Band: Hooded Menace
Country of Origin: Finland
Status: Active
Genre: Death Metal / Doom metal
Type: Full Length
Format: CD
Length Approx.: 43:00 min.
Length Approx.: 43:00 min.
Release Date: 10-30-2015
Current label: Relapse Records
Release label: Relapse RecordsIR Classification: Good (4.0 / 5)
Listen our review! (English)
A non stopping raw, morbid and
macabre experience like no other
When
it comes to talk about doom metal, come to your mind names like Candlemass,
Cathedral or nowadays bands like Swallow the Sun and Novembers Doom, only to
mention some bands within the genre, the truth is that there are lots of
talented bands out there, while some are picked by their low frequency riff,
some others are by their dispersed percussion and some by their slowly decaying
solos and few ones by their exceptional capacity to blend all this elements and
fusing with other genres, generating a brutal and extraordinary sound, Hooded
Menace would represent properly my words and their latest album "Darkness
Drips Forth" is a non stopping raw, morbid and macabre experience like no
other.
"Darkness
Drips Forth" come to be the fourth full length for the Finnish band and
includes four tracks of immeasurable Death Doom metal, the opener track
"Blood for the Burning Oath / Dungeons of the Disembodied" is quite
long but is not boring they handle the pace perfectly going deeper into a
funeral doom tunes and without any afraid, they speed up the pace in a subtle
manner, with the appropriate dose of Death metal riff, the second track
"Elysium of Dripping Death" it's simply unmerciful they were able to
blend slow riff with superb melodies, forget how brutal it may sound, the
sensation is most like, to the waves dragging your body into the sea, the growl
vocals are impotent leaving you stranded in limbo, "Ashen with Solemn
Decay" this cut unveils an outstanding guitar work and dive into a dronish
passage, heavy melodies backed up for fine drum work and the powerful vocals
make this track something to enjoy, "Beyond Deserted Flesh" is the
closing track and it ends with a powerful roar while the drums keeps the
intensity with the double bass drum, the guitar riff are darker and bizarre
adding a vibe with shades of morbid evil that you will love.
There
is not much to argue, Hooded Menace has achieved to bring together the somber
of their sound with something more melodic, giving a new proportion to their catalog,
"Darkness Drips Forth" is a fine album crafted meticulously, taking
care of all elements that composes, it has everything you have been craving for
so long.
Track List:
1. Blood for the Burning Oath /
Dungeons of the Disembodied
Dungeons of the Disembodied
2. Elysium of Driping Death
3. Ashen with Solemn Decay
4. Beyond Deserted Flesh
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