Tag Archives: Hour Of Penance

Metal By Numbers 11/6: Who’s afraid of the big Bad Wolves?

Posted by on November 6, 2019

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   So I’m only just finding out that Bad Wolves is made up of a number of musicians from other bands, most notably guitarist Doc Coyle from God Forbid. And finding that out just […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/7: Kreator are gods of the charts

Posted by on February 8, 2017

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Some bands are long overdue for some recognition, and Kreator are one of them. Certainly they’re the most well known of the Teutonic thrash scene (which includes Sodom, Destruction, and Tankard to name a […]

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Black Crown Initiate added to Septicflesh/Fleshgod Apocalypse tour

Posted by on June 9, 2014

Black Crown Initiate won a lot of people over on the Metal Alliance tour (including us, since they handed out Metal Insider stickers the whole tour!). And while they’re still not signed, they just got added to another high profile metal tour. Due to visa issues, Hour of Penance have been forced to drop off […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/21: People Still Really Like Mushroomhead

Posted by on May 21, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You know, when you write this column enough times, you think you’re going to be able to predict what’ll have the best debut, what’s going to stick around longest, etc. And then Mushroomhead comes […]

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New and Noteworthy, May 13th: This work is timeless

Posted by on May 13, 2014

Weeks like this one are what make this column a joy for me to write. When there are so many high-quality albums debuting in a single week, I often don’t know where to begin, because I’m so excited about it all. I certainly hope you all enjoy this list as much I do!     […]

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Nile’s New Song Gives Us A Supreme Case Of Megalomania

Posted by on April 13, 2012

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y0JCCwG0ww[/youtube] Nile have been on the road with The Black Dahlia Murder, Skeletonwitch and Hour Of Penance for a few weeks now. And during their recent performances, the death metal legends have been performing a new song called “Supreme Humanism Of Megalomania.” Multiple videos have been floating around the web for some time now. However, […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/4: Meshuggah, Overkill Defy Slumps In Huge Week For Debuts

Posted by on April 4, 2012

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Ok, so technically Shinedown, The Used and The Mars Volta have the top hard rock debuts (while someone named Madonna topping the charts). However, out of the 20 metal/hard rock debuts this week, 11 […]

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New & Noteworthy, March 27th – Transfixion

Posted by on March 27, 2012

Behold what is likely to be one of the biggest, most talked-about weeks on the metal release calendar for all of 2012! Technically, most of these albums were actually released yesterday, March 26, but that’s not the point. Today’s list reads like a who’s who of the metal world, featuring artists from virtually every single […]

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Skeletonwitch’s New Video Gives Us A “Resurrection”

Posted by on March 23, 2012

One of my favorite albums to come out in 2011 was Skeletonwitch’s Forever Abomination. And one of the great things about the blackened thrash metal group is that their live performance is just as awesome as their albums. That fact is helped proven by the band’s new music video for “The Infernal Resurrection.” The video, […]

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