Hooded Menace

Hooded Menace
Hooded Menace at the Eindhoven Metal Meeting in 2015
Background information
Origin	Joensuu, Finland[1]
Genres	Death-doom[2]
Years active	2007-present
Labels	Season of Mist,[3] Relapse Records,[4] Profound Lore Records
Associated acts	Asphyx, Acid Witch
Members	Lasse Pyykkö Teemu Hannonen Harri Kuokkanen Antti Poutanen Otso Ukkonen[5]
Past members	Markus Makkonen Oula Kerkelä Antti Salminen Pekka Koskelo Jori Sara-aho The Hunchback Crimson Executioner[5]

Hooded Menace are a death-doom band formed in Joensuu, Finland in 2007 by guitarist Lasse Pyykkö, who had previously performed in a Finnish death metal band named Phlegethon.^[3] The band kickstarted their career by recording a 2-track demo titled The Eyeless Horde in 2007, which was released on 7" vinyl the following year. The band released their debut album, Fulfill the Curse, in 2008; followed by the highly acclaimed sophomore full-length album, Never Cross the Dead, in 2010.^[3]

The band continued to record and release albums, with their third full length album, Effigies of Evil, released in 2012; followed by Darkness Drips Forth in 2015. The band have also released several split albums and EPs, with bands such as Asphyx.^[3]

The band have also toured in Europe and North America, performing at many major metal festivals such as Hellfest, Roadburn, Maryland Deathfest, Tuska, and Party San Open Air among others.^[3]

The band released their fifth studio album, titled Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed, in 2018.

Musical style and influences

The band play a hybrid genre of music known as death-doom, which blends elements of death metal and doom metal, claiming influence from bands such as Candlemass, Cathedral, Paradise Lost, Asphyx and Winter, among others. The bands lyrics tend to revolve around horror stories, especially those within horror movies including The Blind Dead.^[3]

Members

Discography

Studio albums

• Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed (2018)
• Darkness Drips Forth (2015)
• Effigies of Evil (2012)
• Never Cross the Dead (2010)
• Fulfill the Curse (2008)

Demos

• The Eyeless Horde (2007)

Compilations

• Gloom Immemorial (2015)

Split albums and EPs

• Hooded Menace/Algoma (2017)
• A View From the Rope (2014)
• Labyrinth of Carrion Breeze (2014)
• Hooded Menace/Horse Latitudes (2012)
• Necrotic Monuments (2012)
• Hooded Menace/Ilsa (2011)
• Asphyx/Hooded Menace (2011)
• Hooded Menace/Coffins (2010)
• Hooded Menace/Anima Morte (2010)

References