Country of origin: Sweden Location: Ludvika, Dalarna Status: Active Formed in: 1991 Genre: Death Metal (early); Melodic Death Metal (later) Lyrical themes: Satanism (early); Aliens, New World Order, Science fiction (later) Current label: Nuclear Blast Years active: 1988-1991 (as Seditious), 1991-1997, 1998-present
Although Hypocrisy didn't officially form until October 1991, it began as a solo project of Peter Tägtgren under the name Seditious. During the late '80s/early '90s, Peter lived in the US and became heavily influenced by the American death metal scene. He then moved back to Sweden and with a new perspective on death metal. Hypocrisy's first logo, which was Masse Broberg's idea, was made by Peter Almlöf.
Compilation appearances: - "Life of Filth" on Death...is Just the Beginning II (Nuclear Blast, 1992). - "Infant Sacrifices" on 5 Years Nuclear Blast (Nuclear Blast, 1993). - "The Abyss" on Death...is Just the Beginning III (Nuclear Blast, 1994). - "Reborn" on UHF/VHF (Relapse Records, 1995). - "Roswell 47" (re-recorded) on Death...is Just the Beginning IV (Nuclear Blast, 1996). - "Black Magic" on Slatanic Slaughter - A Tribute to Slayer (Black Sun Records, 1995). - "Fire in the Sky" on Death ...Is Just the Beginning Vol. VI (Nuclear Blast, 2000). - "Tales of thy Spineless" on Monsters of Metal (The Ultimate Metal Compilation Vol. 10) (Nuclear Blast, 2016). - "They Lie" (The Exploited cover) on Death...Is Just the Beginning MMXVII (Nuclear Blast, 2018).
Rest in Pain Demo 1992 Promo EP I Split 1992 Penetralia Full-length 1992 Pleasure of Molestation EP 1993 Osculum Obscenum Full-length 1993 Inferior Devoties EP 1994 The Fourth Dimension Full-length 1994 Carved Up Single 1995 Roswell 47 / Future Breed Machine Split 1996 Pleasure of Molestation / Maximum Abduction Compilation 1996 Abducted Full-length 1996 Maximum Abduction EP 1996 The Final Chapter Full-length 1997 Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken Live album 1999 Hypocrisy Full-length 1999 Into the Abyss Full-length 2000 Live & Clips Video 2001 Nuclear Blast Festivals 2000 Split 2001 Nuclear Blast Festivals 2000 Split video 2001 10 Years of Chaos and Confusion Compilation 2001 Catch 22 Full-length 2002 Hypocrisy / Kataklysm / Disbelief Split 2003 The Arrival Full-length 2004 Shovel Headed Killing Machine / Virus Split 2005 Virus Full-length 2005 The Neckbreakers Ball Split 2006 The Final Chapter / Hypocrisy Compilation 2007 Catch 22 V2.0.08 Full-length 2008 Don't Judge Me Single 2008 A Taste of Extreme Divinity Full-length 2009 Valley of the Damned / Hordes of War Split 2009 Eraser Single 2011 Hell over Sofia - 20 Years of Chaos and Confusion Live album 2011 Beast of Hypocrisy Compilation 2012 End of Disclosure Single 2013 End of Disclosure Full-length 2013 Party.San Metal Open Air - Hell Is Here-Sampler Split 2013 Penetralia / Osculum Obscenum Boxed set 2013 Too Drunk to Fuck EP 2013 Children of the Gray Single 2021 Worship Full-length 2021
Current Peter Tägtgren Guitars, Keyboards (1991-present), Vocals (1993-present) See also: Pain, ex-The Abyss, ex-Bloodbath, ex-Lock Up, ex-Malevolent Creation (live), ex-Marduk (live), ex-War, ex-Conquest, ex-Lindemann, ex-Roadhouse Diet, ex-Seditious Mikael Hedlund Bass (1992-present) See also: ex-The Abyss, ex-Repugnance, ex-War Horgh Drums (2004-present) See also: ex-Heavy Duty, Immortal, ex-Grimfist, ex-Pain (live), ex-Lost at Last
Past Lars Szöke Drums (1992-2004) See also: ex-Epitaph, ex-The Abyss, ex-War Jonas Österberg Guitars (1992) See also: ex-Epitaph Masse Broberg Vocals (1992-1993) See also: ex-Dominion Caligula, ex-God Among Insects, ex-Obscurity, ex-Dark Funeral, ex-Witchery, ex-Demonoid, ex-Votary Andreas Holma Guitars (2004-2006) See also: The Road, ex-Scar Symmetry, ex-Pain (live), ex-Soilwork (live), ex-Road to Jerusalem
Current (Live) Tomas Elofsson Guitars (2010-present) See also: Berzerker Legion, Sanctification, ex-Divine Desecration, ex-God Among Insects, ex-Proserphine, ex-Those Who Bring the Torture, ex-In Battle
Past (Live) Mathias Kamijo Guitars (1996-2004) See also: Algaion, ex-Abemal, ex-Morifade, ex-Nephenzy Chaos Order, ex-Prime Creation, ex-Pain (live), ex-The Abyss, ex-Vergelmer, ex-Sinergy (live), ex-Weltmacht Klas Ideberg Guitars (2006) See also: Darkane, Terror 2000, ex-Hyste'riah G.B.C., ex-The Defaced, ex-Hyste'riah, ex-Braindamage, ex-Rehab Alexi Laiho Guitars (2009, 2010) (R.I.P. 2020) See also: ex-Bodom After Midnight, ex-Children of Bodom, ex-Kylähullut, ex-Sinergy, ex-Tuska20, ex-Inearthed, ex-Impaled Nazarene, ex-Thy Serpent, ex-Dark Tranquillity (live), ex-T.O.L.K, ex-The Local Band André Skaug Bass (2013, 2019) See also: Clawfinger, ex-Pain (live), ex-Scarpoint (live)
Type: Full-length Release date: November 26th, 2021 Catalog ID: N/A Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD
1. Worship 04:43 2. Chemical Whore 05:19 3. Greedy Bastards 04:03 4. Dead World 04:09 5. We're the Walking Dead 05:19 6. Brotherhood of the Serpent 04:23 7. Children of the Gray 05:16 8. Another Day 03:11 9. They Will Arrive 04:25 10. Bug in the Net 04:51 11. Gods of the Underground 04:48 50:27
Band members Peter Tägtgren Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals Mikael Hedlund Bass Horgh Drums
Miscellaneous staff Peter Tägtgren Producer, Recording, Mixing Blake Armstrong Cover art, Design Sebastian Tägtgren Songwriting (track 4) Svante Forsbäck Mastering
Recorded and mixed at Abyss Studio AB in Sweden. Mastered at Chartmakers Audio Mastering, Helsinki.
Эмдээм один из самых унылых и скучных подстилей в дэт-метале (всего можно вспомнить про восемь разновидностей - old school, death'n'roll, melodic, technical или progressive, brutal, deathgrind, death/doom, deathcore) из-за одинаковости продукции этих попсоватых орд. Но Hypocrisy (Лицемерие) не были изначально мелодэтстерами, играя вполне такой swedeath на первых альбомах - Penetralia '92, Osculum Obscenum '93, и The Fourth Dimension '94, свернув на скользкую дорожку на четвёртой пластинке Abducted '96, деградировав окончательно на девятом элпи The Arrival '04. Поэтому от hateanist'a Петера Тэгтгрена никогда ничего особо и не ожидалось, если не забывать и про его опыты с диско в Pain и Lindemann.
Однако, 13-й альбом Worship (Поклонение), вышедший вчера 26-го ноября на крупнейшем метал-лейбле Nuclear Blast, получился достаточно неплохим. Разумеется было три промо-сингла, и первый же Chemical Whore (Химическая шлюxa) звучал убедительно, представив среднетемповый дэт с хорошим гроулом, который не портили малость навязчивые мелодии. В целом же весь альбом слушается достаточно легко, несмотря на 11 треков на 51-у минуту. Отдельные же риффы даже очень хороши, качают увлекательно, но всё портит дальнейшее раскрытие мелодэт-приёмов. Тут явно можно решить, что вот если очистить саунд от mdm-шелухи, вышел бы точно классный альбом, всё же отцы старые дэтстеры, хоть и любят болтаться где попало. 6.5 \ 10
Label: Nuclear Blast – NB 3006-2, Nuclear Blast – 27361 30060 Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Digipak Country: Sweden Released: 2013 Genre: Metal Style: Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Tracklist 1 End Of Disclosure 4:47 2 Tales Of Thy Spineless 4:36 3 The Eye 5:42 4 United We Fall 4:51 5 44 Double Zero 4:28 6 Hell Is Where I Stay 4:35 7 Soldier Of Fortune 4:52 8 When Death Calls 3:55 9 The Return 6:08 Bonus Track 10 Living Dead 3:51