Music Review: Paradogma (2010)

Hour Of Penance’s fourth album packs a billion blast beats and crushing riffs with slick production guaranteed to make you stomp a bowl of white pasta the next time you think of what Italians can create. Paradogma sounds a bit like Behemoth, and slightly Nile-esque in places, and in parts a tribute to Morbid Angel. But screw all these comparisons, Italy’s Hour Of Penance have here an intense, polished album with enough variations. Paradogma doesn’t have songs you’ll be humming later, but it’s sure to keep you impressed while you’re listening to it. And you will be listening to it a lot.