Country of origin: Iran Location: Tehran, Tehran (early); Harstad, Troms og Finnmark, Norway (later) Status: Active Formed in: 2010 Genre: Groove/Thrash Metal Themes: Anti-religion, Rebellion Current label: Street Symphonies Years active: 2010-2015, 2018-present Two members of this band Nikan Khosravi and Arash Ilkhani were jailed in their country of Iran on November 10th of 2015 for expressing anti-religious and anti-regime sentiments in Confess' music. After posting bail, they were both able to cross the border into Türkiye. From there they fled to Norway where they have been granted asylum and continue to write music with two newly recruited Norwegian band members. Nikan Khosravi was sentenced to 14 and a half years in prison, plus a sentence of 74 lashes, while Arash Ilkhani was sentenced to 2 years in prison.