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Confessions
Rock · 2015 · 11 tracks · 56m

Confessions

Alesana

A high-drama conclusion to a literary trilogy. Dense post-hardcore layered with theatrical vocal interplay, gothic atmosphere, and progressive song structures.

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It's like a Victorian horror novel exploded into a post-hardcore opera.

A high-stakes, theatrical journey that blends gothic dread with moments of soaring, melodic hope.

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Cathedral+1.4σ

Cathedral saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 56m
01
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
4:24
02
The Acolyte
3:52
03
Comedy of Errors
6:16
04
The Goddess
4:29
05
Oh, How the Mighty Have Fallen
5:31
06
The Puppeteer
7:22
07
Fatal Optimist
3:26
08
The Martyr
4:57
09
Paradox
4:55
10
Through the Eyes of Uriel
4:14
11
Catharsis
7:16
Moments Worth Waiting For
The seven-minute sprawl of The Puppeteer where the band shifts between frantic technicality and haunting melodic breath
The transition into the final track Catharsis where the narrative weight of the entire trilogy finally resolves
The way the clean falsetto harmonies collide with guttural roars during the bridge of Comedy of Errors
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