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Penance was born from the ashes of Dream Death, when several members decided to pursue a more traditional doomdirection. Dream Death
existed during mid eighties and played a mixture of doom, hardcore and thrash metal.Founders of Penance were drummer Mike Smail and
guitarist Terry Weston (both previously members of Dream Death) andthey were the core of the band from its early days to the disbanding. The
band changed various line-ups, and one of theirmost notable members were Mary Bielich (Novembers Doom).Penance's debut The Road Less
Travelled, featuring Brian Lawrence (who was also pre ...read more
Penance was born from the ashes of Dream Death, when several members decided to pursue a more traditional doomdirection. Dream Death
existed during mid eighties and played a mixture of doom, hardcore and thrash metal.Founders of Penance were drummer Mike Smail and
guitarist Terry Weston (both previously members of Dream Death) andthey were the core of the band from its early days to the disbanding. The
band changed various line-ups, and one of theirmost notable members were Mary Bielich (Novembers Doom).Penance's debut The Road Less
Travelled, featuring Brian Lawrence (who was also previously a member of Dreath Death) onvocals and guitar, was released 1992, under Lee
Dorrian's label Rise Above Records. Alongside with Revelation's debut, it wasa first doom metal album released on this label. They would
embark on a European tour in support of doom legends Cathedraland Sleep.Their second album, Parallel Corners, was released 1994, by the
European metal label Century Media. Many fans consider thisthe band's best album, and it's also considered one of the classics of 90s
(traditional) doom metal. On the next releasesPenance adopted a slight range of psychedelic influences, but still remained fairly closed to their
traditional doom roots.Spiritualnatural (2003) would be the band's final album. They embarked on a European tour in 2004 partnered with Well
ofSouls and Orodruin. They split that same year. The Road Revisited was released posthumously in 2005, which is theunreleased original
recorded version of the first album.Mike Smail went on to join Internal Void and doom legends Pentagram. « hide |
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