CONFESSOR
UNCONTROLLED - CD
UPC: 711576024627
Label: DIVEBOMB
Format: CD
Release Date: March 14, 2025
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Raleigh, NC’s CONFESSOR made a name for themselves by crafting
unapologetically heavy riffs with a unique flare for rhythmic shifts and odd
time signatures. The band created quite a stir by playing all over the southeast
and landing two tours in Europe, including the now legendary “Gods of Grind”
trek with ENTOMBED, CARCASS, and CATHEDRAL. With the release of their
1991 debut album on Earache Records, Condemned, the group felt as though
their chance was at hand to show the world that CONFESSOR was unlike
anything else.
Unfortunately, record label partnerships and politics forced CONFESSOR
off of the U.S. leg of “Gods of Grind” in favor of a more “happening” act.
Ongoing struggles with the label led to lineup changes that altered the band’s
trajectory, and eventually they folded before seeing the mid-’90s. Luckily,
over the years CONFESSOR’s controversial-yet-pioneering sound became
accepted and adored by many in the metal community, ultimately leading to a
reunion and follow-up album in 2005.
Originally issued in early-2013, Uncontrolled collects all three of
CONFESSOR’s early demo cassettes onto one CD. These are the recordings
that helped the band get signed to Earache Records in 1990, and led to the
eventual release of the now-groundbreaking Condemned album. In lieu of the
2013 DVD, this revised edition of Uncontrolled—re-remastered by Jamie King
Audio—features an updated tracklist that includes a previously unreleased
radio broadcast recorded live on 88.1 WKNC’s Chainsaw Rock in 1989, plus an
expanded 20-page booklet with lyrics. For the fans, by the fans!
TRACK LIST:
Collapse – Demo (1990)
1. Collapse Into Despair
2. Alone
3. Condemned
Uncontrolled – Demo (1989)
4. Uncontrolled
5. Prepare Yourself
6. Suffer
The Secret – Demo (1988)
7. The Secret
8. Deception
9. Eve Of Salvation
Live on WKNC-88 Chainsaw Rock (4/15/89)
10. Collapse Into Despair
11. Endtime
12. Uncontrolled
13. Alone
Bonus Live Tracks
14. Words Of Praise
15. Addictive Bind
