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Hooded Menace was formed by Lasse (Phlegethon, Vacant Coffin) in the summer of 2007. Heavily influenced by early Cathedral, Winter, and Asphyx, the band formed with the intent of playing doom-laden death metal that combined crushing and somber riffs with just a slight hint of melody.
Lyric-wise the band drew inspiration from the classic 1970's Spanish horror series The Blind Dead, including such films as Tombs Of The Blind Dead, Return Of The Evil Dead, Horror Of The Zombies, and Night Of The Seagulls. The name Hooded Menace was chosen by Billy Nocera of Razorback Records.
The band recorded a...
In the winter of 2008, six friends, roommates, and lovers decided to start playing music together. Inspired by Canadian literary genius Mordecai Richler – and undeterred by their lack of formal training or the fact that “Barney’s Version” is a shitty name for a band – they settled on "Hooded Fang". .
Hooded Priest was founded on 6 June 2006 and was originally conceived as a doomed collaboration pact between several members of different Dutch and Belgian old school metal bands. These musicians had been in contact with each other since the mid-nineties and were now seeking to create the ultimate bizarre fusion between screaming blackened hardrock guitars and doomed rock 'n' roll. The band started out as a classic heavy metal quartet, but soon incorporated a double bass in their music in order to extend the dynamics of their compositions with a deep darkened bass pulse and mad psychotic percussion picks....
