Hypocrisy - 10 Years of Chaos and Confusion [comp] (2001) + Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken (1999)

 

 This influential Swedish death metal band started from the will of one person, and this person’s name was (and is) Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy, The Abyss, PAIN, ex-Lindemann). Having made the first demos all by himself, after getting an offer from Nuclear Blast, he invited musicians to form an actual band.

Since then, Hypocrisy gained success with its records and rocking live performances, and evolved musically and conceptually. Heavy and rich sound with catchy melodic riffs, crushing drum fills, obscure lyrics and versatile vocal parts became a signature style of the band. Its discography from debut 'Penetralia' to the recent 'Worship', through such legendary albums as 'The Fourth Dimension', 'Abducted', and 'Virus', is indeed a thrilling metal journey. A journey that continues.

Today, apart from Peter, the band consists of Mikael Hedlund (bass), who joined Hypocrisy back in 1991. Guitarist Thomas Elofsson is a session member since 2013. In 2022, the band was joined by a session drummer Henrik Axelsson.

Don’t let the name ‘Hypocrisy’ trick you: Peter Tägtgren stays true to himself, to the music and the fans, never stops creating, and never settles for less than perfect.

 

 

 

 Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken (1999)

 

-Tracklist:

1. Roswell 47     04:13
2. Inseminated Adoption     04:22
3. A Coming Race     04:57
4. Apocalypse     05:30
5. Osculum Obscenum     04:58
6. Buried     02:50
7. Left to Rot     03:53
8. The Fourth Dimension     05:07
9. Pleasure of Molestation     04:50
10. Killing Art     02:49
11. The Final Chapter     05:20
12. Time Warp     03:58
13. Until the End     05:44
14. Fuck U     03:46
15. Beginning of the End     02:55

01:05:12

 

-Line up: 

• Peter Tägtgren : Vocals, Guitars
• Mikael Hedlund : Bass
• Lars Szöke : Drums.

 

 

 

Label: Nuclear Blast

 Tracks 01-11 are live recordings.
Tracks 12-15 are studio recordings.

Recorded at the "Wacken Open Air" August, 8th 1998.
Mixed in Studio Hängballe.

 Photo Edit by Ari Willey.
Art Direction by Flea Black.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 10 Years of Chaos and Confusion (2001)

 

 -Tracklist:

1. Penetralia (re-recorded)     05:26
2. The Fourth Dimension (re-recorded)     05:29
3. Osculum Obscenum (re-recorded)     04:55
4. Apocalypse (re-recorded)     05:26
5. Killing Art     02:57
6. Deathrow (No Regrets)     05:47
7. Left to Rot (re-recorded)     03:37
8. Until the End     05:54
9. Pleasure of Molestation (re-recorded)     04:38
10. A Coming Race     05:06     
11. Fractured Millennium     05:15
12. Roswell 47     03:57
13. Fire in the Sky     04:48
14. The Final Chapter     05:21

01:08:36

 

-Line up: 

• Mikael Hedlund : Bass
• Lars Szöke : Drums
• Peter Tägtgren : Vocals, Guitar.

 

 

 

 

 

 Label: Nuclear Blast. NB 630-2 / 27361 66302

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 and 9 were re-recorded in 2001.

Music by L. Szöke (tracks: 14), M. Hedlund (tracks: 3 to 5, 8, 9, 12 to 14), P. Tägtgren (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 12, 14).

Layout: Thomas Ewerhard.

Bandphotos: Axel Jusseit, Kristoffer Oustad, Marcel Rudoletzky, Torsten Reitemeier.