
Tracklist :
1. Blood For The Burning Oath / Dungeons Of The Disembodied
2. Elysium Of Dripping Death
3. Ashen With Solemn Decay
4. Beyond Deserted Flesh
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Finnish doom cultists Hooded Menace entered the studio in late 2020 to record their sixth full length album, The Tritonus Bell, which will be released on August 27th, 2021 via Season of Mist. The record will be mixed and mastered by King Diamond guitarst Andy LaRocque.
Check out the new song "Blood Ornaments" below. Guitarist Lasse Pyykkö comments on the new album and track:
"It is with utter excitement that we premiere the first track off our new album, The Tritonus Bell! There’re definitely some new flavours added to the mix, and 'Blood Ornaments' comes with some of our most intriguing ingredients yet - and a bloody side taste. There’s a contrast between death/doom misery and head-bangable heavy metal riffs like never heard before in Hooded Menace´s music, making 'Blood Ornaments' my favourite track from the album.
Obviously, a lot of inspiration for The Tritonus Bell comes from the usual suspects Candlemass, Paradise Lost, and Trouble, but also classic 80´s heavy metal such as Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Dio, and Ozzy Osbourne. Even if you can’t always put your finger on it, they all definitely played a big rôle in why “The Tritonus Bell” turned out the way it did. When it comes to mixing and mastering, we had the pleasure of working with King Diamond guitarist Andy LaRocque/Sonic train Studios, who made sure everything would sound great, and I can honestly say I’ve never been more satisfied with the results sound- and music-wise."
Finnish bashers Hooded Menance return with Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration on October 3 via Season Of Mist. First single and music video for “Portrait Without A Face” is now streaming.
Preorder on Bandcamp.
On the precipice of their third decade, Hooded Menace stand not as a bridge but the pillar between two distinct realms of underground metal. The band’s seventh album is still rooted in cultish obsession with classic horrors. But with Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration, these stewards of death-doom remain far from stuck in their ways.
The Knights Templar still stand watch over Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration. “Pale Masquerade” summons film director Amando de Ossorio’s flesh-eating muse with a fresh heap of bone-crunching chugs and death growls that reek of the tomb. While the lasting influence of Candlemass and Paradise Lost hasn’t vanished without a ghostly trace, Hooded Menace continue to break the mold. Old school heshers will headbang with delight upon hearing a pop gem like “Save a Prayer” splattered with the band’s signature blood-soaked dread.
Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration hammers home the ‘80s heavy metal influence that Hooded Menace rung in on The Tritonus Bell. As if from a trance, drums snap into a gallop amidst blistering leads drip with neon. MicroPitching and other effects aren’t the only tricks pulled out from under the band’s cloak, either. What should appear from the double bass swirling beneath lead single “Portrait Without a Face” but the deeply haunting moan of a cello.
With Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration, Hooded Menace cast death-doom in a ghostly new light.