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Hour of Penance is a technical death metal band from Rome, Italy that was formed in 1999. They have released seven full-length albums, the latest album Cast the First Stone being released in January 27, 2017 through Prosthetic Records. Influenced at first by a combination of black metal and death metal, Hour of Penance would soon move away from those styles, and – being influenced by Cannibal Corpse – opt for a more up front and pummeling style. Their first demo hit the scene in 2000, and was followed by their first album, Disturbance, in 2003. By this time they...

There are at least three bands with the name Penance: 1) A doom metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2) Band from London. 3) A punk band from Perth, Western Australia 1) Penance was born from the ashes of Dream Death, when several members decided to pursue a more traditional doom direction. Dream Death existed during mid eighties and played speciphic mixture of doom, hardcore and thrash metal. Founders of Penance were drummer Mike Smail and guitarist Terry Weston (both previously a members of Dream Death) and they were the core of the band from its early days to the disbanding....