Three years since the release of Effigies Of Evil, with two EPs and a compilation released in between, the Finnish doom maestros Hooded Menace have announced the release of Darkness Drips Forth, due out October 30th through Relapse Records. The album trailer is your first taste of the music.

About the album, Relapse Records states: "Finland's Hooded Menace return with Darkness Drips Forth, their most gruesome work to date. Recorded and mixed by Chris Fielding (Electric Wizard, Primordial, etc) the band employ a new approach on their latest effort, expanding their writing across four mammothly dense tracks that nearly all exceed ten minutes a piece. Cavernous vocals preside over Lasse Pyykkö's rocky riffs, while the band's unshakable rhythmic core provides a grim backbone for the record. The hint of melody Hooded Menace sought back in their earliest days has fully blossomed into an essential element of the band's music; Darkness Drips Forth is as melodic as it is devastating and as emotionally disquieting as it is thematically stirring. Funereal, deliberate, and unhurried, Darkness Drips Forth is sure to be an essential acquisition for fans of crushing doom and old-school death metal alike. Hooded Menace deliver a gruesomely glorious treat just in time for Halloween!"

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