Penitent
Penitent is a Norwegian darkwave, gothic, and dark ambient project formed in 1994 in Stavanger by multi-instrumentalist Karsten Hamre as a vehicle for combining personal poetry with music. The project's debut album Melancholia appeared in 1996 on the Swedish Cold Meat Industry label, followed by The Beauty of Pain (1997) and a series of releases across several labels spanning neoclassical darkwave and symphonic black metal influences. Penitent has remained active for three decades, with remastered editions of early albums released via The Circle Music in recent years.
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Penitent Discography
6 tracks
- 1 Entering The Gate 4:03
- 2 The Birth Of My Funeral 10:47
- 3 I Die and Become 10:13
- 4 The Shadow of Sorrow 8:31
- 5 Into The Vast Eternity 7:44
- 6 A Last Temptation 7:21
6 tracks
- 1 Autumn Is The Beauty Of Pain 13:50
- 2 Black Is The Sun Shining 4:22
- 3 Into The Great Inferno 7:20
- 4 A Mournful Bridge Over A River Of Tears 10:56
- 5 Necropolis 5:15
- 6 My Secret Garden 8:05
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