Origin: Pennsylvania, USA  
Genres: Doom Metal
DISBANDED
Last update/review: May 21, 2007

Penance

One of the standout indie American doom bands of the nineties, Penance was born when several members of Dream Death decided to pursue a more classic doom direction. The band released five albums with various lineups, breaking up some time after 2003's Spiritualnatural. Their final album, the posthumous release The Road Revisited, is actually an alternate version of The Road Less Travelled (the band's 1992 debut) -- apparently both versions were recorded around the same time, with Revisited being the earlier, never-heard-before version. Vocalist Brian Balich is continuing in a new band called Argus.

Last Lineup

Brian Balich

vocals (Arduini/Balich, Argus)

Terry Weston

guitars (Blackfinger, ex-Dream Death)

Matt Tuite

guitars

Dave Roman

guitars (ex-Under The Sun)

Mary Bielich

bass (ex-Em Sinfonia, ex-Novembers Doom)

Mike Smail

drums (ex-Cathedral, ex-Dream Death, ex-Internal Void, ex-Pentagram, ex-Under The Sun)

Former Members/Guests

Brian Lawrence

vocals/guitars (ex-Dream Death)

Lee Smith

vocals

Richard Freund

bass (ex-Dream Death)

Frank Miller

bass

Ron Leard

bass


Discography


The Road Less Travelled  
1992 Rise Above
  1. The Unseen
  2. A Wayfarer's Tale
  3. If They Would Cut My Throat Out ...
  4. Misgivings
  5. Soulrot
  6. Not What It Seems
  7. Penance
  • Brian Lawrence
  • Terry Weston
  • Richard Freund
  • Mike Smail


Parallel Corners  
1994 Century Media
  1. Words Not Deeds
  2. Born To Suffer
  3. Words To Live By
  4. Destroyed By One
  5. Crosses
  6. Visions
  7. Reflections
  8. Monster I've Become
  • Lee Smith
  • Terry Weston
  • Frank Miller
  • Mike Smail


Proving Ground  
1999 independent
  1. Proving Ground
  2. Cloudless
  3. Transcending
  4. Dead Already
  5. Bitter
  6. Pain
  7. Never Lost
  8. Cast in Grey
  9. Bleed You
  10. Circle #9
  11. Slipping
  • Brian Balich
  • Terry Weston
  • Ron Leard
  • Mike Smail


Alpha And Omega  
2001 Martyr Music
  1. Wizards Of Mind
  2. New Machine
  3. See The Light
  4. Reaching
  5. Eden Fallen
  • Brian Balich
  • Terry Weston
  • Matt Tuite
  • Mary Bielich
  • Mike Smail


Spiritualnatural  
2003 Martyr Music
  1. Gemini
  2. The Innocent
  3. The River Ara
  4. Regret
  5. Casting Long Shadows
  6. Lost My Way
  7. Long Suffering
  8. Iron Curtain Blues
  9. All Is Vanity
  10. Spiritualnatural
  11. Starshine
  • Brian Balich
  • Terry Weston
  • Matt Tuite
  • Dave Roman
  • Mary Bielich
  • Mike Smail


The Road Revisited  
2005 PsycheDOOMelic
  1. Eulogy (Intro)
  2. The Unseen
  3. A Wayfarer's Tale
  4. If They Would Cut My Throat Out ...
  5. Misgivings
  6. Soul Rot
  7. Not What It Seems
  8. Penance



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