Hypocrisy (band)

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Hypocrisy is a death metal band from Sweden. It was formed in 1990 in Stockholm, Sweden by Peter Tägtgren. Their style has been described as atmospheric death metal. The lyrics in their early stages were Anti-Christian/Satanic, but are now focused on lyrical themes such as the paranormal and aliens. Their latest album, Virus, contains lyrics of a more typical death metal nature, dealing with violence, insanity, drug addiction and emotional struggles.

Hypocrisy's current label is Nuclear Blast. The band's style has drifed from a traditional death metal sound on their early albums to a more melodic death metal sound later on, incorporating some elements from nu metal and thrash metal in recent years, though the band's style is far from nu metal and thrash metal. Therefore, Hypocrisy can be seen as an amalgamation of different styles of metal, with a predominantly death metal sound.

1 Members
- 1.1 Current
- 1.2 Former members
2 Additional notes
3 Discography
4 External links

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Members

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Current

Peter Tägtgren - Vocals / Guitar / Synth(The Abyss, Pain (Swe), ex- Bloodbath, ex- Lockup, ex- Algaion, ex-Marduk)
Andreas Holma - Guitar
Mikael Hedlund - Bass (The Abyss)
Horgh - Drums (ex-Grimfist, Immortal (Nor), Pain (Swe) and ex-Lost at Last)

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Former members

Magnus "Masse" Broberg - 1992-1993 Vocals (Dark Funeral, Dominion Caligula)
Jonas Österberg - 1992 Guitars
Lars Szöke - Drums (The Abyss)
Mathias Kamijo (Algaion) - live guitars

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Additional notes

After spending three years in the death metal capital of Tampa, Florida, USA, in 1990 founder Peter Tägtgren returned to his homeland of Sweden to form his own band. Hypocrisy's early releases were noted as being well-executed death metal but panned for not being particularly innovative. That criticism waned as the band matured and evolved a more unique sound and introspective lyrical approach. Later releases have a more atmospheric sound with lyrical exploration of aliens and abduction experiences. Their latest release, Virus, has seen the band return to more typical death metal themes.

Peter Tägtgren's experience as a producer may have also have led to the band's change in musical direction, as he is more closely involved to many other bands while producing their albums.

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