brutal technical death metal

Hailing from the immortal city of Rome, Italy, Hour of Penance is a 5 piece brutal death metal band, in the vein of most of the American Gods such as Nile, Hate Eternal, Gorgasm and other band that plays death metal at the speedlight! Formed back in 1999 Hour of Penance started as a black-death cover band. The sound made by all those incredible bands from Florida, was what H.O.P. was trying to imitate. The band began to write songs, mixing the sound of different influences from Europe and USA.

There is more than one artist with the name Kuru: 1. A brutal death metal band from Sacramento, California, USA.
Kenny Hoffman from Buriedinhell Records band.
2. Crust band from UK that existed between 1993-1996

Read more about Kuru on Last.fm.

2008 / 2009 - Everything is Fire
In 2008 Ulcerate the band's line-up changed considerably - after much consideration the decision was made to opt for a return to the lower pitched vocals utilised during the band's demo period, and so bassist Paul Kelland stepped up to take over the vocal duty from Ben Read. A new second guitarist Oliver Goater was found to replace Michael Rothwell after a more-than-amicable split. With a new, streamlined line-up, the band prepared for album no.2 ...

Insision is a Swedish brutal death metal band with a non-Swedish sound. Drawing inspirations from Cryptopsy, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse and Deicide, the group is better associated with death metal from North America. They have yet released three full lengths, "Beneath The Folds of Flesh" (2002) and "Revealed and Worshipped" (2004). The latest record is called "Ikon" (2007). Beside those they have released 3 demos titled "Meant to Suffer" (1997), "Promo 2000" (2000) and "Revelation of the SadoGod" (2001).