---
title: "Proving Ground by Penance"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/c433cad5-f4f8-3def-a25f-ecabbcbda2e8"
artist: "Penance"
year: 1999
label: "Martyr Music Group"
---

# Proving Ground

**Proving Ground** is an album by Penance, released in 1999 on Martyr Music Group.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | Proving Ground |
| Artist | Penance |
| Type | Album |
| Year | 1999 |
| Label | Martyr Music Group |
| Catalog number | Martyr 0036 |
| Tracks | 11 |
| Place in discography | 3 of 6 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Proving Ground | 6:17 |
| 2 | Cloudless | 7:34 |
| 3 | Transcending | 5:51 |
| 4 | Dead Already | 5:50 |
| 5 | Bitter | 4:16 |
| 6 | Pain | 7:29 |
| 7 | Never Lost | 8:12 |
| 8 | Cast in Grey | 6:53 |
| 9 | Bleed You | 3:44 |
| 10 | Circle #9 | 6:29 |
| 11 | Slipping... | 8:26 |

## Genres

[Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) · [Stoner Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-metal)

## Release tags

Doom Metal · Metal

## In the discography

- Previous release: [Parallel Corners (1994)](https://themetalnet.com/album/2d7c64d1-93dd-36fb-8eba-89b94207d94e)
- Next release: [Alpha & Omega (2001)](https://themetalnet.com/album/ae0f46e0-8adc-3a77-8679-2c2528c7c9e6)

## Artist

- [Penance](https://themetalnet.com/band/penance)

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