Hour of Penance

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Hour of Penance
Origin Rome, Italy
Genres Technical death metal, brutal death metal
Years active1999 (1999)–present
Labels Xtreem, Unique Leader, Prosthetic, Agonia
MembersPaolo Pieri
Giulio Moschini
Marco Mastrobuono
Giacomo Torti
Past membersSilvano Leone
Francesco Paoli
James Payne
Alex Manco
Mike Viti
Francesco De Honestis
Enrico Schettino
Mauro Mercurio
Simone "Arconda" Piras
Davide Billia
Website hourofpenance.net

Hour of Penance is an Italian technical death metal band from Rome that was formed in 1999.

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History

Their first demo came out in 2000 and was followed by their first album, Disturbance, released under Spanish label Xtreem Music in 2003. In 2005 the second album Pageantry for Martyrs was released under the same label. In 2008, the band released their first internationally recognized success The Vile Conception under Unique Leader Records. It set the coordinates for their sound, marked by a technical guitar riffing, blast beats and fast vocal lines. In 2010, their fourth album Paradogma was released, and while keeping the brutal approach of the previous work, their sound incorporated more melodic and black metal influences. The album was recognized by the press as one of the death metal highlights of the year and opened the road for a deal with the Los Angeles-based label Prosthetic Records and a tour with Deicide. In 2012, Hour of Penance released Sedition which was followed by various tours with Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, and DevilDriver amongst the others. Another studio album, Regicide, was released in 2014 and was followed by touring with Behemoth and Cannibal Corpse. The last album published with Prosthetic Records was Cast the First Stone, released in 2017. Hour of Penance then signed a deal with Polish label Agonia Records and released a new album called Misotheism in October 2019.

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