The Confession

The Confession - there are two bands with that name. One is a five piece hard rock band out of Orange County, California... and second is a Swedish punkrock group.

History of Orange County, Californian The Confession - Band is a five piece hard rock band out of Orange County, California who released their self titled debut EP in 2005. The band is heavily influenced by Iron Maiden, with similar guitar tones and long winded instrumental breaks. The band utilized metalcore-esque screams in their EP but used it sparingly on their full length album, Requiem, in favor of melodic singing.

The Confession is an image heavy band, fitting in with the hardcore fashion scene loosely, while still managing to have some heavy metal fashion influence on them, apparent in the leather jackets they often sport. The image of the band has allowed them to be accepted into these music scenes, having toured with Bullet for My Valentine and Avenged Sevenfold, as well as a spot on the Taste of Chaos tour. They recently completed a tour with thrash metal pioneers Megadeth as well. Critics often point out heavy metal, hardcore, and post-hardcore influences in their music, while the band themselves refer to their music as timeless rock n roll.

The band released their self titled debut EP in 2005. Their full length debut "Requiem", which was produced by Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows, was released in July of 2007.

The Confession is also the name of a german punk rock band.

On January 15th, 2008 The Confession announced, via their MySpace page, that they had disbanded.