Album Review: Burn ‘Em All by Confess
– By Rob Jones –
It’s not often the case but some bands just don’t seem to have a bad album in them, that’s certainly the case with Confess. Burn ‘Em All marks the third full-length album from this band, following up their extremely good prior albums Haunters and Jail Is A Tall Order but Burn ‘Em All succeeds in spades. Musically this band falls somewhere between classic bands like Motley Crue and Skid Row, and modern bands like Hardcore Superstar and Crashdïet.
Burn ‘Em All delivers on the melodic high energy hard rock this band has become known for, right out the gate you have “So What?” Which starts with some pounding drums and synths before speeding right into a breakneck rocking rollercoaster of a song. The album’s first single “Malleus” is a straight-up hard rock anthem about being hunted by witch hunters in the Spanish Inquisition era. “Welcome Insanity” gives me Dokken vibes, excellent mid-tempo melodic rock.
The title track is the sort of mosh pit fueling rocker that is this band’s signature sound. “Is This Love” would’ve been HUGE in the 80s and early 90s, a melodic power ballad that is among this album’s best songs. “My Viscous Way” is a return to the driving songs that define this band and album.
One of the elements that musically separates the new breed of hard rock bands from the bands which influenced them is a slight punk rock edge and “509” illustrates that better than any other song on Burn ‘Em All. There’s a slight similarity in “Prominence” to the Shout At The Devil era Motley Crue.
This is an absolutely incredible album by one of the best of the modern hard rock bands. If you like quality hard-rock then you really need to check out Confess.
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