Hooded Menace Sign to Season of Mist; New Album in 2017
Actually hooded and often menacing Finnish death doomers Hooded Menace have signed to Season of Mist. They’ll head Stateside this weekend in order to play California Deathfest in Oakland as the beginning point of a week-long tour down and then back up the West Coast, ending in Vancouver on Oct. 23. Their last album, Darkness Drips Forth, was recorded at Skyhammer Studio and came out on Relapse in 2015, and Season of Mist will issue the next one sometime in the early going of 2017.
As you might imagine, details are pretty sketchy on the new release at this point — no titles, art, release dates, audio, etc. — but the fact that they’ve switched labels and their hitting the US even prior to any announcements of that stuff seems to be significant groundwork on their part to make way for the album’s coming. One doubts it will be their last time over here.
To the PR wire:
HOODED MENACE signs to Season of Mist
Season of Mist are proud to announce the signing of HOODED MENACE. The Finnish death doom prodigies will release their highly anticipated new album on the label next year.
Regarding their signing, HOODED MENACE comment, “We are stoked to join the very diverse roster of Season of Mist. This is a rather logical step onward on our path. New possibilities under new circumstances. We have exciting plans for the next HOODED MENACE album and we are glad we have a strong, forward-thinking label backing us up.”
Founded in 2007, HOODED MENACE are a death doom metal band formed in Joensuu, Finland, by guitarist Lasse Pyykkö. By citing early CANDLEMASS, CATHEDRAL,PARADISE LOST, AUTOPSY, ASPHYX, and WINTER as influences, the Finns successfully blended a compelling take on doom-laden death metal that combined crushing riffs with somber melodies. Their lyrics are often inspired by the classic 1970’s Spanish horror movie series ‘The Blind Dead’ that included such films as ‘Tombs of the Blind Dead’, ‘Return of the Evil Dead’, ‘Horror of the Zombies’, and ‘Night of the Seagulls’.
As an active live band, HOODED MENACE have toured the world over, appearing at many prestigious metal festivals including Hellfest, Roadburn, Maryland Deathfest, Tuska Open air, and Party San Open Air among many others. The band recently toured Europe as a headliner in 2015 and are about to embark on a North American outing with DEMILICH and VASTUM, kicking off their live dates at California Deathfest this month.
HOODED MENACE tour dates:
Oct. 16 Oakland, CA @ California Deathfest
Oct. 18 San Diego, CA @ The Merrow
Oct. 19 Los Angeles, CA @ Complex
Oct. 20 San Francisco, CA @ Elbo Room
Oct. 21 Portland, OR @ The Raven
Oct. 22 Seattle, WA @ Highline
Oct. 23 Vancouver, BC @ The Red Room
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