Artist: HYPOCRISY
Album: HYPOCRISY VINYL (2LP BLACK)

Release date: 1999/ 2009
Media type: LP

Pressing - 300 copies (including a ltd. color vinyl pressing of 100 copies). "Hypocrisy" is just one of the strongest albums on death metal ever, with Lead frontman Peter Tägtgren unleashing all his passion with a heavy vocal performance, a thrilling keyboard work and corrosive riffs.

The lyrical themes are about a pessimistic futuristic vision, dealing also with sadness, despair and nihilism.

On the other hand, this is a really varied album. We can find a lot of different rhythms, intensities and melting points between styles.

Starting with the blood-freezing, overwhelming anthem "Fractured Millennium", passing through the extremely brutal and aggressive "Apocalyptic Hybrid", going back to some beautiful and heavy semi-ballads like "Elastic Inverted Visions", "Until The End" or "Disconnected Magnetic Corridors", blasting with the Hardcore-like rapid song "Time Warp" and slowing down with the sad, depressive closure "Paled Empty Sphere", this album has an experimentation level barely seen before and, what is even more uncommon, all the new elements proved here success with mastery.

One of the high points of "Hypocrisy" is without doubt its incredible atmosphere. The aggressive riffs and a razor-like, cold keyboard will cut your skin deep into your blood, but at the same time Tägtgren put a lot of emphasis in song structures, with very interesting rhythm changes and long instrumental parts that even give a progressive touch in songs like "Paranormal Mysteria" (which is an example of a simply perfect song writing).

It has everything needed to conform a masterpiece.


A1     Fractured Millennium     
A2     Apocalyptic Hybrid     
A3     Fusion Programmed Minds     

B1     Elastic Inverted Visions     
B2     Reversed Reflections     
B3     Until The End     

C1     Paranormal Mysteria     
C2     Time Warp     
C3     Disconnected Magnetic Corridors     

D1     Paled Empty Sphere     
D2     Selfinflicted Overload