Davide ‘Brutal Dave’ Billia – Hour of Penance – Flames of Merciless Gods – Exclusive Drum Play-through

Davide ‘Brutal Dave’ Billia joined Hour of Penance in 2015 and recorded two albums with the band, 2017’ “Cast the First Stone” and released last Friday, the band’s latest  album ”Misotheism.” Davide’s one of the most active drummers in the Italian extreme metal scene, well known for his furious blast beats and double bass drumming, and the man behind the kit in bands such as Behedead, Antropofagus, and Coffin Birth. Without further ado, watch Davide run through the track ‘Flames Of Merciless Gods’ taken from Hour of Penance’s latest album ”Misothiesm.”

Band: Hour of Penance

Drummer: Davide ‘Brutal Dave’ Billia

Track: Flames Of Merciless Gods

Album: Misotheism (out now / October 25th on Agonia Records)

Buy / Stream URLs:

Webshop: www.agoniarecords.com/hourofpenance

Indie Merch store: https://www.indiemerchstore.com/b/hour-of-penance

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Misotheism-Hour-Penance/dp/B07W47C4S8/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=misotheism&qid=1572534815&sr=8-2

Bandcamp: https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/misotheism

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5oIuR5FECdHxwOrft9wWoG

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/misotheism/1476936693

Artist URLs:

Website: http://www.hourofpenance.net/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hourofpenance

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HourofPenance

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/hourofpenanceofficial

Spotify: https://sptfy.com/20Wh

davide-billia-hour-of-penance-11-2019-sick-drummer-magazine2Davide’s gear:

Drums:

ddrum Dios Maple

Bamboo snare drum 6.5″ x 14″

Bass Drum 20″ x 22″

Tom 7″ x 10″

Tom 8″ x 12″

Floor Tom 14″ x 16″

Evans drumheads

Genera dry/hazy 300 on the snare drum

G2 coated / genera resonant on toms

G2 clear / EMAD Resonant on bass drums

Axis Pedals A longboard

FootBoard triggers

Promark TX747N

Cympad

Set in motion in Rome, in 1999, Hour of Penance traveled a long way to find itself standing strong as one of the most intense, talented and striking death metal acts to emerge from Italy. At the same time, their eighth installment ”Misotheism” cloaks the same verve and mindful perfection, that led to the band’s uprising in the first place. “As we did with our past records, we’ve started working on this one with the same passion and focus as if we were about to record our very first album,” says the group. “We’ve never taken anything for granted, not only by keeping in mind the standards our fans are expecting, but also pushing ourselves to try perfecting our sound.” Their excitement for death metal didn’t wash out their caring attitude towards tying up all loose ends, either: “We never thought that we would have come this far with our career, and while we didn’t feel any pressure writing this record, we definitely put some extra care this time. In fact, the album was recorded in three different studios and handled by three different sound engineers.”

What we receive in the end is far better than what some may have been craving for “Misotheism” is a pitch-black and delightfully brutal death metal soundtrack to a collapsing universe. “It pushed Hour of Penance to a new level of creativity. We’re confident that you will enjoy the new album as much as we do,” adds the band. “Misotheism” was worked on in three different locations. Drums were tracked at Bloom Recording Studio (Italy), where the band “took advantage of the huge recording rooms and endless choice of microphones.”

On the other end, we have the Kick Recording Studio (Italy), where guitars, bass, and vocals were recorded with Marco Mastrobuono, who also worked on “Regicide” (2014) and the last album, “Cast the First Stone”(2017). Finally, the band drove all the way to Poland, where the album was mixed and mastered at Hertz Studios (Behemoth, Vader, Decapitated). As the band reports: “Working with the Wiesławscy brothers was like putting the icing on the cake and thanks to their mastery we managed to achieve the perfect sound without making any compromises.”  The cover for the album was handled by a Hungarian artist, Gyula Havancsàk (Accept, Annihilator, Destruction, Ensiferum). “He perfectly captured the overall feel of the album,” comments the band.

With seven albums to their name (first two with Xtreem Music, later two with Unique Leader Records and last three with Prosthetic Records) and a reputation of a venerated live act (with tours across North America, Europe and Australia in the company of Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, Devil Driver and Misery Index to name a few), Hour Of Penance is now on the verge of hitting the road once again.

Hour of Penance Tour dates:

03.11.2019: Krakow @ Klub Kwadrat, PL*

04.11.2019: Prague @ Futurum Music Bar, CZ*

05.11.2019: Munich @ Backstage München, GER*

06.11.2019: Oberhausen @ Helvete Pub – Club – Live Stage, GER*

07.11.2019: Aalborg @ Aalborg Metal Festival, DK*

08.11.2019: Rostock @ Zwischenbau Rostock, GER*

09.11.2019: Poznan @ Klub u Bazyla, PL*

10.11.2019: Warsaw @ Klub Proxima, PL*

10.12.2019: Leeds @ Temple Of Boom, UK**

11.12.2019: Nottingham @ The Angel Microbrewery, UK**

12.12.2019: London @ Nambucca, UK**

13.12.2019: Brighton @ The Green Door Store, UK**

13.12.2019 – Eindhoven Metal Meeting, NL***

* Hour Of Penance with Destroyer 666, Nocturnal Graves and Inconcessus Lux Lucis

** Hour Of Penance with Damim and Cryptic Shift

*** Hour Of Penance only

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