Hypocrisy Virus
Published Oct 01, 2005
The tenth album from a mainstay of the Swedish death metal scene, Virus is simultaneously an ode to an aging extreme music tradition and also clearly a product of the 21st century. Spewing savagery and melody in equal eruptions, Hypocrisy maintain the steady, almost droning propulsion so characteristic of the bands sound, delving into a little Floridian morbidity, and dallying in contemporary-flavoured catchiness along the way. Tracks like "Let the Knife do the Talking, despite a less than congenial attitude (this is death metal after all), could easily pass for singles, and album closer "Living to Die covers the baleful ballad department, but Hypocrisys faster/heavier artillery ("Warpath) and slower animosity ("A Thousand Lies) are on hand as well. Virus demonstrates that increasing age is not synonymous with loss of vitality.
(Nuclear Blast)