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Revenge At All Costs

by Confess

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EVIN 05:10
Waking up in jail! Morgue of living, buried inside the whale's [BELLY!] | Hope to get out on bail! I'm following my tail, Interrogator says I'll get hanged [FAIRLY!] Elimination, Discrimination, From now on I'm all on my own! Investigation, Interrogation, They're gonna crush my every bone! 23/7 locked up in a cell! Solitary confinement will be my [CASKET!] Fighting on for my beliefs... What's the point if I sell out my dreams to buy my fucking last breath? I saw my faith stepped on! My youth's not gonna die when I'm dead gone! History remembers the names son! When sun is set, you go be the dawn! (*2) Having bad bunch as the [INMATES!] If I get lucky, they'll give me fucking 6 years! Showing me [PICTURES!], If I give them names, Maybe they whisper something into judge's ears! Time's not spending! Dismembered memories with me, who knows for how many years? I can't burst into tears! This is war they can't bring me on my knees! Court of injustice waits for me! To get me on the long run, to be [DECEASED!] Execution by the hands of the [JACKALS!] Either I'll open the minds or my mind get [HACKLES UP!] I saw my faith stepped on! My youth's not gonna die when I'm dead gone! History remembers the names son! When sun is set, you go be the dawn! (*2) One's life will be taken by the name of your lord! They can get my body, not the soul! Taking me to heaven by force? I don't want that! Went to hEVIN in -Hell-! That's my life man... Walls walls walls [BROKE 'EM ALL OUT!] Tons of bricks, one fist! [RULED 'EM OUT!] Let it be known that religion has no ruth! Got into pen (penitentiary) for one pen that wrote the truth! I saw my faith stepped on! My youth's not gonna die when I'm dead gone! History remembers the names son! When sun is set, you go be the dawn! (*2)
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Here I am, send my message to the rest of the world To be remembered as the one who fought for what he loved They can't fucking break me for who I'm inside I broke the bars, thrown down the all walls, to speak what is right! With a bleeding heart I carve, I write, I fight! It's hard to feel I cast the world aside, my words collide, I've left the cell! Let it go... You'll never know me! (Not!) Sanctified, dead to right! (I'll fight!) Rage will flow... You can't stop me! (Not!) Sometimes with darkness you'll be led into light! Phoenix rises... Watch it flies... Putting life on the dice! Displaying of rage... Burning the stage... They can't keep him inside the cage! Phoenix rises... Rampageous, Reverse the creation! Fight with world, It's time for invasion! I'm alive! You can't deny me! This is war, it's on! Louder than death! Larger than hell! Shinning upon ya' like sun! "Bullets", "Bars", "Prison", "Court", "Handcuffs", heh... Life's not enough! Retribution calls! Raging in fire... You just sharpened my knife! Now they're gonna know the one who they were playing with!? It's not a fairy tail, my life only on myself can be fit! You said kid, forget, you'll never make it Fuck anyone who now feels offended! I do things that in the end I don't know how I did them!? What you're gonna get from my picture is full of mayhem! Phoenix rises... Watch it flies... Putting life on the dice! Displaying of rage... Burning the stage... They can't keep him inside the cage! Phoenix rises... Rampageous, Reverse the creation! Fight with world, It's time for invasion! Jail... It's been three years! You thought I'm surely dead? You're not gonna see me quite until my motherfucking body gets red! Understand the meaning of being opposed! Fuck the system and dumb majorities! From local to the globe! Not scared of death or any authorities! In pursuit of my dreams, saw a lot of things that nobody has ever seen! Fuck god! Religion! Anything that's gonna standing on my way! I don't have a good gene! Fuck the law! I've seen it all! I'll take my life back! Fuck the peace back to back! They've been wishing if i had been deceased! I can't be pleased! Coming up on my own sack!
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Ransom Note 04:49
They wanna see a piece of mine So they're gonna see this piece of mine! If you want to get peace of mind, Don't you step on a piece of mine! Your ears ain't size of my words! Your life's not the size of my own! No one's feet fit in my shoes Activation of rage can't fit in words! I'll never forget! My turn of speech! Until blood splatter! Sudden explosion of the silenced emotion! Tit for word that slashes! It's been a hard trip! Hustler's anthem! My hate is folded, waiting here cocked and locked! I've pushed it too far! I can not fall! For everything I've been through, I've become harder than you, so I'll break you! This is the hustler's anthem Until blood splatter, I conquer! Even if we're standing on wrong foot There's no peace for us! Ransom note! Screaming from middle of orient! Eating the hearts out, Ramadan or in Lent! Watch dog's not war dog! They're deluxe! While you're hearing this, you're about to deflux! You can not become me! I am not what you can see! Hurt but never cried, do you feel me? My pen is my sword, the guitar is my shield! Stuck in swamp but still in progress! There's no compunction! Head on for danger forever! I got fucked a bit but still I'm function! Don't need your help now! Talk your shit, pawww! You thought that I'm dead? I was born for this and can not quit! Don't provoke me, I am a solider, Who trying to keep it in the holster! Fired from home! Road becomes my bride, Wherever may I roam! This is the hustler's anthem Until blood splatter, I can conquer! Even if we're standing on wrong foot There's no peace for us! Ransom note! You can not take what's mine!
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You Can't Tame The Beast! I took this as a motherfuckin' task force! Anything else for me is on fast-forward Catatonic trying! I'm chosen To keep it going, to crack your head open! You just talk shit! Can't raise the bar Higher than what I've already set, let's pick a fight You wanna start a fight? You really wanna go there? Lil' bitches should not fuck with the real men! Come on, catch me! I'm what you can't be! You're jealous on my will My hook now you really wanna feel? Anything I do, you try to dig it up Beyond your imagination and still can raise it up! Been in jail inside the -Hell- (Teh-Hell-Ran) you should have fucked with, Me... You're on the edge and now here comes the kick! [BOOM!] Dangerous, Big dogs, No leashes! Immortal outlaw, This is what he says! I can walk on steam, fuck the Jesus! Things got ugly while smiling was my cliché! YOU CAN'T TAME THE BEAST! Let it be known, Let you bow down, feel it? My voice is the monster in your closet, let's see it! Butterfly in the stomach, that's me I've been a caterpillar, but now I'm making this crime scene! Breaking the rules, Smashing you foles Ballin', who'd you calling? God is in this tune! Tell your father open his heaven's door for hustlers Or when I reach there, I will motherfuckin' bust it up! Come on, catch me! I'm what you can't be! You're jealous on my will My hook now you really wanna feel? Dangerous, Big dogs, No leashes! Immortal outlaw, This is what he says! I can walk on steam, fuck the Jesus! Things got ugly while smiling was my cliché! NO! YOU CAN'T TAME THE BEAST! (*2) You can't fuck with this! I'll rip out your motherfuckin' face! (*2)
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Unfilial Son 04:26
Permanent... Concrete is not what I meant! Vigilant... Wide awake, cut the blinking led! Never been waiting for anybody's approval, you bet! I said my life is all in, take what you can! Big as a mountain, Hard as a diamond Fuckers who wanted to smoke me are long dead! I've been born in this problem Igniting of gunpowder Purgatory boy, no way to spot him I'm screaming the secrets louder! Baptism of words with dirty water! Built up in a morgue to come as the slaughter! Rule them all, duel, run or crawl In fall but far from falling, it's your call! What I've always been saying was perspicuous If you couldn't get it, then you're ridiculous! This military mind strategize the words of this solitary tongue...! Even if I step in Amazon, [BOOM!] All the felled trees will rise up! If the world's a cruel father, Then I'm his unfillial son! [THAT'S RIGHT!] FUCK YOU! Be cautious, it's loaded! Brain full of content Tongue's scared to get folded! Nobody knows where I come from Neighbor of devil! Time to explode your fucking ear drum! | This game is called carry on... Viva violence! Tribulation! Man up, cry in the silence! Lychnobite lives to fight for another day Retribution is on my hand, comes whatever may! I'm alive cause I couldn't find a coffin! But I wish for death before you say I've got soft in, This world! fuck karma, I'll get you by my self! I'll take back what's mine, My fears on the shelf Not a type who you can hit-and-run On the bridge, you can't ditch me, I'm with this gun! I don't feel like a king, more of a soldier If I say I ain't so, I've been raving! Even if I step in Amazon, [BOOM!] All the felled trees will rise up! If the world's a cruel father, Then I'm his unfillial son! [THAT'S RIGHT!] FUCK YOU!
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Megalodon 03:55
Death from below! It will take your heart out The worst nightmare you name it Don't you try it out With the hatred of ages Vengeance fallout Raining down on you You'll be knocked out It's been around for centuries Can not ignore the memories It has ripped apart the adversaries Can't stay too long in penitentiaries! Not extinct yet! Needs to be fed, It's time to unleash the beast! The whole time you thought it was gone he was there laid down under the deep, Of ocean, no motion, devotion to carnage This is what terror means! The worst nightmare you have had was nothing! All dies, the reek of blood heels! Grow eyes in the back of your head You'll never know when it comes Appears from the pitch black This is what is emphasized Thirsty for blood Sharpening its teeth, rubbing the gums For what y'all did to him It brings you your demise! | It's been around for centuries Can not ignore the memories It has ripped apart the adversaries Can't stay too long in penitentiaries! Not extinct yet! Needs to be fed, It's time to unleash the beast! The whole time you thought it was gone he was there laid down under the deep, Of ocean, no motion, devotion to carnage This is what terror means! The worst nightmare you have had was nothing! All dies, the reek of blood heels! Born to kill! Words are too weak to bring out the meaning of rage! The mark of chains is still on him, Remembers the smelling of cage Vendetta will let you know, The amount of pain you'll be going through! Stay armed cause what's going be taken from you, Can be given back to you! The monster lives beneath the surface It survived the darkness the worst days Meg is alive, will never die... He'll refresh the oceans of hate with your blood!
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It starts with romance, ends up with body count! Will I remain as the good memory? Probably not! Hearing your lies with keeping the smile Fine with getting stabbed from back and be villainized Long live roaches! They can have it all Keep fighting, this battle won't gain me none Say whatever you want, this book is sealed After this, no hard feelings, I'll be healed! Got me under surveillance, anyone who went out came back with remorse! You weren't the first one, and you won't be the last one Who cares what's right? Who cares what's wrong? You're having a thousand faces tell now which one is you? You're telling me that you know me, we both know it ain't true! [Hah!] Every time I find myself in this situation, I ask myself: "Wasn't that finding solace means being buried under the dirt?" [Facts!] Contradiction, from another dimension! Skeptic by nature, worst selection! You're not the best, I'm not the worst But for me it's getting worse, like I'm cursed! I've felt suffocation! Loneliness, deprivation! You'd been telling me you're leading my mind You're an empty shell that is moving around! Motivation I gave you, Instead left me with what I've been through! I did the right thing when I cut that shit! Better get laid with pain than feel the guilt... You're having a thousand faces tell now which one is you? You're telling me that you know me, we both know it ain't true! [Hah!] Every time I find myself in this situation, I ask myself: "Wasn't that finding solace means being buried under the dirt?" [Facts!] You're having a thousand faces tell now which one is you? You're telling me that you know me, we both know it ain't true! Everyone has something to hide Everyone has something to lie about Everyone has a mask to put on, Now Tell me where's the real you?
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Hegemony 05:18
BURN! [RISE!] Nothing but pride inside of us [LIES!] We can see it through your eyes Everyone's fist is clenched Our thirst can not be quenched [NO! NO MORE!] Follow up your plan to take revenge To bring the minds outside of the fucking cage! They can't take your soul, Even if you're broken hold your head up high Everything is possible, Until you go out there and give it a fucking try! Fuck the system! For your future you must never compromise Don't play the victim! We are a nation that never dies! I can't learn to surrender! May I suffer but next one should live better... Dignitary, Signatory of this vow Be the witness of this hegemony here and now! [SKIES!] We bring it down to watch it dies [DIE!] When we rise up after the cries | Rise! Conquer! Engage! Destroy! Deconstruct! Outrage! [DON'T STOP NOW!] Let's take back our fate Demons in the skins of saints! Don't be silent, Is there anything you can say is left to lose? We all are hurt, This ain't life, let's piss on fucking rules! Don't get used to this fucking hell! If you got something, then let's dwell... I can't learn to surrender! May I suffer but next one should live better... Dignitary, Signatory of this vow Be the witness of this hegemony here and now! Our lives is not done, my life is not done... Your life is not done! Be the change you need to see "We" does not exist without "You" and "Me"!
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Fuck the world, burn it all with gasoline! Capitalists, fascists, they're all fiends! They're keeping the minds small with showing a small world! Living among the zombies, no matter where you're from! When your lifetime saving turns to dust And there is no one left to trust You'll find the savior in the mirror Isn't it look so familiar? Never cease fire! No matter how many wars! Death to the cops if they're keeping the oppression on! How many borders? Elite the flag, You can get your neck break, or you talk slack! Using words like it's kung fu! Strategizing like Sun Tzu! Yank off your right from life's hand Don't know where my next word's gonna land! It's my right to riot to disobey! [I'M THAT CRACK ON THE WALL] It's my right to bring chaos, to disorder! [I'LL BE THE ONE WHO STANDS TALL] It's my right to refuse and be disowner! [I'LL KEEP IT ALIVE, NOT DROPPING BALL] It's my right to fight and won't disappear! [I'M NOT LIVING BEHIND THE EIGHTH BALL!] It's just an army of pigs! (DEATH TO THE COPS IF THEY'RE KEEPING THE OPPRESSION ON!) It's just an army of pigs! (NEVER SEIZE FIRE! NO MATTER HOW MANY WARS!) Half of world's controlling the other half Everyone's raised their blade, who'll first laugh? Politicians just tell you lie Salting on your wound while you're cryin'! When all your divinity is lost And you see how much your beliefs cost You won't escape from questions and hide You will find the answer inside...! Made my choices before they make me I don't wanna live among them! You take me! You born though the empire or in dynasty Being nice to wolves is dishonesty! Using words like it's kung fu! Strategizing like Sun Tzu! Yank off your right from life's hand Don't know where my next word's gonna land! It's my right to riot to disobey! [I'M THAT CRACK ON THE WALL] It's my right to bring chaos, to disorder! [I'LL BE THE ONE WHO STANDS TALL] It's my right to refuse and be disowner! [I'LL KEEP IT ALIVE, NOT DROPPING BALL] It's my right to fight and won't disappear! [I'M NOT LIVING BEHIND THE EIGHTH BALL!] It's just an army of pigs! (DEATH TO THE COPS IF THEY'RE KEEPING THE OPPRESSION ON!) It's just an army of pigs! (NEVER SEIZE FIRE! NO MATTER HOW MANY WARS!) [*2]
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I Speak Hate 05:12
I speak hate, with vengeful accent! Friends get scattered when shit gets drastic! And I'm waiting for the day they all would see that I'm major player; they all will escape! The owner of this voice can't compromise Has done something that can't be denied What you think? What you say? This ain't lie! Try to dig I'm gonna be here for a long time, yeah! I'll fight (More than a war cry) On trial (I forgot to die!) We are smoke without the fire! Heretics with denial! Master of fate, not disciples! We are on the rise, it's revival! [THIS IS REVIVAL] On the last straw, don't forget this! Lay low cause i'm not gonna miss this I've come back from the dead, get this! Enemies would jump you, friends backstab! Ain't turning another chick to get another slap! So much bomb, you say it's Vietnam! Hold on to your sit, cause that's what I've become! I'll stand (Fuck everybody!) Fear me (Even wrath can not define me!) We are smoke without the fire! Heretics with denial! Master of fate, not disciples! We are on the rise, it's revival! [THIS IS REVIVAL] Out of straitjacket! I'm gonna wrack it! Flak it! Killing spree! What you see is gonna be what you get motherfucker, don't you ever try to cross me! I'll hurt! (Step away from me!) You'll bleed! (One excuse is all that I need!)

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Revenge at All Costs
The Return of the Unfilial Sons
The third studio album of Iranian metal band Confess is their first long-play released in freedom after political persecution and exile. “Revenge at All Costs” is a crude story of oppression and catharsis, but above all, the determination to prevail. Eleven tracks introducing us to the band’s recent sonic experiments, recorded and mixed by Erling Malm. Mastered by Grammy-nominated producer Machine (Lamb of God, Suicide Silence, Miss May I, and many others).

Frontman Nikan Khosravi wrote "Revenge at All Costs" while he was bailed out of prison and waiting for his trial by the Iranian government (2016-2017). "The main idea of this album was to talk about all the different aspects of my life [back then]", he comments. "From the arrest, living in jail, the stressful life out of jail while waiting for my day in court, and the exile."

The complexity of this experience is reflected on the different sounds of the album. The haunting intro contains recordings of Iranian media, slowly transitioning to "EVIN". The track is named after one of Iran's harshest prisons, experienced first-hand by Khosravi and fellow band member Arash Ilkhani.

Songs like "Phoenix Rises" have undeniable 80s thrash metal influences, "while Ransom Note" has death metal written all over it. But their groove metal roots are ever-present throughout the album. Mid-tempo tracks like "I Speak Hate" are a non-stop headbanging cocktail. "Megalodon" was Khosravi's first experiment with seven strings, making speakers tremble with its down-tuned atmosphere.

“Revenge at All Costs” presents us with the most elaborate lyrics in the history of Confess. "The whole record is so personal that I hope the listeners hear it differently because this is my lyrical novel based on real events", Khosravi tells us.

Nikan Khosravi and Arash Ilkhani obtained refugee status in Norway in 2018 and have been playing across the country with a new line-up. Confess recently opened for Mayhem at Festspillene i Nord.

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released January 21, 2022

All songs and Lyrics written by Nikan Khosravi

Performed by
Nikan "Siyanor" Khosravi: Vocal / Guitars / Bass
Arash "Chemical" Ilkhani: DJ / Sampling
Roget Tunheim Jakobsen: Drums

Produced a Mixed by Erling Malm
Mastered by Machine

Artwork by Sean Mundy

Rexius Records

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Confess Norway

Groove metal/hardcore band Confess formed in 2010 in Teh-Hell-Ran, Iran based in Norway describe themselves as a “five-piece street protest”. It's not a figure of speech: Nikan (vocals/guitar) and Arash (DJ / sampler) have experienced political persecution first-hand. The new album “Revenge at All Costs” is out now! ... more

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