Pitchfork reviews Hooded Menace

Pitchfork is lukewarm on the new Hooded Menace album "Effigies of evil", their first for US-based label Relapse: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17076-effigies-of-evil/

Hooded Menace signs with Relapse

Finnish doom/death metal act Hooded Menace has been officially picked up by Relapse Records. Read the press release at Lambgoat: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=16430

Live Evil mix 2010

Live Evil is the underground metal festival happening in London this weekend featuring bands who have all had the honor of being selected as one of Fenriz's bands of the week. Like many folks, I am unable to attend, but lucky for us someone put together a mix with tracks from every act: http://afistinthefaceofgod.blogspot.com/2010/10/fist-in-face-of-god-presents-live-evil.html
Quite a few Scandinavian names worth noting there, including Sonic Ritual, Deathhammer, Obliteration, Hooded Menace, Nekromantheon, Ghost...

MP3: Hooded Menace - From their coffined slumber

The weather clouded up and we got some rain and hail, so it's back to the feel-bad jams that befit our never-ending bummer winter/the spring that never was. Hooded Menace are a Finnish band with a great name who sound like they spent way too much time listening to Black Sabbath on the wrong speed and then got a guitarist to come in with the most sickening, discordant harmonies possible. It's slow, queasy and yes, totally awesome. Until the sun comes back, I'm mired in this sludge.

Hooded Menace - From their coffined slumber

Sirius playlist week #18

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Kråkesølv - Skredder
02. TALK 1
03. Lama - Curses and broken glass
04. Underachiever - No rain (arson)
05. Originalljudet - The oral solution (with pear)
06. Lögnhalsmottagningen - Lumpettrick
07. TALK 2
08. Masshysteri - Låt dom hata oss
09. Den Svenska Tystnaden - Reaktor
10. Simian Ghost - Star receiver
11. Kobert - Recipe
12. TALK 3
13. Traktor - Where water goes
14. Disco Ensemble - Protector
15. Hooded Menace - Night of the deathcult
16. TALK 4
17. Menfolk - From the horse's mouth
18. Mattias Alkberg - Nerverna
19. Khoma - Osiris
20. TALK 5
21. Baby Alice - Piña colada boy

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

Show No Mercy interviews Hooded Menace

The latest edition of Pitchfork's "Show No Mercy" column features an interview with Finnish act Hooded Menace: http://pitchfork.com/features/show-no-mercy/7637-show-no-mercy/
For other death metal fans, Dead Congregation (one of the other bands interviewed) are very recommended.