Confessor - Condemned

[goblingrocks]

I LOVE THIS BAND!

[walkwithsteven]

kick-ass. start to finish. One of my favorite bands, ever. None of my friends or family has ever agreed with me. Nice to see others appreciating Confessor.

[Wyndrax]

Great vocals, but what the hell is wrong with the drums?

[Solitude102]

@Wyndrax I see what you did there, lol'ed.

[Wyndrax]

@Solitude102 ..I did something?

[continuum288]

These vox are hideous but i fucking love them!

[THRASHFKINFILLETS]

I wonder if Sweden's Mesguggah were influenced by this band????

[TLVK]

I have been online for SEVERAL years. I have NEVER....EVER commented on a youtube video but I had to voice my opinion on this one. I bought this when I was a sophomore in high school. It still blows my mind til this day. I cannot wait to see them at Maryland Death Fest next year. Steve Shelton is a living god.

[moparmonster1965]

@TLVK Imagine Shelton and say, Steve DiGiorgio in a band.

[HabeKeinMitleid]

@TLVK I'm thinking of going to Maryland Death Fest, but it's kind of far away from where I live. :( Maybe road trip. :)

[suffocapitated]

@HabeKeinMitleid dude go for it. i got my tikets already, and i live in Las vegas. long long way.

[cactusnoturno]

Math metal back in the days....

[pifa4life]

randy blythe would be perfect for this

[distributorofpain666]

this reminds me of the episode of aqua teen hunger force where they remake the happy birthday song... search "Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary"

[MrPlasterchrist]

Look out for the band Far And Away!!! 3 members of confessor, really good stuff. Google it and you will find a link to their demo on blabbermouth. Classic track, pity they split.

[opeth41]

what kind of singer do you dickheads propose they have? its a part of the sound they wanted to make. its not like their music is just any normal thing either. what should they have some stupid ass growler so they can get pigeon holed into a category. fuck you.

[vef444]

@opeth41 agree

[CTYForg]

yes , way ahead of its time....go listen to some crap like the mars volta to see just how ahead they were. You guys cant even hear it.

[avazagorath]

they're more technical style

[TheRippingCorpse]

In a time and world of death metal (1991) these guys wee a refreshing change.

[wopjohn]

this a guy singing?

[oneminutetomidnight]

This song should be in every metal fans top-favorite list. Top-100, Top-50, whatever! This song is legend! This song ROCKS!

[jimmythebop]

i had this album years ago, i actually thought it was a good album back then, obviously it was the drummer i was listening to because the singer has no balls

[badelaisen]

Drummer rules....rarely seen the rest of the band composing songs after the drummers rules! Awesome!

[dionysios1991]

These are some corny motherfuckers! Is sick MAN IS FUCKIN SICK!!!!!! IT RULES!!!

[lusitanoemdublin07]

I actually purchased (well, my parents purchased, haha!) double-bass drums just to master this song ;-P

[lusitanoemdublin07]

SHEEEET!! Now there's a trip down memory lane, hahaha!! ;-DD I was listening to this beauty when I was 15 at school - back in '91. Took me almost a year to master this bitch on the drums. The hardest ever percussion rhythm that I've ever encountered. It's completely all over the place!! ;-D

[alifeofarcticsounds]

does anyone know what the opening polyrhythm is?

[elementdude77]

these guys and Cynic definitely had some of the best prog stuff from the 90's

[litemotiv]

Great stuff, the official video for this track is equally awesome, i'm still trying to find it back..

[Zintendo]

These vocals aren't painful to listen to, they give me a fucking hard-on.

[darwinism14]

cool drumming?

Steve is an apocalyptic DRUMMING (he's a verb), rhythms going up and down, right and left.. another dimension of beats

[patpongrecords]

still great

[plooba]

The vocals kinda grow on you...

[KMFCM]

I like the vocals, they're weird as fuck.

[melowar78]

Vocals are awesome....fuck the haters!

[pifa4life]

@melowar78 come on guy..

[zeck6669]

suena como luzbell lol

[domrotunno]

OH, my! I remember really liking this album, but I also loved Sanity Obscured by Believer. If anything it takes me back.

[camrunker]

these vocals are just akward and painfull to listen to. what were they thinking?

[Sekkingstad]

@camrunker They were probably thinking of going in a new direction.

They are SUPPOSED to be somewhat painful to listen to. Goes with their lyrics.

Instead of completely being a money-machine like other bands, they did whatever they wanted, and put their message before their greed.

[NEGATIVASTEEVE]

@Sekkingstad Well said bro....

[mixmastermyke]

@Sekkingstad lol good for them, they still sound stupid.

[moparmonster1965]

@Sekkingstad It's a bit irritating because the vocals don't flow with the music at all, but painful? No. Early Pitchshifter was painful and that's what made them so good; it was gritty, angry, and synthetic music that garted on one's eardrums.

[Sekkingstad]

@moparmonster1965 They never planned to make the music flow.

The high vocals are a brilliant contrast to the low and twisted guitars.

They tried to make music that would make you feel kinda ill, but at the same time bang your head to the heavy riffs.

Perhaps the smartest band in the world musically.

[moparmonster1965]

@Sekkingstad Ill, no. Irritated, perhaps yes.

[Sekkingstad]

@moparmonster1965 Whatever negative reaction they bring up in you. They know it.

[moparmonster1965]

@Sekkingstad Don't overestimate it. The music just isn't that good.

[Sekkingstad]

@moparmonster1965 Whatever. I'm just sorry you don't get the same experience as me from listening to these guys. However, I've been listening to metal and music in general long enough to tell you that these guys are smart, and not a bad band.

[moparmonster1965]

@Sekkingstad Eh, they were trying to be different and came of a little contrived with this album. I cut my teeth on thrash and was into the scene when death metal was fresh and new. Nowadays, metal is old and stale with nothing left to be said.

[Sekkingstad]

@moparmonster1965 I totally agree with you on that modern metal just isn't very good. Except for a very few bands, ofcourse.

[moparmonster1965]

@Sekkingstad I really like Otep's "Warhead," but I think the rest of the album gets repetitive pretty fast.

[MrFicction]

@Sekkingstad I don't think any band with heavy riffs and polyrythmic drumming like this one would be a "money machine"... Just sayin.

[xgorebreath]

@camrunker go listen to Disturbed then you pussy.

[Shadowofcreation]

@camrunker The vocals are great... independently.. but he is in a world and key of his own.

Me and my drummer constantly talk about it. The harmonies and everything.. harmonizing 3rds over wrong voicings and everything. Great voice, but clearly has no idea what the band is doing lol.

[aarongtr180]

@Shadowofcreation IMO, the vocals go perfectly with the song. He makes the wrong voicings work. This band was ahead of their time by a long shot.

[Shadowofcreation]

@aarongtr180 On that note, I would honestly love to see a beast like him on a gig like "Divinity's End" (Helstar vocalist). A band like that would fit him more. I love some confessor, but i couldn't help but think how good this guy would have been with a more "tonally" appropriate band.



[aarongtr180]

@Shadowofcreation I dunno, man; I think Jeffreys is in his element here. But I can see why you would think he'd do better somewhere else, usually this vocal style doesn't fit this style of metal instrumentation very well.

[bearboy01]

@aarongtr180 Yeah, this guy is anything, but definitely not in his element here.

[aarongtr180]

@bearboy01 Again, I think he's a perfect fit for this band. You have to give it time and not just listen to it once.

[thegreatmuta]

@camrunker You, sir, are a cock.

[camrunker]

@thegreatmuta and you, sir, can suck it.

[thegreatmuta]

@camrunker So the sex change went well? Cool! You're finally a real boy! Well done Susan.

[TheStorz76]

wtf???I got this album over 15 years ago...and still fuckin love the music and vocals...

[shaq666]

My hell satan i forgot all about this band.

[ydaube]

this is so effin good

[hdrevolution123]

the vocals define the term 'weird'

[HannahBooFace]

These lyrics, are amazing, and I love the drums. But......his voice, just killed this for me. I'm only 16, and I don't think I'm ever going to learn to appreciate the vocals.

[Sekkingstad]

@HannahBooFace They can be hard to swallow at first.

As a fan of progressive singers, this band was an immediate success in my book.

Without their singer, Confessor would just be another technical band.

If you don't like this though, I would recommend their newest album "Unraveled".

They sounds very much like Solitude Aeternus on that, and it's way easier on the ears.

[HannahBooFace]

@Sekkingstad I'll make sure to check that out (:

[evilpacman1742]

@Sekkingstad I think I'll disagree. I LOVE his voice on this album but after listening to Unraveled twice, then finding out they DIDN'T change vocalists between albums and getting my mind blown, I still couldn't take his vocals on Unraveled. They're just so... idk they're like... it's hard to describe how I feel about them. They're sung in this sort of drone sound that I just really dislike. It's like he lots a lot of his vocal range in that 13 (?) years between albums.

[Sekkingstad]

@evilpacman1742 I know what you're saying.

But he has not lost his vocal range. On the live in Norway DVD from around 2005, he sings the old songs perfectly. I guess they just wanted to try something new.

[tjrieves]

@HannahBooFace Actually, I feel his voice is a breath of fresh air, since most bands with this sound that I've heard of (Metallica, Anthrax, etc) all have that "Marlboro voice" that sounds like Nickelback's singer, or they do that really low growl voice. I kinda like this one.

[HannahBooFace]

@tjrieves Well, I wouldn't go as far as fresh air personally (: However, I do admire him for singing in his own voice and style, and getting their message across despite what everyone else's image and "sound" is, if that makes any sense.

[Sekkingstad]

@HannahBooFace "Difference of opinion,

my way is not like yours.

Difference of opinion,

that doesn't mean I'm wrong.."

The lyrics really tells you that the singer don't care if he's different.

Let me tell you.. Confessor is a smart band in any way, and that's why it is recognized as a underground band.

They didn't care about selling the most records, and they play straight from the heart. No band in the world sounds as sick and twisted as Confessor, but that's the sound they wanted to have. =)

[panagiotis444444]

it reminds me watchtower and solitude aeturnus on drumming

[bringeroftorture]

Gods of grind

[svingolle]

Confessor is a great band!! The condemnedalbum is one of earaches best releases.....

[dreklord]

Yea, it is interesting. Like an acquired taste. I really love the beginning though, good drums. The more I listen, the more I feel myself nodding my head in approval.

[Cannibal660]

This is some weird stuff. I don't know yet if i like it or not.

[Sekkingstad]

@Cannibal660 I can respect that. Perhaps you never will like them.

I hope you will, though ;)

I appreciate that even if you don't like them, you still don't say: "This band is just shit!"

But yes, it is weird stuff. But weird doesn't always mean bad. =)

[TheRippingCorpse]

I think the vocals are ace! And it made a great change from all the bands growling when this album came out.

[vandit788]

raw drums the singer would of been better n a glam band

[MrNorburger]

this band sux wheres the actual likability to the so called shit music

[BBFOXHOUND]

the secret

[sarakaster]

hearing them first back then was a great inspiration for me as drummer, cause the drum style on condemned is pretty unique (besides loving or hating the vocals...)

[RyanAussie09]

this guy sings so trippy cool though

[lygophile]

for people that don't like the vocals, like me: listen to the album Unraveled instead.

10 years did his vocals good.

[doratar]

awesome shit, don't like the vocals tho

[Sekkingstad]

Confessor would never be renowned if they had a singer who didn't dare.

It takes some time to swallow, I know.

They are trying to make your ears bleed, and in my opinion, they succeed.

It's still a ferocious record that challenges every aspect of being a die-hard fan of underground metal .

[kitiketia]

the best song of confessor wyjebane w huj

[OfficialMetalVideos]

great song

[Bashe86]

The drummer shreds, and this is quite the interesting take on doom metal. However, the vocals annoy me. This is coming from someone who likes stuff like Toxik, Watchtower, and Realm, where high vocals are all around. Something about this guy's style just bothers me.

I'll need some time to adjust.

[ThrashGuru666]

Yeah, dude. I'm really into all the falsetto prog thrash too, and I also really need to get used to these vocals.

[Sekkingstad]

The way is longer, but the reward is greater. Keep listening to your Confessor record. ;)

[beastsonwax]

@Sekkingstad evry time a band like this releases an album I have to do the same thing...usually it becomes one of my "closet" favorites...lol!

[maxikpo147]

as someone who dislikes this band's style, I have to say the drummer's awesome :)

[weaverofdoom]

Great doom band....superb musicianship.

[ThrashedDeath]

TEEEEECH DOOOOOOM!

[Visionsofmortality]

Oh, man! I almost forgot about them, and I love their music. Thank you very much for uploading this gems, I appreciate it much.

Great and unique band!.

[walkwithsteven]

I'm an old fan so,..maybe I'm Subjective,....I doubt it,....this thit rocks!

[kampsun]

This is uniqe because of the vocals,thought the don't mach the music verywell.Low grunts and guttural growls woud make this a plain death metal rehelasewhat I was thinking of when first saw the artwork.

[Sekkingstad]

On the contrary, my friend.

The high vocals perfectly contrasts the sickening low guitars.

And by my opinion, this style of singing sounds far more aggressive than ordinary growls.

[sloughfegkillers]

i have'nt heard this in way too long,this was and still is AMAZING !!

[BassManqk]

cool drumming

[embernach]

Indeed a musical masterpeace, it takes some time to get used to the vocals, but then it all fit's. In '92 I heard them for the first time.

[washman74]

Saw em live in the Gods of Grind tour 92 smart band.

[shortbuspileup]

I was expecting gutturals from the vocalist. Wow! I was caught off guard! This band shreds though. Way ahead of their time if this was out in 1991. This is what tech death metal bands are trying to do now. I just can't get into the vocals though.

[Sekkingstad]

Many others share that problem.

Listen.. just try to focus on the twisted guitars and the sick drumming.

You will feel the vocals coming by themselves. Just give it a little time.

Then you will be left listening to the most unique band in metal history.

[shortbuspileup]

I already dig the drums and guitars. I saw an instructional video by the drummer on how he wrote the drums for this song. It got me interested in the and. The vocals are growing on me slowly. They sound like a combination of Geddy Lee and the singer for Nuclear Assault. This band was ahead of their time considering technical metal didn't get popular until Dream Theatre came around and now you have bands like Beneath the Massacre and Between the Buried and Me doing stuff like this.

[quorn]

This came out in 91, but the band had been at it for five or six years already.

And the vocals are perfect :)

[sagnefusciule]

great XD

[V1Ncento]

damn typo's "i used to have"...

[V1Ncento]

magnificent,

i just to have the earache 'compil' "Gods of Grind" with on it tracks from Confessor, Entombed, Carcass & Cathedral..

good ol' days :-D

[ydaube]

awsome!