Hooded Menace

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]

Hooded Menace
Hooded Menace at the Eindhoven Metal Meeting in 2015
Background information
OriginJoensuu, Finland[1]
GenresDeath-doom[2]
Years active2007-present
LabelsSeason of Mist,[3] Relapse Records,[4] Profound Lore Records
Associated actsAsphyx, Acid Witch
MembersLasse Pyykkö
Teemu Hannonen
Harri Kuokkanen
Antti Poutanen
Otso Ukkonen[5]
Past membersMarkus Makkonen
Oula Kerkelä
Antti Salminen
Pekka Koskelo
Jori Sara-aho
The Hunchback
Crimson Executioner[5]

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 band's lyrics tend to revolve around horror stories, especially those within horror movies including The Blind Dead.[3]

Members

Current members
  • Lasse Pyykkö - guitar (2007–present) bass (2010-2012, 2018–present) vocals (2010–2016)
  • Pekka Koskelo - drums (2009-2010, 2011-2017, 2018-present)
  • Teemu Hannonen - guitar (2012–present)
  • Harri Kuokkanen - vocals (2016–present)

Former members
  • Jori Sara-Aho - bass (2010) drums (2010-2011)
  • Antti Salminen - bass (2010-2011)
  • Oula Kerkelä - vocals (2010-2011)
  • Markus Makkonen - bass,vocals (2012-2016)
  • Antti Poutanen - bass (2017-2018)
  • Otso Ukkonen - drums (2017-2018)

Discography
Studio albums
  • Fulfill the Curse (2008)
  • Never Cross the Dead (2010)
  • Effigies of Evil (2012)
  • Darkness Drips Forth (2015)
  • Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed (2018)
Demos
  • The Eyeless Horde (2007)
Compilations
  • Gloom Immemorial (2015)
Split albums and EPs
  • Hooded Menace/Anima Morte (2010)
  • Hooded Meance/Coffins (2010)
  • Asphyx/Hooded Menace (2011)
  • Hooded Menace/Ilsa (2011)
  • Necrotic Monuments (2012)
  • Hooded Menace/Horse Latitudes (2012)
  • Labyrinth of Carrion Breeze (2014)
  • A View From the Rope (2014)
  • Hooded Menace/Algoma (2017)

References
  1. "Hooded Menace Biography". Season of Mist. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  2. "Hooded Menace". Metal Archives. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  3. "Hooded Menace, Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed album, Death Doom (news, biography, releases, downloads, line-up, tour dates) - Season of Mist, Metal Label". season-of-mist.com.
  4. "Finland's Hooded Menace Sign to Relapse Records". Noisecreep.
  5. "Hooded Menace - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com.
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