| CD REVIEW Hypocrisy |
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Band: Hypocrisy I won’t fuzz about this band’s history. It is a fact that Hypocrisy were, and still are, one of the most important bands when it comes to extreme music.
However it is remarkable how main man Peter Tägtgren succeeds to write and record a new Hypocrisy-album. Not only he’s also involved with Pain, amongst some other projects (like his co-operation with Bloodbath, for example), but he’s also one of the busiest producers / engineers within the (both Swedish and international) Metal scene (cf. his Abyss Studio). Busy or not, he succeeded to write one of the strongest Hypocrisy-albums to date. After almost twenty years of experience with this formation, he composed some of the better tracks ever, combining elements from both the (intense) early years as well as the more melodic last decade. Firm Death Metal Hymns, sometimes with a blackened approach, go hand in hand with melodic ones; some parts are more rhythmic and technically influenced, but one thing remains the same: that typical Hypocrisy-sound. At the same time, a certain old school feeling (read: second wave of Swedish Death Metal) appears in a subtle marriage with a modern touch – an evolution done by a master brain, that’s for sure. Side-effect: sometimes predictable and often lacking of being renewing. Problem: not at all, because the average quality is high. The variation, the splendid and full sound, the experienced skills, it does stand as a blood-knuckled fist. And a few times the band seems to reinvent itself by trespassing certain borders undone in the past. I know, much bla bla to say that I think that A Taste Of Extreme Divinity is one of the best releases within Hypocrisy’s important and influential history. It’s a personal opinion, but I’m sure most of you will agree! And if not, well, what the fuckin’ Hell??? 89/100 Ivan Tibos. |