Il combo death/doom metal finlandese Hooded Menace ha rivelato tracklist e artwork del nuovo album Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed, che sarà rilasciato il 26 gennaio 2018 da Season Of Mist. È stato, inoltre, pubblicato il nuovo brano “Charnel Reflections”, disponibile sui seguenti portali:
Metal-Roos (AU)
Spark (CZ)
Metal Hammer (DE)
Power of Metal (DK)
Soundi (FI)
Radio Metal (FR)
Rocking (GR)
Lángoló Gitárok (HU)
Metalitalia (IT)
Never Mind The Hype (NL)
Eternal Terror (NO)
Kvlt (PL)
Loud (PT)
Crank It Up (SE)
Antichrist Magazine (UA)
Metal Hammer (UK)
Così ha commentato il mastermind Lasse Pyykkö:
“Initially we had decided not to reveal the horror movie sources behind the lyrics on our new album; to avoid any preconception for the listener, and because none of the lyrics are directly based on any movies but just inspired by movies – a big difference right there. BUT, for the sake of the approaching Halloween, let’s make an exception to our rule and expose the movie that inspired the lyrics of Charnel Reflections: it’s Demons of the Mind from 1972. The lyrics are very much a flow of consciousness, quite surreal and metaphorical. The movie is just a starting point – an inspiration, so to speak. I guess the underlying lyrical theme is madness. I particularly like how the music glides from one mood to another with a smooth, determined flow to it – it’s calm and also savage – and I think, this reflects the lyrics rather nicely. This track is my new favourite in the Hooded Menace catalogue, which is rather cool thing considering that we’ve already reached our fifth album. Hooded Menace has always been all about memorable tunes, but I feel that we have fine-tuned our approach on Charnel Reflections – as well as on our entire new album.”
Di seguito tracklist e artwork, opera di Adam Burke (Sólstafir, Portrait):
1. Sempiternal Grotesqueries (10:38)
2. In Eerie Deliverance (7:05)
3. Cathedral of Labyrinthine Darkness (7:23)
4. Cascade of Ashes (6:43)
5. Charnel Reflections (7:48)
6. Black Moss (2:21)
Total playing time: 41:58
