Hypocrisy – End Of Disclosure

Published March 11 2013

*=Staff's pick	End Of Disclosure Tales Of Thy Spineless The Eye United We Fall* 44 Double Zero Hell Is Where I Stay Soldier Of Fortune When Death Calls* The Return*

Genre	Melodic Death Metal	Peter Tägtgren	Vocals
Tracks	9	Peter Tägtgren	Guitar
Running time	44 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Nuclear Blast	Mikael Hedlund	Bass
Release	20 March 2013	Horgh	Drums
Country	Sweden	Peter Tägtgren	Keyboard
Producer	Peter Tägtgren
Similar artists	Bloodbath, At The Gates

Peter Tägtgren has to be one of the biggest workaholics in metal, with two active bands to tend to - Pain and Hypocrisy - while at the same time running a studio and being one of the most sought-after producers in the genre, working continuously with countless metal bands. Of his two main projects, Hypocrisy is naturally the one that appeals the most to me and they’ve put out a lot of brilliant songs over the years.

End Of Disclosure isn’t an album full of surprises - it’s nothing extraordinary and you know what you’re getting but it’s still pretty enjoyable. I generally prefer the fast and brutal songs such as United We Fall and Tales Of Thy Spineless. Just a minor annoyance, but that last song title makes me confused - thy spineless what exactly? Finish the sentence! The songs that capture the atmospheric part of Hypocrisy best would be the closing track The Return. It’s a little more slow-paced and they feel sprung from the same vein of inspiration as classic songs such as Eraser and Roswell 47.

Overall the album has some really good ideas, some really good riffs and fantastic drumming. However, some of the songs feel like filler tracks and even though most of them are at least okay I tend to forget them right after they stop playing.

Just as when I saw them live last summer, what impresses me most is Horgh’s drumming - at times it sounds like there are two or three guys hammering away at the drum kit. The production is of course well done as always by mister Tägtgren, but the end result is maybe a little predictable. And while he’s not my favourite death-metal vocalist, he gets the job done.

If you really like the “melodic” part of melodic death metal, then you should definitely try out this album. For those of you that prefer the “death” part, this is probably not an essential album in your collection although there definitely are enjoyable parts to it.