Guitarist Lasse Pyykkö comments on the new album and track: “Just like the lead single ‘Blood Ornaments,’ the second premiere track ‘Chime Diabolicus’ showcases very well where Hooded Menace is in 2021, offering some 80´s heavy metal vibes, catchy and powerful vocals, better crafted solos, and a faster pace while never forgetting the band´s roots in slow death/doom style. Actually, the slower riff, somewhere in the middle of the song where the second solo kicks in, is one of our heaviest.”

Pre-orders are live AT THIS LOCATION.

Available formats: 
Digital
CD Digipak
CD Clamshell Box
12″ Vinyl Gatefold Black
12″ Vinyl Gatefold Crystal Clear & White Marbled (250 copies)
12″ Vinyl Gatefold White, Purple & Blue Marbled (200 copies)

Track-list 
1. Chthonic Exordium (1:16)
2. Chime Diabolicus (8:10) (WATCH)
3. Blood Ornaments (9:01) (WATCH)
4. Those who absorb the Night (5:52)
5. Corpus Asunder (7:17)
6. Scattered into Dark (9:05)
7. Instruments of Somber Finality (2:45)
Bonus
8. The Torture Never Stops (W.a.s.p. cover) (4:07)
Total: 47:40

Line-up:
Harri Kuokkanen – Vocals 
Lasse Pyykkö – Lead and rhythm guitar, bass
Teemu Hannonen – Rhythm guitar 
Pekka Koskelo – Drums

Recording studio: Horrisound Studios, SF Sound Studio, The Underground Crypt, Sonic Train Studios
Producer/sound engineer: Hooded Menace, Andy LaRocque. Drum recording sessions engineered by Kimmo Perkkiö  
Mixing studio and engineer: Sonic Train Studios, Andy LaRocque
Mastering studio and engineer: Sonic Train Studios, Andy LaRocque

Cover artwork artist: Wes Benscoter