 | Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Confused/Hopeless
3. I Created This Horror
4. Piece By Piece
5. Asthma Attack
6. Gimme A.D.D
7. Nearly 30
8. Die To Live
9. The True Shine Through
10. Heartless
11. The Long Way Home
Release Date: 09/27/2011 | |
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| Summary: Dear Mr Crafter... |
1 of 5 thought this review was well written
Dear Mr Crafter
My name is Michael, 14 years old and have just gotten a girlfriend as a result of looking cool while listening to your band really loudly on my (Official) Ipod headphones. I just wanted to say that I simply loved your latest album, 'The Long Way Home'. It gives me everything I could ever want. It's heavy (Although not quite as heavy as Heavy Devy is Heavy though... or my favourite band, 'As Blood Runs Black'), breakdown-ey, contains enough mainstream alienating screaming to keep me happy while having enough effects laden, clean sung choruses to make my girlfriend like you as well. And, to be honest, I didn't really like your first EP that much. It was way too soft and harmonisey - But, I am glad you've improved with Cancer and your most recent album.
I am so happy that you made your album as heavy as it is. Even though everyone else has already done it, and it tends to wash out the mix for a few seconds, and it doesn't work on my crappy compressed speakers, I love how you use bass drops to give that extra 'umph' to your breakdowns. When combined with your low growls and bomb-string style drop tunings, these moments leave me flabbergasted, and yet, wanting more. Also, I can't get enough of your solo screaming moments. Every time I listen to 'I Created This Horror' I jump up on the nearest piece of furniture and scream "I Don't Give A.......(Wait for it).......***!!!!" So much fun. To me, that is soooo much more brutal than 'Retrace The Steps'. And, in contrast, I really like your singing on this album. I didn't know you were so good at it. If you decide to reply to my letter, can you provide me with some techniques so I can also cut ALL the bass out of my singing voice.
I also really like your riffs, or are they your band's riffs (who cares)? I really liked the one on Gimme A.D.D where it goes baah-bah-bah- bah-bah- bah-bah---- bah-bah- bah-bah- bah-bah-baah! But, if you want some advice, I think you should just completely dump the harmonising clean guitars. They're the only thing holding you back from hardcore greatness, after all, how many other Australian Hardcore bands do it? Not many, as far as I can tell. So, I feel that, If you had removed the harmonised clean guitar sections from your breakdowns, you could have potentially written one of the best hardcore albums ever ('Converge' would have nothing on you).
While my criticisms of your album are a little harsh, I really really like it. I was actually really concerned when I heard that you had formed a band, and written an EP which wasn't as heavy as your 'I Killed The Prom Queen' stuff. But I am glad that you ditched that crap in favour of the metalcore you are producing now. Thank you so much for your most recent contribution to our local hardcore/metalcore scene. Don't ever change!
I look forward to hearing back from you
Yours Sincerely
Michael
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Album Rating: 2
lololol
Digging: Uneven Structure - Februus | | | Album Rating: 4
wtf
Digging: I The Breather - Truth and Purpose | | | Album Rating: 4
anyways this album is a lot like parkway drive.
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@Afterthebreakdown, I would disagree, Confession appears to be driven by their instrumentation, Parkway on the other hand is solely reliant upon Winston McCall's vocals. Confession appears to have a closer musical aesthetic with The Amity Affliction than Parkway, especially in the choruses.
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Never heard of them.
| | | Album Rating: 2.5
I find them kind of irritating, but if Misery Signals (An actually reputable Metalcore band) was willing to support them in Australia, they may be worth a listen to foreigners. BTW, Misery Signals were AWESOME on that tour.
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i've seen Misery Signals and they were something else live (at least when i saw them) anyways I really dig confession.
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So.. many.. breakdowns. Good though.
| | | Album Rating: 2.5
this isn't a review. this is wankery.
Digging: Dead Swans - Anxiety and Everything Else Digging: Dead Swans - Anxiety and Everything Else | | | Album Rating: 2
cant believe i just downloaded this. Absolute shite.
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6. Gimme A.D.D
No wonder it sounds like Parkway Drive.
Digging: Elliott Smith - Either/Or | | |
@fear: atleast they picked a song off their best album to rip off, i love iktpq but crafter is a shitty singer
Digging: Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal Digging: Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal
| | | Album Rating: 2.5
Good point.
| | | Album Rating: 1.5
This nothing but a Parkway rip off with annoying cleans.
Plus Crafter doesn't do the cleans, Dan Brown does.
Digging: Deuce - NINELIVES Digging: Deuce - NINELIVES | | |
This is bad ugh.
Digging: Propagandhi - Supporting Caste Digging: Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
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Crafter always will be Australia's favorite metal son, only reason this album is a 4 and not a 2.5 is coz of how much i love Crafter and that's not in a homo way hahaha.
Digging: The Story So Far - Under Soil And Dirt | | | Album Rating: 4
Generic metalcore, but done beautifully.
Digging: The Ghost Inside - Fury And The Fallen Ones Digging: The Ghost Inside - Fury And The Fallen Ones | | |
this cd is awesome.
Digging: In Her Own Words - Brand New Me
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yeah it is.
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I dont really understand why people rate this so highly. They footed the bill on a tour over here in the UK with The Ghost Inside and Parkway Drive recently and didn't really have any impact. Their rinse repeat metalcore formula the vocalist has enforced on all of his previous bands isn't really having any justice done for it with Confession. I wasn't really a fan of any of his previous ventures (except post Crafter I Killed The Prom Queen). Each band was as formulaic as the last and this one is no different. Thus I don't really rate him. Crafter aside though, I find the other members of Confession to be relatively sub par musicians and it is reflected in their over reliance of constantly chopping open notes throughout "The Long Way Home" whilst sporadically laying on derivative melodic riffs over the top. Maybe they have redeeming qualities but I just don't hear it. Ah well, each to their own.
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