisition are a great example of getting things right. There's a massive nod to Mayhem (particularly De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas) in their sound. However that sound is removed enough from their inspiration that it can stand on its own.

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Yeah, no, it's not hero worship, it's modern technical death/thrash. There are some progressive influences, but I don't hear them specifically biting Death; the comparison is strained at best. I don't doubt they've been influenced by Chuck, nearly everyone in DM has at this point. Certainly wouldn't elevate them to that level. I checked out some of the new thing and it's well played but not for me.

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As I said I personally had nott heard them. The way OP described them made me think hero worship which turns out to be inaccurate. I'm more tolerant of tech-death then you but listening to that new album now via youtube (I'm about six minutes into said album but as it is the entire record can't tell you what song) it's kind of samey. Well played sure but really not that different from pretty much every other tech-death band on the planet.

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On 7/27/2016 at 7:48 PM, Fabulousdisaster88 said:

Hello, everyone recently I've been listening to a lot of revocation, and is it just me, or is Dave Davidson a modern day chuck schuldiner? I know no one can replace chuck, but Dave Davidson is (from what I've heard) it seems like is on par with chucks guitar chops. Even in some revocation songs their vocals to me, sound pretty similar. He even, although it's not a bc rich stealth plays a similar guitar as chuck did, a Jackson warrior. Has anyone else made the connection? What do you guys think? Is Dave Davidson reminiscent of chuck to any of you?

I was actually thinking this exact same thing when I was listening to "Great is Our Sin" earlier this week. I think Dave is absolutely reminiscent of Chuck. Dave definitely has more jazz and blues influence in his playing, but I see him as the "Chuck Schuldiner" of this era, if I had to make a comparison. I don't mean to compromise the style of each guy, but I do see a connection.

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On July 31, 2016 at 10:05 PM, salmonellapancake said:

I was actually thinking this exact same thing when I was listening to "Great is Our Sin" earlier this week. I think Dave is absolutely reminiscent of Chuck. Dave definitely has more jazz and blues influence in his playing, but I see him as the "Chuck Schuldiner" of this era, if I had to make a comparison. I don't mean to compromise the style of each guy, but I do see a connection.

Totally! Especially the riff in arbiters of the apocalypse right after he says, "open the gates of destruction!"

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