Penance is tagged as: doom metal, traditional doom metal, doom, traditional doom, stoner rock There are at least two bands with the name Penance: 1) Band playing a mixture of doom, hardcore and thrash metal.|2) Band from London. 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. The band changed various line-ups, and one of their most notable members were Mary Bielich (Novembers Doom). Penance’s debut The Road Less Travelled was released 1992, under Lee Dorrian’s label Rise Above Records. Alongside with Revelation’s debut, it was a first doom metal album released on this label. They would embark on a European tour in support of doom legends Cathedral and Sleep. Their second album, Parallel Corners, was released 1994, by the European metal label Century Media. Many fans consider this the band’s best album, and it’s also considered one of the classics of 90s (traditional) doom metal. On the next releases Penance adopted a slight range of psychedelic influences, but stil... Read More About Penance Biography...  Send Penance ringtones to your cell
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