---
title: "Hour of Penance"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/hour-of-penance"
genre: "Technical Death Metal"
formed: 1999
---

# Hour of Penance

**Hour of Penance** is a technical death metal band, active 1999 to present.

Hour of Penance is an Italian technical death metal band from Rome that was formed in 1999.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour_of_Penance

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Hour of Penance |
| Genre | Technical Death Metal |
| Parent genre | Death Metal |
| Origin | Roma |
| Formed | 1999 |
| Releases in catalog | 10 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Technical Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-death)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Davide Billia](https://themetalnet.com/musician/davide-billia) | Membranophone | 2015 to present | Current |
| [Giulio Moschini](https://themetalnet.com/musician/giulio-moschini) | Guitar | 2004 to present | Current |
| [Marco Mastrobuono](https://themetalnet.com/musician/marco-mastrobuono) | Bass guitar | 2013 to present | Current |
| [Paolo Pieri](https://themetalnet.com/musician/paolo-pieri) | Guitar, Lead vocals | 2010 to present | Current |
| [Silvano Leone](https://themetalnet.com/musician/silvano-leone) | Bass guitar | 2006 to 2013 | Former |
| [Alessandro Manco](https://themetalnet.com/musician/alessandro-manco) | Lead vocals | 2004 to 2006 | Former |
| [Enrico Schettino](https://themetalnet.com/musician/enrico-schettino) | Guitar | 1999 to 2006 | Former |
| [Francesco de Honestis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/francesco-de-honestis) | Guitar | 1999 to 2004 | Former |
| [Francesco Paoli](https://themetalnet.com/musician/francesco-paoli) | Lead vocals | 2007 to 2010 | Former |
| [James Payne](https://themetalnet.com/musician/james-payne) | Membranophone | 2012 to 2014 | Former |
| [Mauro Mercurio](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mauro-mercurio) | Membranophone | 1999 to 2010 | Former |
| [Mike Viti](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mike-viti) | Bass guitar, Lead vocals | 1999 to 2004 | Former |
| [Simone Piras](https://themetalnet.com/musician/simone-piras) | Membranophone | 2010 to 2012 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 | [Promo 2000](https://themetalnet.com/album/25b30de9-ba85-4e89-9636-26c38adb8316) | EP |
| 2003 | [Disturbance](https://themetalnet.com/album/295e1ab7-d6b6-3fba-b6df-5bb518663d85) | Album |
| 2005 | [Pageantry for Martyrs](https://themetalnet.com/album/569eaace-d878-3a8d-bd77-37289c218b94) | Album |
| 2008 | [The Vile Conception](https://themetalnet.com/album/d23e33fb-0d18-3815-95fd-bda8230687a1) | Album |
| 2010 | [Paradogma](https://themetalnet.com/album/23e3419c-b97d-467b-8bc6-7b4a95f45b49) | Album |
| 2012 | [Sedition](https://themetalnet.com/album/3319a00b-98af-43df-ac26-111cbd8e56d4) | Album |
| 2014 | [Regicide](https://themetalnet.com/album/089fd1f4-2a1a-4f21-95b7-38b74bdef6a3) | Album |
| 2017 | [Cast the First Stone](https://themetalnet.com/album/de50bac5-fdf1-439c-9f90-017772f03eb8) | Album |
| 2019 | [Misotheism](https://themetalnet.com/album/5c65e877-27f7-44f0-ae35-fcc12ee204a0) | Album |
| 2024 | [Devotion](https://themetalnet.com/album/13fe2711-c06f-461a-a453-22abdd580b68) | Album |

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- [Nile](https://themetalnet.com/band/nile) (listened together)
- [Cryptopsy](https://themetalnet.com/band/cryptopsy) (listened together)
- [Origin](https://themetalnet.com/band/origin) (listened together)
- [Decapitated](https://themetalnet.com/band/decapitated) (listened together)
- [Cannibal Corpse](https://themetalnet.com/band/cannibal-corpse) (listened together)
- [Suffocation](https://themetalnet.com/band/suffocation) (listened together)
- [Aborted](https://themetalnet.com/band/aborted) (listened together)
- [Spawn of Possession](https://themetalnet.com/band/spawn-of-possession) (listened together)
- [Dying Fetus](https://themetalnet.com/band/dying-fetus) (listened together)
- [Decrepit Birth](https://themetalnet.com/band/decrepit-birth) (listened together)
- [Benighted](https://themetalnet.com/band/benighted) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Hour_of_Penance/10433
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hourofpenance
- x: https://twitter.com/HourofPenance
- bandcamp: https://hourofpenance.bandcamp.com/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/300813
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5QMEomYiV52o6l3uZmuE8N
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hourofpenanceofficial/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/it/artist/283876193
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCQixi5HYT1HRAZFr-kD2yFQ

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/hour-of-penance](https://themetalnet.com/band/hour-of-penance). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt