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HOUR OF PENANCE – Devotion (Official Album Stream)

Agonia Records — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:58:27 +0000

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Taken from the album “Devotion” (out April 5th)
Buy the album: https://hourofpenance.store/
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► Tracklisting:
1. Devotion for Tyranny 00:00
2. Parasitic Chain of Command 04:35
3. Birthright Abolished 08:58
4. Retaliate 12:16
5. Breathe the Dust of their Dead 16:05
6. The Morality of Warfare 19:15
7. Severance 22:33
8. The Ravenous Heralds 25:47
9. A Desert Called Peace 29:48
10. Spiralling into Decline 33:26

“Devotion is our anthem to the futility of war, with no light at the end of the tunnel,” Hour of Penance comments. “The main theme of the album is the misguided devotion which we, the people, give to our leaders, who mercilessly send us to our deaths under the pretense of democracy; while being guided only by imperialist ambitions and greed. The faceless crowd of the artwork stands in worship of these deformed statues of false deities. Musically, the album builds on the 20-year-old, fast-paced trademark style of Hour of Penance, and enhances it with more technicality and catchiness, interspersed with epic landscapes.”

► Line-up:
Giulio Moschini – guitars
Paolo Pieri – guitars and vocals
Marco Mastrobuono – bass
Giacomo Torti – drums

► Hour Of Penance on-line:
Website: http://www.hourofpenance.net/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hourofpenance
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HourofPenance
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/hourofpenanceofficial
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5QMEomYiV52o6l3uZmuE8N
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/hour-of-penance/283876193

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Strona: https://agoniarecords.com
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#HourOfPenance #Devotion #DeathMetal

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HOUR OF PENANCE – Birthright Abolished (Official Lyric Video)

Agonia Records — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:53:55 +0000

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Taken from the album “Devotion” (out April 5th)
Buy the album: https://hourofpenance.store/
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“«Birthright Abolished» is a song about taking back what has been stolen by the exploitation, slavery and oppression of the ruling class that has ravaged and polluted entire areas of the world for profit. We chose this song as the second single from «Devotion» because of its relentless speed and technicality, reminiscent of the «The Vile Conception» era, filtered through the influences of subsequent albums” – Hour Of Penance, March 2024.

► Credits:
Animations – Andrea Mantelli
Graphics – Paolo Pieri
Line-up:
Giulio Moschini – guitars
Paolo Pieri – guitars and vocals
Marco Mastrobuono – bass
Giacomo Torti – drums

► Lyrics:
Feed them the death-filled blackened gold
In the shape of infected blades to carve pitiful lumps of flesh and bones
Hoarders – They left this soil dry and sterile

While they grow their bodies
As deformed as their mind soaked in rot
We know not repentance nor hear their cries

As we take back our will and use it to dethrone
Those who just understand the privilege of birth
Your world dies

Starve into this hole as we all did trying to survive
Sinking teeth in the dirt you’ll watch us thrive
Back from the exile to rise

Justice shall take its toll upon them
Noblemen eaten by worms alive
Granting them endless years of pain
As they deprived us of being human beings

Time to taste the famine
Gnaw the marrow from each other spine
Hollowed out compassion – Eye for an eye

As we take back our will and use it to dethrone
Those who just understand the privilege of birth

Sinking teeth in the dirt you’ll watch us thrive
Back from the exile to rise
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#HourOfPenance #Devotion #DeathMetal

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HOUR OF PENANCE – Devotion for Tyranny (Official Music Video)

Agonia Records — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:54:02 +0000

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Taken from the album “Devotion” (out April 5th)
Buy the album: https://hourofpenance.store/
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“We chose ‘Devotion for Tyranny’ as the first single because it’s probably the most straightforward and uncompromising song on the album, and it perfectly represents the main themes of the album,” Hour Of Penance comments. “This animated video is heavily inspired by the mysterious atmospheres of Soulslike games and the hooded man represents the revolutionary vanguard that overthrows the established order based on wealth and oppression, that has left the Earth a barren and sterile land for a deformed and enslaved humanity to live in. The visual references to the elements of the alchemical process are a metaphor for the transformative power of the human will. It’s a dystopic vision of a not-so-distant future and a warning.”

► Credits:
Concept, prompting and generation – Paolo Pieri
Video editor – Alberto Falcone
Images generated on Midjourney
Image to video and text to video clips generated on Runway

► Lyrics:
And as the plague keeps crawling
They eat the innards of the saints
We failed

Drawn to the pit by the smell of the carcass
Mankind is enticed to oppression
Blind and tied then bred to swallow this ill-fated blasphemous creed
Taste the vile golden crown
Forge anew the curse of life
Sworn to obey your masters calling
Tyranny is the saviour’s will and faith

Bastards who hail the unseen servitude
To fulfill their need to endure
They cast them in gaols, tortured, skinned, maimed and sliced
May their kin be eradicated to delight in everlasting grace

Rabid like dogs, we serve and disgust you
Weaving our self loathe to cling upon our lives

Tyranny – We shall be devoted to centuries of pain
Tyranny – We shall be devoted to slavers of the self

Rabid like dogs, we serve and disgust you
Weaving our self loathe to cling upon our lives

Oh monarch, beseech us to keep upon our necks and feet the gentle chains of higher scorn
Avow the guilt and skin the earth upon which I sacrifice my will and my desire for thee

Fierce is the one who detests his creation
As rot engulfs the ascended
Choice became the mark of the traitors
Hanging down from sacred trees
Spiritual cancer swells
To dissolve our mortal shell
Don’t you see they birthed the culling?
Tyranny is the saviour’s will and faith

Bastards who hail the unseen servitude
To fulfill their need to endure
They cast them in gaols, tortured, skinned, maimed and sliced
May their kin be eradicated to feed the neverending grace of war

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#HourOfPenance #Devotion #DeathMetal

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HOUR OF PENANCE – Devotion (Official Album Medley)

Agonia Records — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 18:48:55 +0000

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“Devotion” releases April 5th, 2024
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HOUR OF PENANCE – Lamb Of The Seven Sins (Official Guitar Playthrough)

Agonia Records — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:23:05 +0000

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Watch Paolo Pieri of HOUR OF PENANCE perform a guitar playthrough of the song “Lamb Of The Seven Sins”, taken from HOUR OF PENANCE’s eighth studio album “Misotheism”. Buy the album: http://agoniarecords.com/hourofpenance

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 at: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xURIRF2vON7AIf564MAEc_TBnDb4RHxx

GEAR:
Mooer GE200 w/custom preset and IR
Callisto 7 custom by Valenti Guitars
EMG Pickups 81-7 / 66-7
D’Addario 10-59 strings
Essetipicks Ziriyab

HOUR OF PENANCE on-line:
Website: http://www.hourofpenance.net/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hourofpenance
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HourofPenance
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/hourofpenanceofficial
Spotify: https://sptfy.com/20Wh

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Facebook: https://facebook.com/agoniarecords
Twitter: https://twitter.com/agoniarecords
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/agoniarecords
Bandcamp: https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/agoniarecordsofficial
YouTube: http://youtube.com/AgoniaRec

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HOUR OF PENANCE – Blight And Conquer (Official Bass Playthrough)

Agonia Records — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:45:00 +0000

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Marco Mastrobuono of HOUR OF PENANCE performs a bass playthrough of the song “Blight And Conquer”, taken from HOUR OF PENANCE’s eighth studio album “Misotheism”. Get the album at: http://agoniarecords.com/hourofpenance

ENDORSEMENTS:
Warwick Bass, Ebs Professional Equipment, Steinberg Media and Emg Pickups.

VIDEO CREDIT:
Recorded at Kick Recording Studio.
Filmed by Luca Fantini.

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HOUR OF PENANCE – Flames Of Merciless Gods (Official Drum Playthrough)

Agonia Records — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 09:09:40 +0000

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Davide Billia of HOUR OF PENANCE performs a drum playthrough video for the song “Flames Of Merciless Gods”, taken from the band’s eighth studio album “Misotheism”, out now on Agonia. Order at: http://agoniarecords.com/hourofpenance

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HOUR OF PENANCE – Unboxing: Misotheism

Agonia Records — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 10:23:53 +0000

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HOUR OF PENANCE’s eighth studio album “Misotheism” is out now on Agonia. Order at: http://agoniarecords.com/hourofpenance

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HOUR OF PENANCE – Misotheism (Official Album Stream)

Agonia Records — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:45:01 +0000

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HOUR OF PENANCE’s eighth studio album “Misotheism” is out now on Agonia. Order at: http://agoniarecords.com/hourofpenance

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HOUR OF PENANCE – Blight And Conquer (Official Pixel Art Music Video)

Agonia Records — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:45:01 +0000

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Music video for the track “Blight And Conquer” taken from HOUR OF PENANCE’s eighth studio album “Misotheism”, out October 25th, 2019 on Agonia. Order at: http://agoniarecords.com/hourofpenance

VIDEO CREDIT:
Concept by Paolo Pieri
Screenplay, backgrounds, animations and character design by Harry Sussams
Website: https://www.harrysussams.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TheHeroesOfThisStory

COMMENT:
“We gave a lot of thought about how to do something different from anything else seen before and show you a unique video clip. Videogames have always been one of our biggest passions alongside music, and titles like Dark Souls and Bloodborne and their peculiar imagery and storytelling have been a huge source of inspiration for us: so we’ve decided to come up with a 2D/retro animation created by Harry Sussams, an amazing professional in illustration and pixel art. We worked hard together on every scene and detail to give life to a cryptic and gruesome narration tied to the themes of wealth and corruption dealt with in the lyrics of ‘Misotheism’, with the iconic tower of the artwork making its appearance into the video. Check it out!” (Hour Of Penance, October 2019).

LYRICS:
Desolated sceneries unfolding to the plebs
The smoke is merging with the dust
Craters are filled with remains of the feebles
Only one choice – Accept submission

Blasting down the walls with the might of the hammers
Set them on fire for the night
All the sins will be cleansed from their descent
Guide their lords into submission

Profane arcane writings indoctrinate the vassals
Cursing wildly their legacy

Alchemy and seances breathing life into the dead ones
Armed to the teeth and sent to die
The sun and astral bodies are extinguished by the ritual
Casting their remains into perdition

Through the rotten soil crawl the vines and the roaches
Eating through the heart of this land
When the eclipse will be over
Only one choice – Accept submission

Drained – Feed those seals with the blight
Breaking the staves
There’s no savior in sight
Bursting the veins that are feeding their souls

Drained – Feed those seals with the blight
Ripping the veil
Still no savior in sight
Thrusting the spear through the chest of the Sun

Bring in the slaves
Send out the knights
Silence the spark of the light

Solo – Giulio Moschini

Desolated sceneries unfolding to the plebs
The smoke is merging with the dust
Craters are filled with remains of the feebles
Only one choice – Accept submission

Blasting down the walls with the might of the hammers
Set them on fire for the night
All the sins will be cleansed from their descent
Guide their lords into submission

Profane arcane writings indoctrinate the vassals
Skinning and burning the enemies

Drained – Feed those seals with the blight
Breaking the staves
There’s no savior in sight
Bursting the veins that are feeding their souls

Drained – Feed those seals with the blight
Ripping the veil
Still no savior in sight
Thrusting the spear through the chest of the Sun

Bring in the slaves
Send out the knights
Silence the spark of the light

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