“The Finnish death-doom trio's Hooded Menace's third LP, Effigies of Evil, their first for Relapse, is out tomorrow, September 11. When I took a trip to Finland a few years ago and locals asked me about my favorite Finnish artist, I raved about the group, piloted by founding member Lasse Pyykkö (who I interviewed for Show No Mercy in 2009), because of their mix of majestic, melodic Epicus Doomicus ”
