27/08/01

HYPOCRISY / 10 YEARS OF CHAOS AND CONFUSION

I can't believe that it's 10 years since Hypocrisy crashed onto the Metal scene but this best of compilation is proof positive. Put together by fans from lists sent into their website it has all the best of their 8 albums and apart from a few of the earlier tracks being re-recorded it has a remarkable coherence across the 14 tracks.

"Penetralia", "The Fourth Dimension" and "Fractured Millennium" all make an appearance and there are no tracks here that shouldn't be. Hyprocisy's blend of Death/Thrash Metal with touches of Goth haven't changed much over the years but have been refined and if the new track on the bonus CD is anything to go by the next studio album should be a good one.

Speaking of the bonus CD that comes with initial copies it has the demos from 91/92 that got them the deal with Nuclear Blast and even though they are taken from old cassettes the quality is passable. The new track "Turn The Page" is a fitting tribute to the end of an era and it's nice to have 6 video clips to keep. Here's to the next 10 years.

TOTAL PLAYING TIME = 68 mins - 14 Tracks