{"id":11151,"date":"2013-03-22T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=11151"},"modified":"2013-06-01T14:54:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T14:54:59","slug":"album-review-hypocrisy-end-of-disclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-hypocrisy-end-of-disclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"HYPOCRISY – End Of Disclosure (2013) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

HYPOCRISY
End Of Disclosure<\/strong><\/span>
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\nNuclear Blast (2013)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Formed in 1990, Sweden\u2019s Hypocrisy have become one of those \u201cin the know\u201d favourites over the years. Starting off their career as pure, savoury death metal, by the late 90s the band had incorporated enough melody into their guitars that they ended up as a foundational brick in the development of the melodic death metal sound.<\/p>\n

Often mentioned in the same breath as bands like In Flames, Soilwork, At The Gates, and fellow cult favourites like Gardenian and Dark Tranquility, Hypocrisy have always simply been who they are and offered up whatever excited them musically at that moment.<\/p>\n

End Of Disclosure<\/em> follows up two very heavy Hypocrisy records in Virus<\/em> (2005) and A Taste Of Extreme Divinity<\/em> (2009) and, by comparison, End Of Disclosure<\/em> is a much more laid back record. Of course, it\u2019s a hundred times heavier than most \u201cmetal\u201d bands but Hypocrisy have been much angrier and much heavier in the recent past. <\/p>\n

This album features a lot more of the melodic guitar work we heard on Catch 22<\/em> (2002) and The Arrival<\/em> (2004). The lead melodies are much more upfront in the mix, elevating the songs while the rhythm section keeps it marching in procession. Songs like \u2018Soldier Of Fortune\u2019, \u2018Tales Of Thy Spineless\u2019, and the title track are good examples of the heavier melodies present throughout the album. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say that the band no longer respects the riff because there is plenty of riffing to go around. Songs like the maniacally paranormal \u2018The Eye\u2019 and the devil lovin\u2019, death metal pureness of \u2018Hell Is Where I Stay\u2019 rely on the heavy riff to plod them through, while keeping a much less intent ear towards the melodic aspects of the songs; relegating it primarily to the soloing. \u2018When Death Calls\u2019 speeds up the riffing without sacrificing the growling or the blast beats to create a monster that becomes the album\u2019s sleeper hit on repeated listens.<\/p>\n

In the end, this is probably Hypocrisy\u2019s best since The Arrival<\/em>. It\u2019s got a lot of interesting dynamics woven into it, which some are destined to refer to as inconsistencies. I don\u2019t think this album raises the bar for Hypocrisy but it\u2019s certainly a nice notch in their belts. As has always plagued them, parts of this album sound fairly derivative, but all in all this is one of the better places in Hypocrisy\u2019s catalogue to start if you\u2019ve never heard them before. <\/p>\n

Mark Fisher<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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