Metal Hammer UK

CONFESS

Revenge At All Costs

REXIUS

Iranian thrashers rage against the oppressive Middle Eastern machine

REVENGE AT ALL Costs fizzles to life with the sound of TV static and news snippets. Admittedly, such an opening has become a cliché, especially in thrash metal circles, but postpone your eye-rolls. The sampled reports aren’t studio-created facsimiles to make Confess sound more seismic than they actually are; they’re all real pieces of global coverage, documenting the seven years of hell that led up to the Iranians’ third album.

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