Hooded Menace release new song ‘Blood Ornaments’

May 19, 2021 James Weaver

HOODED MENACE have released a brand new song!

The new song, titled Blood Ornaments, is taken from the Finnish death-doom band’s upcoming new album, The Tritonus Bell, which is scheduled to be released in August this year, via Season of Mist. The upcoming album is the long awaited follow-up to 2018’s Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed.

Speaking about the new song and the upcoming album, guitarist Lasse Pyykkö says “it is with utter excitement that we premiere the first track off our new album The Tritonus Bell! There’re definitely some new flavours added to the mix, and Blood Ornaments comes with some of our most intriguing ingredients yet – and a bloody side taste. There’s a contrast between death/doom misery and head-bangable heavy metal riffs like never heard before in HOODED MENACE‘s music, making Blood Ornaments my favourite track from the album.

Obviously a lot of inspiration for The Tritonus Bell comes from the usual suspects CANDLEMASS, PARADISE LOST, and TROUBLE, but also classic 80’s heavy metal such as MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND, DIO, and OZZY OSBOURNE. Even if you can’t always put your finger on it, they all definitely played a big role in why The Tritonus Bell turned out the way it did. When it comes to mixing and mastering, we had the pleasure of working with KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy LaRocque/Sonic Train Studios, who made sure everything would sound great, and I can honestly say I’ve never been more satisfied with the results sound- and music-wise.”

Listen to Blood Ornaments here:

Alongside the release of the new song, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List:

1. Chthonic Exordium
2. Chime Diabolicus
3. Blood Ornaments
4. Those Who Absorb the Night
5. Corpus Asunder
6. Scattered into Dark
7. Instruments of Somber Finality
Bonus
8. The Torture Never Stops (WASP cover)