Hooded Menace Cover Duran Duran
Posted on September 15, 2025
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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.
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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.
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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
More praise for Hooded Menace
“Hooded Menace have consistently succeeded in boasting a bludgeon of unruly extremity” – Angry Metal Guy
“As always, hail Lasse” – BangerTV
“After the riffs fade into the cavern’s ancient silence, the shrouded specters turn and watch Pyykkö, a hoodie casting shadows over his eyes. In unison, they nod in approval. Fade to black” – Decibel
“…it’s good to see metal’s customary dance with past being respected and admired, but also put to enlightened use” – Metal Injection
“They have gone above and beyond by not just being satisfied with being heavy, but writing good songs that challenge their playing and the listener” – No Clean Singing
“Finland’s Hooded Menace strike big” – Invisible Oranges
“If horror/ doom / death is a sub-genre, Hooded Menace is undoubtedly its master” – Last Rites
“…they have proven risks can pay off” – Distorted Sound
“Hooded Menace’s approach to death and doom gives listeners an array of hard-hitting and darkly sublime cuts” – Treble
“Hooded Menace are back to put on a death-doom clinic” – Everything Is Noise
“Hooded Menace cement their status at the forefront of modern death/doom and prove Pyykkö’s songwriting prowess once again” – Toilet Ov Hell
“…these Finns started and perfected this modern death/doom sound that everyone has been aping for the past decade, so it is always good to see the originators back in action” – The Sleeping Shaman
“They manage to separate themselves with a more diverse sound that constantly changes and avoids the generic death metal templates” – MetalBite
“Death-Doom’s most consistent band” – The Metal Meltdown
“These guys know how to write devastatingly killer dual guitar work” – Forgemaster Metal (Best Doom Metal Albums of 2021)
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