“You’ve never heard anything like this!” is, for the most part, an overused and meaningless phrase, that is unless you happen to be talking about Confessor. Their debut album, Condemned, is one of the most uniquely bizarre metal records I’ve ever heard. A brilliant mix of seemingly incongruous elements Confessor’s deranged sound is truly unforgettable. Imagine a vocalist that sounds like a woman screaming for her life, doom riffs so heavy and crunchy they’d make Candlemass green with envy, and serpentine drumming so complex and off-kilter it’d make Tomas Haake’s head spin. Released back in 1991 on Earache Records, it’s easy to see how Condemned flew over everyone’s heads