Confession (Ill Niño album) explained

Confession
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ill Niño
Cover:	Illninoconfession.jpg
Released:	September 30, 2003
Studio:	Water Music Studios in Hoboken, New Jersey and Mirror Image Recorders in New York City
Genre:	Alternative metal nu metal Latin metal
Length:	47:07
Label:	Roadrunner
Producer:	Bob Marlette Dave Chavarri
Prev Title:	Revolution Revolución
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	One Nation Underground
Next Year:	2005

Confession is the second album released by the American heavy metal band Ill Niño. The album debuted at #37 in the Billboard Top 200 with first week sales of 27,863.^[1] It is their most successful album to date, selling more than 600,000 copies worldwide by 2023.^[2] It was the first album to not feature Marc Rizzo, who left during recording to join Soulfly, and also the first to feature Ahrue Luster, formerly of Machine Head.

Track listing

Notes:

• The iTunes bonus tracks "Make Me Feel" and "Clear" are the same as "Someone or Something" and "I'll Find a Way", respectively. They seemingly retained their demo titles on iTunes for unknown reasons.
• A fan-made compilation titled Demo Sessions includes three demo tracks from the album's recording sessions, "Make Me Feel" (with different lyrics), "About Them" and "Every Day". It also includes acoustic performances of "How Can I Live" and "This Time's for Real", recorded live at the AAF studios.
• "Have You Ever Felt?" is featured in the game Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter for the Xbox 360.
• "When It Cuts" is featured in the PlayStation Portable game Infected.
• "How Can I Live" is featured in the horror film Freddy vs. Jason and appears on the soundtrack.
• "I'll Find a Way" is featured on the soundtrack to the 2005 film The Cave, titled "I'll Find the Way".

Personnel

Ill Niño

• Cristian Machado – vocals
• Ahrue Luster – lead guitar
• Jardel Paisante – rhythm guitar
• Laz Piña – bass guitar
• Omar Clavijo – keyboards, turntables, programming
• Danny Couto – percussion
• Dave Chavarri – drums

Additional personnel

• Joe Rodriguez – additional percussion
• Marc Rizzo – additional guitar/ acoustic guitar (on tracks 2, 4, 6–8, 10–17)
• Max Illidge – additional vocals (on track 9) (40 Below Summer, Black Market Hero)
• Mikey Doling – additional guitar (on track 3) (Snot, ex-Soulfly, ex-Abloom, currently Invitro)
• Bob Marlette - additional piano (on tracks 8, 12, 15, 17)

Production

• Bob Marlette - producer, engineering
• Jay Baumgardner - mixing
• Michael Barbiero - mixing
• Michael Koch - engineering
• Dan Korneff - digital editing, engineering
• Jerry Farley - digital editing
• John Bender - assistant engineering
• Myriam Santos-Kayda - photography
• Julian Joyce - assistant engineering
• Lynde Kusnetz - Creative director
• Ted Jensen - mastering

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: ILL NIÑO: Billboard Top 200-Entry!. 2003-10-08. roadrunnerrecords.de. 2003-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20120217054905/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.de/page/News?&news_page=139&news_id=24342. 2012-02-17. dead.
2. Web site: 2023-09-22 . ILL NIÑO Announces Upcoming Dates with Metal Kings MEGADETH and BIOHAZARD . 2024-05-26 . ROCK LINES MAGAZINE . en-US.
3. Web site: Amazon . 2003-10-08 . Roadrunnerrecords.de . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217054905/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.de/page/News?&news_page=139&news_id=24342 . 2012-02-17 . dead .
4. Web site: Roadrunner Records. 2003-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20120217054905/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.de/page/News?&news_page=139&news_id=24342. 2012-02-17. dead.