Hooded Menace


Hooded Menace are a Finnish death-doom band formed in Joensuu in 2007 by guitarist Lasse Pyykkö, who had previously performed in a death metal band named Phlegethon.
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History

The band kickstarted their career by recording a two-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.
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.
The band have also toured in Europe and North America, performing at many major metal festivals such as Hellfest (French [music festival)|Hellfest], Roadburn, Maryland Deathfest, Tuska [Open Air Metal Festival|Tuska], and Party San Open Air among others.
The band released their fifth studio album Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed in 2018; followed by their sixth and seventh studio releases The Tritonus Bell in 2021 and Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration in 2025.

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 are influenced by horror fiction, particularly films such as Tombs of the Blind Dead.

Members

Current members

  • Lasse Pyykkö – guitar bass vocals
  • Pekka Koskelo – drums
  • Harri Kuokkanen – vocals

Former members

  • Jori Sara-Aho – bass drums
  • Antti Salminen – bass
  • Oula Kerkelä – vocals
  • Markus Makkonen – bass,vocals
  • Antti Poutanen – bass
  • Otso Ukkonen – drums
  • Teemu Hannonen – guitar

Timeline


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Discography

;Studio albumsFulfill the Curse Never Cross the Dead Effigies of Evil Darkness Drips Forth Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed The Tritonus Bell Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration
;DemosThe Eyeless Horde
;CompilationsGloom Immemorial
;Split albums and EPsHooded Menace/Anima Morte Hooded Meance/Coffins Asphyx/Hooded Menace Hooded Menace/Ilsa Necrotic Monuments Hooded Menace/Horse Latitudes Labyrinth of Carrion Breeze A View from the Rope
  • ''Hooded Menace/Algoma''