Confessor is a doom

Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

 metal band from North Carolina

North Carolina

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, USA. By their technically complex interpretation of traditional doom style, they are also well-known name within progressive metal

Progressive metal

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 circles. To date, the band has released two full-length studio albums.

Following the release of their 1991 debut album, Condemned, Confessor disbanded in 1993 while the band was already planning a second album, but reformed in 2002 and is still active today.

Current members

• Cary Rowells – bass
• Steve Shelton – drums
• Brian Shoaf – guitar
• Chris Nolan – guitar
• Scott Jeffreys – vocals

Former members

• Shawn McCoy – guitar
• Ivan Colon – guitar
• Graham Fry – guitar
• Chris Nolan – guitar
• Jim Shoaf – drums

Selected discography

Year of release	Title	Type	Label
1987	The Secret	Demo	Self-produced
1989	Uncontrolled	Demo	Self-produced
1990	Collapse	Demo	Self-produced
1991	Condemned	Full-length	Combat Combat Records Combat Records was an independent record label from New York City. The label was home to predominantly metal and punk rock acts including Megadeth, Circle Jerks, Nuclear Assault, Death, Dead Brain Cells, Possessed, Crumbsuckers, Agnostic Front, Agent Steel, Dark Angel, Heathen, Zoetrope and...
1992	Confessor	EP	Earache Earache Records Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
2004	Blueprint Soul	EP	Independent
2005	Unraveled	Full-length	Season of Mist Season of Mist Season of Mist is a record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pagan metal and death metal records, the label moved on to releasing...
T.b.a.	Untitled third studio album	Full-length	Season of Mist Season of Mist Season of Mist is a record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pagan metal and death metal records, the label moved on to releasing...

External links

• Official website
• Confessor article at Earache.com
  Earache Records
  Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
  
  
• Confessor Interview at Earache.com
  Earache Records
  Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
  
  
• Confessor at Encyclopaedia Metallum
  Encyclopaedia Metallum
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