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.

Hooded Menace
Hooded Menace at the Eindhoven Metal Meeting in 2015
Background information
Origin	Joensuu, Finland
Genres	Death-doom
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Season of Mist, Relapse, Profound Lore
Members	Lasse Pyykkö Harri Kuokkanen Antti Poutanen
Past members	Markus Makkonen Oula Kerkelä Antti Salminen Pekka Koskelo Jori Sara-aho The Hunchback Crimson Executioner Teemu Hannonen Otso Ukkonen
Website	hoodedmenace.com

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, Roadburn, Maryland Deathfest, Tuska, and Party San Open Air among others.

The band released their fifth studio album 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 are influenced by horror fiction, particularly films such as Tombs of the Blind Dead.

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)
• 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)
• Teemu Hannonen – guitar (2012–2023)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

• Fulfill the Curse (2008)
• Never Cross the Dead (2010)
• Effigies of Evil (2012)
• Darkness Drips Forth (2015)
• Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed (2018)
• The Tritonus Bell (2021)

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)

External links

• Media related to Hooded Menace at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Hooded Menace discography at Discogs