“Gloom Immemorial” is the ultimate grave-robbing mission for the doom-death obsessed — a double LP compilation of Hooded Menace’s most hard-to-find and out-of-print rarities, dragged from splits, EPs, and dark corners of the underground and sewn together into one beautiful slab of death-doom necromancy.
Originally compiled in 2014, this 2022 gold vinyl reissue by Hammerheart Records comes complete with a 4-page insert packed with lyrics, rare photos, and backstories on each track’s origin — making it the most complete and fan-focused version yet.
Let’s talk sound: this is Hooded Menace at their most primitive, murky, and downright horrifying. Tracks like “Fulfill the Curse,” “The Eyeless Horde“, and “Abode of the Grotesque” ooze that early-era cult energy with lumbering riffs, swampy tones, and guttural growls that sound like they’re echoing through a crypt. You’ll hear alternate versions, live cuts, split-exclusive tracks — hell, even an Anima Morte cover reimagined through a doom lens. The entire second disc is a masterclass in slow-motion dread, with monstrous epics like “Instruments of Eternal Damnation” and “Chasm of the Wraith” wrapping around you like burial shrouds soaked in rot.
Whether you’re a longtime devotee or a newcomer craving a one-stop dose of funeral-paced punishment, “Gloom Immemorial” is a must-have relic.
Pressed on gold vinyl, this edition is loud, heavy, and absolutely gorgeous — true underground horror packaged like an artifact from the tomb.
File under: essential listening for fans of Coffins, Asphyx, Disma, and cathedral-sized riff worship.
Tracklist
SIDE A
01. Fulfill the Curse 06:55
02. The Eyeless Horde 05:48
03. A Decay of Mind and Flesh (Anima Morte cover) 04:09
04. The Haunted Ossuary 05:05
SIDE B
05. I, Devil Master 06:07
06. Catacombs of the Graceless 06:48
07. Abode of the Grotesque 05:35
TOTAL LENGTH: 40:27
SIDE C
01. Instruments of Eternal Damnation 08:42
02. Chasm of the Wraith 09:50
03. The Creeping Flesh 07:34
SIDE D
04. Monuments of Misery 09:02
05. Celestial Dissection 07:50
TOTAL LENGTH: 42:58
Credits
Copyright © by Hammerheart Records
Copyright © by Hooded Menace
Manufactured by XVINYLX.COM
Pressed by GZ Media – 239511E
Mastered by Mikko Saastamoinen (2014 and 2016)
Mastered at Transistor Studios
Cover Art by Chris, Misanthropic-Art
Layout by Lukas Paral
Photography by Mikko Saastamoinen
A1, A2 taken from The Eyeless Horde 7” EP. (Doomentia Records 2006) – Recorded and mixed in 2007 at Horrisound Studios.
A3 was taken from a split with Anima Morte 7” EP (Hooded Menace / Anima Morte). (Doomentia Records 2010) – Recorded and mixed in 2009 at Horrisound Studios and Bordercase Studio.
A4 is taken from a split with Coffins 7” EP (Hooded Menace / Coffins). (Doomentia Records 2010) – Recorded and mixed in 2009 at Horrisound Studios and Bordercase Studio.
B1 taken from Live Evil – Volume One comp. DLP. (Less Music 2010) – Recorded and mixed in 2010 at Horrisound Studios and Bordercase Studio.
B2 was taken from a split with Ilsa 12” EP (Hooded Menace/Ilsa). (Contagion Releasing 2011) – Recorded in 2011 at Horrisound Studios, Bordercase Studio. Mixed at Horrisound Studios and Transistor Studios.
B3 is taken from a split with Asphyx 7″ep (We Doom You To Death / Abode Of The Grotesque). (Doomentia Records 2011) – Recorded and mixed in 2009 at Horrisound Studios and Bordercase Studio.
C1 is taken from a split with Horse Latitudes 12” EP (Instruments Of Eternal Damnation / Flame Of Will). (Doomentia Records 2012) – Recorded 2010-2011 at Horrisound Studios and Bordercase Studio. Mixed at Horrisound Studios and Transistor Studios.
C2, C3 taken from Labyrinth Of Carrion Breeze 12” EP. (Doomentia Records 2014) – Recorded in 2013 at Horrisound Studios and Transistor Studios. Mixed 2013 at Horrisound Studios, and at Dark Prod. Backing vocals in „Chasm Of The Wraith” were recorded in 2013 at Dark Prod.
D3 was taken from the split with Loss 12” EP (A View From The Rope). (Doomentia Records 2014) – Recorded 2013-2014 at Horrisound Studios, Transistor Studios, and Skyhammer Studio. Mixed 2014 at Skyhammer Studio.
D4 was taken from a split with AglomA’s 12 “ EP on Doomentia Records—DOOM185EP1. (Doomentia Records 2017)—This last track is kind of like a bonus track as it was released after the original release of Gloom Immemorial on CD in 2014. But in the vein of this compilation, it is included. |
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