{"product_id":"hooded-menace_lachrymose-monuments-of-obscuration_2025_som","title":"Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration","description":"First pressing on black vinyl.\u003cbr\u003e\nBlack vinyl, 12\" (33 rpm), in a jacket with a printed innersleeve.\u003cbr\u003e\nFirst pressing of 800 copies worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e\nAs they enter their third decade, Hooded Menace don't position themselves as a bridge, but as a pillar between two distinct universes of underground metal. The band's seventh album is still rooted in a cult obsession with horror classics. But with Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration, these guardians of death-doom are far from set in their ways.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Templars still watch over Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration. “Pale Masquerade” invokes the carnivorous muse of director Amando de Ossorio with a fresh breath of bone-crushing growls and tomb-reeking death grunts. While the lasting influence of Candlemass and Paradise Lost has not vanished without ghostly traces, Hooded Menace continue to break the mould. Fans of old-school music will headbang with delight upon hearing a pop gem like \"Save a Prayer\", imbued with the band's characteristic bloody terror.\u003cbr\u003e\nLachrymose Monuments of Obscuration hammers home the 80s heavy metal influence present in Hooded Menace's The Tritonus Bell. As if in a trance, the drums gallop amidst searing, neon-drenched leads. MicroPitching and other effects are not the band's only assets. What should emerge from the swirling double bass under the first single \"Portrait Without a Face\" is the deeply haunting wail of a cello.\u003cbr\u003e\nWith Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration, Hooded Menace casts a ghostly gaze upon death-doom.\u003cbr\u003e\nFor fans of PARADISE LOST, AUTOPSY, MERCYFUL FATE.\u003cbr\u003e\nArtwork by Wes Benscoter.\u003cbr\u003e\nTracklist:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSide A:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwilight Passages\u003cbr\u003ePale Masquerade\u003cbr\u003ePortrait Without a Face\u003cbr\u003eDaughters of Lingering Pain\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSide B:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLugubrious Dance\u003cbr\u003eSave a Prayer\u003cbr\u003eInto Haunted Oblivion","brand":"Hooded Menace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56383672975704,"sku":null,"price":23919966.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/0822603013740.jpg?v=1765624832","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/hooded-menace_lachrymose-monuments-of-obscuration_2025_som","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}