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Italian tech-death maestros HOUR OF PENANCE have begun recording their highly anticipated ninth studio album, which will be the follow-up to "Misotheism" from 2019. The band started off with drums, which are being recorded by Giacomo Torti, who officially joined the band as new full-time drummer in December, and who can be seen in a new video from Bloom Studios in Rome, where tracking is taking place.

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Italy's death metallers HOUR OF PENANCE have posted a guitar playthrough video for the song "Lamb Of The Seven Sins", featuring their guitarist, Paolo Pieri. The video was shot by Luca Fantini and recorded at Kick Recording Studio by Marco Mastrobuono. You can download the custom preset and IR for Mooer GE200 used in this video here. The video can be watched at: ...

Watch bassist Marco Mastrobuono of Italian death metallers HOUR OF PENANCE perform a playthrough of the song "Blight And Conquer", taken from the band's new album "Misotheism" (out now on Agonia Records). The playthrough was recorded at Kick Recording Studio in Italy and filmed by Luca Fantini. Gear-wise, Marco is endorsed by Warwick Bass, Ebs Professional Equipment, Steinberg Media and Emg Pickups. The video is available here: ...

Italian death metallers HOUR OF PENANCE and the band's drummer Davide Billia, have teamed up with Sick Drummer Magazine to release a drum playthrough video for the song "Flames Of Merciless Gods". The track appears on HOUR OF PENANCE's new studio album "Misotheism", out now on Agonia Records. Watch Davide run through the track at this link: https://sickdrummermagazine.com/news/latest-news/davide-brutal-dave-billia-hour-of-penance-flames-of-merciless-gods-exclusive-drum-play-through/

HOUR OF PENANCE is currently on a European...

As "Misotheism", the new studio from Italy's death metal force HOUR OF PENANCE, draws near to its October 25th release date on Agonia Records, the band reveal a new single titled "Blight And Conquer". The song is accompanied by a pixel art music video created by the skilled Bristol artist Harry Sussams, and is based on a concept by Paolo Pieri. Watch the video at: https://youtu.be/jK5AHukD_aM...

The band commented on the new single: "Flames of Merciless Gods” is a song about a new empire built on the illuministic values of reason and equality, who wages war against the wealthy ones hidden in their ivory towers, worshipping their only god: Money. They are the 'bastard race', because they have no fatherland and no motherland: their loyalty stands to no one but themselves. Their way of life is...

Italy's technical, blackened death metal outfit HOUR OF PENANCE, announce details surrounding its eighth studio album titled "Misotheism". The album is set to be released on October 25th worldwide via Agonia Records.

Set in motion in Rome, in 1999, HOUR OF PENANCE travelled a long way to find itself standing strong as one of the most intense, talented and striking death metal acts to emerge from Italy. At the same...

"Prepare yourselves, we’re finally ready to hit the studio once again. The follow up to Cast the First Stone will consist of 9 tracks written during the course of the last two years in which we put all our best efforts to give you another piece of extreme speed and brutality. We decided to record all drums at Bloom Recording Studio in February, while guitars, bass and vocals will be...

Agonia Records is pleased to welcome Italy's HOUR OF PENANCE to its roster. The technical, brutal death metal band has signed a record deal with the Polish-based label in November of 2018, after parting ways with Prosthetic Records, via whom the band released three of their last albums, including 2017's "Cast The First Stone". Currently HOUR OF PENANCE is on the final lap of writing songs for the album's as...

Italian death metallers HOUR OF PENANCE have released an updated schedule of their upocoming European tour. The previously announced show in Bosnia Herzegovina has been moved to a new location in Tuzla, at Palma Klub, while the show in Pula, Croatia, has been moved to Kranj, Slovenia, at TrainStation SubArt.

  • 21/09/2018: Weberknecht - Wien (Austria)
  • 22/09/2018: Prometalfest - Rymarov (Czech Republic)
  • 23/09/2018: Magnetofon - Lodz (Poland)
  • 25/09/2018: SKCNS Fabrika
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