Confide (9/25/12)

I usually don't talk about signed bands but I grew up with these guys and I am proud to see a band from my area make it this far. I have seen these guys grow from our high school days and now a well known touring act. So now if you haven't heard of Confide, read on.

Confide is an American metalcore band from Pasadena, California, formed in 2004. They released three EPs and two full-length albums. Although all the members of the group are openly Christian, they were not marketed in the "Christian" market since the band was on a secular label. The band announced on on October 4, 2010 that they would be disbanding while on tour in Japan in 2010. Upon their return from Japan, they played their farewell show on November 7, 2010. The band reformed in August of 2012 and are currently writing for their third studio album.

Confide was originally started in August 2004 by Aaron Van Zutphen, Jason Pickard and Josh Plesh as a deathcore (the combination of death metal and hardcore sound) band. The group went looking for members in their youth group. Pickard was friends with Billy Pruden while both Pruden and Zutphen knew Helberg. These five made-up the original Confide line-up. They released two EPs at this time; Innocence Surround and Introduction.

By the end of 2006, vocalist Josh Plesh left the band, and was replaced by Ross Michael Kenyon, putting his other band Penknifelovelife on hiatus. Kenyon was born & raised in Europe and moved to the United States to be with his girlfriend and at the same time, went online to search for bands that required a vocalist. After communicating with Helberg, Kenvon joined Confide and moved to his house where they started practicing. This change in line-up made the band shift into a purist metalcore sound, dropping nearly all death metal influence.

In 2007, Kenyon was forced to move back to England and began performing in Penknifelovelife again, this time putting Confide on hiatus. After one tour with And Their Eyes Were Bloodshot in Europe he stated on his band's Myspace that he was leaving the band permanently to put focus into Confide. Penknifelovelife split up and Confide started writing for their debut full-length.

Confide's first full length, titled Shout the Truth, was released on June 17, 2008 through Science Records. Shortly after the album was released, Science Records was eliminated by its parent company, Warner Bros. Records and Confide was left without a label. In early 2009, the band was signed to Tragic Hero Records, and began performing all across the United States, on tours such as the "Don't Take Your Guns to Tour", alongside bands Once Nothing, Here I Come Falling, and In Fear and Faith

Let us jump ahead to recent time where on August 31, 2012, Confide announced their reunion and launched their Kickstarter campaign. The band asked $30,000 by October 1, 2012 to create a new album. As of September 4th, the band has reached the $30,000 they needed to produce their album.

I know this is a long review about the band but since many of us don't see bands from local scenes make it this far, they have an extensive history and its nice to see them make it. Hope you all check them out!