Finnish death/doom metal trio Hooded Menace premiere new video for Duran Duran cover »Save A Prayer«; new album out October 3rd via Season Of Mist!
Finnish death/doom metal band Hooded Menace premiere new music video for their cover of Duran Duran’s classic »Save A Prayer«.
This is the third single taken from Hooded Menace’s upcoming full-length album, »Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration«, set to release on October 3rd, 2025 via Season Of Mist.
Tracklist:
01. Twilight Passages
02. Pale Masquerade
03. Portrait Without A Face
04. Daughters Of Lingering Pain
05. Lugubrious Dance
06. Save A Prayer (Duran Duran cover)
07. Into Haunted Oblivion
Courtesy of Season Of Mist:
Watch the Finnish horror lovers crush a cover of Duran Duran on their seventh album.
Since making their accursed debut in the late 2000s, Hooded Menace have paved the way for hordes of metal maniacs who enjoy headbanging to more creepily, crushing tempos. On their upcoming seventh album, the Finnish horror lovers still stand between two realms of the underground with the unshakable force of a pillar. But as uncovered by its new single’s surprise twist, »Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration« continues to break the mold that the band set for death-doom.
Today, Hooded Menace are releasing their cover of »Save A Prayer«, the enduring smash from English new wavers Duran Duran. While the song’s latest video is styled with gothic flair, when hammered by the band’s blood-stained signature, this pop gem glows in a ghoulish new light.
Watch Hooded Menace cover »Save A Prayer« on the Season Of Mist YouTube channel.
»Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration« comes out October 3, 2025 on Season Of Mist. Pre-order & pre-save HERE.
Pre-save on Spotify HERE.
Photo by Pasi Nevalaita
Can’t wait to sink into Hooded Menace’s new album? Hear all seven glorious tracks on »Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration« by RSVPing to this week’s Bandcamp Listening Party.
»Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration« Bandcamp Listening Party
Wednesday, September 17 @ 1:30 pm ET / 7:30 pm CEST
With »Save A Prayer«, Duran Duran broke onto the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time with their ode to one-night stands. But Hooded Menace are no strangers to reinvention. Traditional death-doomers were pleasantly surprised to hear the Fins wring fresh blood out of a W.A.S.P. deep cut on their last album »The Tritonus Bell«. So imagine the screams of delight upon hearing them drag a platinum dance-pop ballad into their haunted wheelhouse.
“So you’re looking for the thrill.” While this come-on was initially proposed by Simon Le Bon with a velvety croon, Harri Kuokkanen’s death growls excite real goosebumps.
»Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration« hammers home the influence of classic ’80s heavy metal on Hooded Menace. While his slowly crushing riffs are still the band’s foundation, founding member Lasse Pyykkö bends the dreamy, synthetic melody of »Save A Prayer« into a vivid, neon-soaked nightmare that recalls early Paradise Lost. His MicroPitched leads scratch and claw as if tortured by lust. Beneath impassioned howls for deeds of flesh, drummer Pekka Koskelo pounds out a pulsing beat that’s perfect for a midnight romp in the graveyard.
The video for »Save A Prayer« was directed by Tekla Vály.
Additional video credits:
Director of Photography – Tekla Vály
Second Camera – Eetu Kolehmainen
Recording credits:
Recorded at Guru Studio, Joensuu, Finland
Mixed by Heikki Marttila
Mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios, Portugal
Hooded Menace is:
Lasse Pyykkö – Guitar, Bass, Keyboard
Harri Kuokkanen – Vocals
Pekka Koskelo – Drums
Guest musician:
Antti Poutanen – Cello
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well