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. Their eighth installment Misotheism cloaks the same verve and mindful perfection that led to the band's uprising in the first place. What we receive 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.