Year : 2014
Style : Hard Rock , Glam Metal
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 127 mb
Bio:
Confess is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden with influences of the 80's.”Confess can be recommended as a very explosively and distinctive live band”// heavenofrockmusic.In late 2008 the lead singer John Elliot formed the band, and soon Samael would join the band as the drummer.The band started write their own material right away, and a couple of shows around Sweden were immediately on the schedule. The band released a demo in 2010 and the responses were really good.Denver joined for the guitar and the writing for the future release was in the making . Confess went into the studio in early 2010 to record a couple of new demos. During the recording process Confess got signed by an American based label called Sliptrick Records.Another guitarist was added to the band named Blomman (The Flower Boy). In the early summer of 2011, Confess headed out for a Show-case tour in Latvia with Sliptrick friends, Thyreos & Scarlet Violet.In the fall of 2011 Confess entered the Soundfraction Studios to begin the recording what was to become – The Gin Act. The EP was produced/mixed by Johan Lund and Co-producer Eddie Siojo. Right after the recording of “The Gin Act” a new bass player joined the band, Lucky.The EP was released through Sliptrick records in 2012, and confess started to do some shows around Europe.After comning back to stockholm the band decided to once again enter the mighty soundfraction studio to start the recording of their debut album "JAIL". After alot of tears, sweat and poo the record was finally done. Two videos was recorded for the singels RELATIONSHIT & SCREAM. Confess headed out on the roads of Europe again and the respons was amazing. Confess signed a new deal with the Italian label SG-records and their debut album ”JAIL” will finnaly se the light of dawn in april 2014.And the story will continue…
Album:
I ‘confess’ that I was blown away by this band. As the new century got older the music machine overseas continued to create great music, and in 2008 a Swedish singer named John Elliot put together a crew of extremely talented metalheads named Confess. They began to make demos, play shows, and quickly gained notoriety wherever they went. They released their first independent EP The Gin Act in 2012, toured behind it for a couple years, and then went into the studio to record their debut album Jail.Confess has the heavy style of classic Skid Row, but with the modern sounds of Crashdiet and Hardcore Superstar — they are gritty, raw, and powerful. This is not glam rock, instead it is down and dirty heavy metal with a hint of punk influence that would scare Poison and Bon Jovi off the tour. The lyrics are raunchy and sometimes mean — they aren’t trying to fool anyone with lyrics about being a tender and loving teddy bear. With lines like, “Why don’t you lay down and die?,” “This is the end of our relationshit,” and a seemingly sweet ballad with the line “Show her love… with a bullet,” and song titles like “Relationshit”, “Intervention”, “Cardiac Arrest” and “Pay Before I Go”, I think you can figure out what Confess are all about.But it wasn’t the lyrics that made me dig this band. As an ’80s metalhead musician myself, I noticed the talent of the band. The music is great, and Confess are far more talented than many others in the genre. Their twin guitar attack would make Judas Priest‘s Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing smile, along with a stout and brutal rhythm that will give you a bloody nose if you look at it the wrong way. Basically, the band is made up of five gifted musicians who together make epic music — I can’t help but think what a tour with Confess and Skid Row would be like.Since I can’t really say anymore about the band’s talent without sounding redundant, I’ll tell you a little about a few of the songs. First of all, there wasn’t a song on the entire album that I didn’t like. I bugged the crap out of my wife for two days straight blasting Jail. My favorites are “Relationshit”, which is a hard driving assault that perfectly sums up the feeling of kicking an unwanted girl to the curb, “Scream”, a rhythm section driven song that makes you want to slam into something, and “Pay Before I Go”, which could easily be a hit in the US with its catchy and heavy hooks and harmony vocals. “Setting Sails” has that type of vibe that makes you believe you’ve heard it before, even though you haven’t — I can’t explain it. The song doesn’t remind me of anything, because the band has their own style and aren’t copying anyone, but for some reason it sounds familiar.Other songs that deserve notice (they all do) are the badass “Cardiac Arrest”, the progressive heavy metal masterpiece “Intervention (Sin & Tonic, Pt.2)”, and a cover of Tina Turner‘s “What’s Love Got To Do With It”, a very good version of a classic. Honestly, as a metalhead, lots of bands have done covers of songs that weren’t metal. Some are good, some are bad, but this one is damn good — which is saying a lot seeing as I never liked the original much.Wrapping it up, Confess kick ass — there really isn’t much more to say about them. If you are an ’80s metalhead, grab this album. You will swear it was released during that decade, and even though it wasn’t this band has it right. Sex, drugs, and metal! I would be ecstatic if Confess charted in America, it would mean that everyone here woke up and remembered what real music was.
Line Up:
John Elliot – vocals
Denver – guitar
Blomman – guitar
Lucky – bass
Samael – drums
Additional Musicians:
Rickard Uttermalm – guitar solo (13) and backing vocals
Johan Lund – guitar solo (10,12)
Asser Hakala – acoustic guitar (4,5)
Sofhia Karlsson – additional vocals (5,13)
Production:
Produced by Johan Lund and Confess.
Tracklist:
01. Pray for the Prey
02. Relationshit
03. Scream
04. Pay Before I Go
05. Take Aim
06. Bloodstained Highway
07. Setting Sails
08. Back to Hell
09. Got Lucky
10. Cardiac Arrest
11. Get Me Down
12. Intervention (Sin & Tonic, Pt. 2)
13. What's Love Got to Do with It (Bonus Track)
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