| CD REVIEW Hypocrisy |
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Band: Hypocrisy There will be a DVD with this material (including bonus material about the past live experiences, and slightly differing from the material on the CD-edition), but since we didn’t get the DVD-promo (as a matter of fact called Hell Over Sofia – Hell Of Chaos And Confusion), I can’t say anything about it. I guess the quality (sound, visuals etc.) will be much more than ‘average’ for Hypocrisy being one of the most important acts within the extreme Metal scene, but we cannot but review this eye-mentioned shit as long as we do not get the material. What Nuclear Blast did provide is the promo-stuff for the double live-CD, done on February 27th. It deals with the band’s great performance in, indeed, Sofia (Bulgaria, for the geographical imbecils amongst us). Sound: what did you think? Superior, of course. Hypocrisy are enormous, Nuclear Blast as well, of course, and I don’t think the performance was for an audience of just a handful of sickos. Indeed, qualitatively, the sound is fabulous, as if it was recorded in some studio-environment. Yes, the members’ skills have a lot to do with it as well, of course! And the performance is fabulous. Not a surprising set-list at all, even though some tracks are rather unexpected, yet timeless it is. The interaction with the audience turns out very positive – no stupid childish yippie yeah-howdy bullshit, nor conservated sweetness, but somewhat pure emotional enthusiasm. Primal, of course, but isn’t that the initial root of all anti-hypocrism??? Oke, I do detest the live-interaction (yet brainless morons we do have everywhere) and the pseudo-happy spheres that rape the initial aggression, but that isn’t but my personal anti-mass conviction. For fans of bla bla bla… …you know… --/100 Ivan Tibos. |