Confess, the Iranian-turned-Norwegian groove steel band, is now streaming their neckbreaking new single “After Goliath”. The one – and Confess‘ new file Vacation spot Dependancy – options the immense skills of drummer George Kollias (Nile) and guitarist Marzi Montazeri (ex-Phil Anselmo and The Illegals, ex-Superjoint Ritual, ex-Exhorder).
“‘After Goliath’ is a name to face up and combat! In a world stuffed with repressive political techniques that kill and exploit folks, I attempted to write down one thing uplifting and constructive,” wrote Confess frontman Nikan Khosravi of the only.
“It is a very groovy music that we are going to positively play on the festivals. For the primary time in nearly ten years, I’ve a bit of bit of unpolluted singing on this observe, which we really feel turned out very well and catchy! On this music, impressed by the idea of the story of David and Goliath, you’ll be able to hear the struggle cry of somebody decided to go to struggle with an enormous and defeat it. That is how I really feel about governments! So long as you combat, you shall prevail!”
For these unaware, Confess has had one hell a profession. Confess was shaped in 2010 in Tehran, Iran. On October 28, 2015, simply two weeks after releasing their second album, Khosravi and DJ Arash Ilkhani had been arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. They confronted prices of blasphemy and propaganda towards the state on account of their music and interviews. After spending three months in solitary confinement and 15 months in public jail, they had been launched briefly on bail pending trial. Initially sentenced to 6 years every, they appealed the decision.
Attributable to ongoing threats, Khosravi fled to Turkey in 2017. In December 2018 he was granted political asylum in Norway. Ilkhani joined him in Could 2019 after additionally looking for asylum in Turkey. In July 2019, of their absence, an enchantment courtroom sentenced Khosravi to 12 and a half years in jail plus 74 lashes and Ilkhani to 2 years in jail. Confess has been in Norway ever since.
Confess‘ new file Vacation spot Dependancy is out January 31. Pre-orders can be found here on Bandcamp and here via the Confess website.
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