Italian death metal quartet Hour Of Penance have unveiled their sacrilegious music video for their new song "Reforging The Crowns". The video coincides with the themes of their new album, Regicide (that is, destruction, rebirth and the killing of the king).

Regicide is out now in North America and the UK/EU and will be released on May 16th in Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Australia via Prosthetic Records.

Regicide features cover artwork completed by Gyula Havancsák (Annihilator, Destruction, Grave Digger) which, like the album, revolves around the themes of destruction, rebirth and the killing of the king. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Rome's 16th Cellar Studios (Fleshgod Apocalypse), the album is described by the band as "a bone-crushing feast for old and new fans...more varied and brutal than everything we've done so far."

The album's first CD pressing will be a limited-edition digipak that will contain three bonus tracks. Those bonus tracks will also be available via download card to anyone who orders the album on vinyl or cassette, as well as anyone who orders the deluxe edition of the album on Bandcamp or other digital providers.

Exclusive pre-order packages featuring Regicide on CD, cassette and LP paired with either a t-shirt or zip-up hoodie are currently available at this location. All physical and digital Bandcamp pre-orders will also receive an immediate download of 'Resurgence of The Empire'.

Regicide tracklisting:

"Through The Triumphal Arch"
"Reforging The Crowns"
"Desecrated Souls"
"Resurgence Of The Empire"
"Spears Of Sacred Doom"
"Sealed Into Ecstasy"
"Redeemer Of Atrocity"
"Regicide"
"The Sun Worship"
"The Seas Of Light"
"Theogony"

Bonus tracks:

"The Uncorrupted Ones"
"Frail As The Flesh Of Christ"
"Monarch Of Heresy"

"Desecrated Souls" play-through video:

"Resurgence Of The Empire" lyric video:

Following their upcoming live appearances in their home country, the band will join label mates Septicflesh and fellow Italian metal horde Fleshgod Apocalypse on the North American Conquerors of the World tour - the band's first return to the continent since joining The Black Dahlia Murder, Skeletonwitch, Nile, Cannibal Corpse and Misery Index on tour here in 2012. Full dates can be found listed below.

Tour dates:

May

17 - Trezzo Sull’adda Mi, Italy - Metalitalia Festival
31 - Bari, Italy - Bloodfest @ Demode Disco Club

June

22 - Springfield, VA - Empire #
23 - Wilmington, DE - Mojo 13 #
24 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre #
25 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East #
26 - Montreal, QC - Cafe Campus #
27 - Toronto, ON - Opera House #
28 - Lakewood, OH - The Foundry #
29 - Chicago, IL - Reggie’s #
31 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock #

July

1 - Winnipeg, MB - Park Theatre #
3 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room #
4 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre #
5 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven #
6 - Portland, OR - Tonic Lounge #
7 - Oakland, CA - Metro Opera House #
8 - West Hollywood, CA -- House of Blues #
9 - Las Vegas, NV - Cheyenne Saloon #
10 - Phoenix, AZ - Joe’s Grotto #
12 - Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall #

September

7 - Valletta, MT - Malta Death Fest

# with Septicflesh, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Necronomicon