Vocalist/guitarist David Davidson from recent Relapse Records signings REVOCATION spoke to Mark Morton from Examiner.com about a number of topics including their forthcoming album, Existence Is Futile, which is expected to see a fall 2009 release date.

Here are a few excerpts from the chat:

Examiner.com: What is the extreme metal scene in Boston like? I notice you guys tend to drift south along the coast a lot. What types of tours has the band done? Have you gotten on any of the festivals?

Davidson: "The metal scene in Boston is pretty good; we have a lot of diverse bands that play a variety of types of metal. We like to get on the road as much as possible and have done several DIY U.S. tours over the past few years. We would love to make it to Canada and Europe soon. The biggest festival we have done has been the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival."

Examiner.com: You’ve got a really amazing sound that merges old school thrash with modern technical death metal. How did you come to evolve this sound while avoiding the neo-thrash sound?

Davidson: "We loved thrash since we were in high school, and we would constantly rage to bands like EXHORDER, FORBIDDEN and DARK ANGEL. At the same time we were really into technical death metal. The fusion of the styles just came naturally for us. The neo-thrash sound has been more of a recent development over the past few years, it’s definitely a separate thing from what we're doing. We weren't consciously trying to avoid it, but it just never really affected us one way or another."

Examiner.com: I must say, you have a bit of MEGADETH in your sound, which adds an interesting technical dynamic. Was that intentional or just incidental of your influences?

Davidson: "I would say that it’s more incidental. Megadeth are a huge influence on me, especially from a solo standpoint, because Marty Friedman is one of my favorite guitarists. But I don't sit down and try to sound like a particular band. I listen to a wide range of music (both metal and non metal), so certain influences creep in. I may be listening to some later period GORGUTS and be inspired to write some dissonant, fucked up death metal riffs, or I may be listening to EXODUS and feel the urge to write some straight up thrash. The goal is to have it sound like us, though, at the end of the day."

Read the entire interview here.