Fusing Hard Rock, Doom, & Dark Heavy Metal, Pittsburgh's PENANCE have, over the course of their 10+ year career, become one of the most revered acts within the scene that spawned TROUBLE, THE OBSESSED, and SLEEP. Starting with their ''Living Truth'' demo released in 1990, PENANCE (formerly known as DREAM DEATH on New Renaissance Records) quickly gained the respect of such bands as CATHEDRAL, which led to drummer Mike Smail playing on CATHEDRAL's ''Forest of Equilibrium'' debut! After a European tour alongside CATHEDRAL & SLEEP, PENANCE released their debut CD ''The Road Less Traveled'' on CATHEDRAL frontman Lee Dorrian's Rise Above Records in 1992. This garnered enough interest worldwide to pave the way for a deal with Century Media, who released PENANCE's sophomore disc ''Parallel Corners'' in 1994. ''Parallel Corners'' was praised by Martin Popoff in his book ''Heavy Metal Guide'' as one of the five top ''post-Sabbath'' albums ever released! After several lineup changes frontman Brian 'Butch' Balich joined PENANCE in 1997, and they continued to perform live as well as release the ''Bridges to Burn'' demo in 1998 and the self-released ''Proving Ground'' CD in 1999. In 2000 PENANCE joined forces with Matt Tuite (ex-WICKERMAN, MUSTACHE) and Mary Bielich (ex-MYTHIC, NOVEMBERS DOOM, WORMHOLE, EM SINFONIA) leading to the strongest PENANCE lineup to date. Their Martyr Music debut, ''alpha & omega'' showcases a band of diverse influences and extraordinary talent, whose output spans everything from Doom to Rock to Heavy Metal; nine tracks which prove that real Doom never died!
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