Album
Type : 12” Vinyl EP
Date
Released : 7/5/2014
Label
: Doomentia Records
A View From
The Rope, track listing :
1). Hooded Menace – Mouuments of Misery 09:02
2). Loss – Depression’s Hammer 07:14
Review :
Hooded
Menace return with nine minutes of doom/death. Monuments of Misery is
their contribution to this split EP. The sound is massive here with very low
vocals (is their usual approach). The tempo is slothful and the guitars work
well with crashing chords of doom and some niftier melodies eked out in
melancholic fashion. There is a great bass break that sets up some superb
riffing and soloing after the six minute mark, as the tempo ups a little and
the song takes flight. The tempo gets into the kid range and more soloing
follows. The track showcases Hooded Menace at their best- it is kind of a
smorgasbord of what they do, displayed over nine minutes.
Loss
weigh in with Depression's Hammer Over seven minutes of exactly what you would
expect from that title- morose and maudlin, the vocals are impossibly low with
the instrumentation taking on distant sound, covered with reverb. Doom/sludge
in the style of Moss, maybe- or similar.
For
me, Hooded Menace was the main attraction here, but you would lose nothing
getting hold of the EP and trying out both bands.
Words by : Richard Maw
