HOUR OF PENANCE Reveal New Album Title, Release Date
March 6, 2014, 10 years ago
Italian death metallers HOUR OF PENANCE have announced the title of their new album, Regicide, a word defined as the act of the killing of a monarch.
Guitarist Paolo Pieri commented, "'Regicide' revolves around the themes of destruction and rebirth and the killing of the king - be he your own fears, prejudices or dogmas that you build inside yourself to cope with reality. Only by letting go of those illusions and tearing down the walls of ignorance and fear that society, religion and every form of dysfunctional authority you interjected during your life, can you start to rebuild your own path as a free man that has no need for a king."
Scheduled for release via Prosthetic Records on May 13th in North America (May 12th in UK/EU, May 16th in Germany), the band describes Regicide as "a bone-crushing feast for old and new fans... more varied and brutal than everything we've done so far."
Hour Of Penance will play their first show of 2014 at the Trondheim Metalfest in Norway this weekend. The band will also be seen at several European festivals throughout the spring, including Neurotic Death Fest. A list of all of their upcoming appearances can be found listed below.
March
8 - Trondheim, NO - Trondheim MetalfestApril
25 - Brighton, UK - Green Door Store26 - Glasgow, UK - Stereo
27 - Liverpool, UK - Lomax
28 - Leeds, UK - The Library
30 - Bristol, UK - The Exchange
May
1 - London, UK - The Black Heart3 - Tilburg, NL - Neurotic Death Fest 2014
17 - Trezzo Sull’adda Mi, IT- Metalitalia Festival
September
7 - Valletta, MT - Malta Death Fest
