ANIMA MORTE vs. HOODED MENACE

And from the grave, they rise.

Yes, they. Musically wise, ANIMA MORTE and HOODED MENACE may seem to have little to do with each other: whereas the first one is an instrumental quartet from Sweden recreating with vintage keyboards the purity of 80’s horror movies soundtrack - think ZOMBI switching obsessions and focusing on Italian giallos instead of John Carpenter’s – HM is on the surface a far more vile beast, a truly putrid death/doom band celebrating the long dead spirit of the cursed Templars, aka the Blind Dead, with gurgling vocals (courtesy of PHLEGETHON / CLAWS / VACANT COFFIN Lasse Pyykkö) and heavy-as-fuck six strings from Hell. But both of them were bred on unholy grounds. And both have crossed the Styx, seen the other side and came back to tell the tale.

Spooky I hear you say? You haven’t heard anything yet… This split is no ordinary split. Unlike too many cheap releases out there where bands are too often randomly glue together without much cohesion, this is the ‘real’ deal.

Meaning that besides sharing the same spirit and the same fascination for all things slimy and creeping under your bed, both bands have chosen specifically for this release to cover one of each other’s track, Hooded Menace have transformed AM’s “Decay of Mind and Flesh” unto a lullaby for the recently deceased while Anima Morte have completely reinvent HM’s “Grasp of the Beastwoman” from their 2008 debut ‘Fulfill the Curse’.

Here is what Lasse Pyykkö from HM has to say about this already cult piece of vinyl: “This shows in fact how much in common both acts have. Our version of Anima Morte track is crushingly heavy and doomy just as it was a Hooded Menace song. Anima Morte´s version of our track is mesmerizing and smartly arranged just as it was their own song.

Here you have two vintage horror-soundtrack obsessed bands (Anima Morte being ALL ABOUT Italian horror-soundtrack worship!) with a different approach. What’s not to like?”

Fully instrumental, pressed on 500 copies only and guaranteed to become one highly-sought after-in-no-time item faster than it takes the Blind Dead to eviscerate one lonely little-dressed innocent tourist in the middle of the night. And, on the top of it all, pressed on a spanking picture EP creepily designed by bleak expert Justin Bartlett (Oaken Throne fanzine, Sunn O))) etc.).

So just step into the other side…

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