HYPOCRISY – Questions We Want to Ask Someday | Swedish Death Metal Editorial

I’ve been living with Hypocrisy for most of my life. Not casually, not in passing — properly living with them. I own their full discography on CD and vinyl, and yes, I’m still hunting down the tapes. Some bands soundtrack periods of your life; Hypocrisy feels more like a constant presence, something that evolves alongside you rather than sitting frozen in a specific era.

This isn’t a list of interview questions meant to promote a tour or sell a new release. These are the questions that build up after decades of listening, collecting, revisiting albums at different stages of life, and realizing that Hypocrisy has always operated on a different frequency. Dark, introspective, hostile, and strangely human — even when staring straight into the cosmic void.

If I ever got the chance to sit down with them, unhurried and uncensored, these are the things I’d want to ask.

1) When did you realize Hypocrisy was no longer just a death metal band?

There’s a clear point where the music stops fitting neatly into scene expectations. It’s still brutal, still aggressive, but it starts feeling larger, colder, more cinematic. Was that a conscious break, or did it simply happen naturally as the band followed its instincts?

2) Are the alien themes metaphor, belief, or something in between?

As a listener, I’ve always felt those themes weren’t really about extraterrestrials at all — they felt like reflections on control, isolation, and humanity’s darker instincts. Has that meaning shifted for you over time, or has it stayed consistent from the beginning?

3) Which Hypocrisy album do you feel fans still misunderstand?

Every band with a long career has records that take years to find their audience. I’m curious which one you feel was ahead of its time, or simply ignored because it didn’t match expectations in the moment.

4) How do you decide when atmosphere should overpower aggression?

One of Hypocrisy’s greatest strengths is knowing when to let riffs breathe and when to suffocate the listener. That balance feels instinctive, but it’s also incredibly precise. Is that something you still consciously shape, or has it become second nature?

5) Looking back, would you change anything about the evolution of your sound?

Not from a place of regret, but reflection. Are there paths you wish you’d explored further, or moments where you’re proud you ignored outside noise and stayed true to your vision?

6) Does isolation fuel your creativity?

Hypocrisy has always sounded detached from trends, scenes, and movements. As a fan, that’s part of the appeal. Is that distance intentional, or simply a byproduct of how the band functions creatively?

7) Do you still experience Hypocrisy albums emotionally?

When I revisit these records, they hit differently depending on where I am in life. I’ve always wondered: do you still feel them as emotional works, or do they now exist more as documents of specific times and states of mind?

8) What emotion defines Hypocrisy today?

Early rage, mid-era paranoia, later introspection — each phase carries its own weight. Right now, what feeling drives the music more than anything else?

9) Which album feels the most honest to you?

Not the most popular, not the most praised — but the one that feels like the clearest snapshot of who you truly were when it was created.

10) Could Hypocrisy exist without full creative control?

As a collector and longtime listener, I can’t imagine this band surviving under compromise. Has independence been essential to Hypocrisy’s identity, or merely a necessity you learned to navigate?

Top 5 Hypocrisy Albums to Revisit

  1. Abducted – The moment everything locked into place: atmosphere, brutality, identity.
  2. The Arrival – Cold, expansive, and still misunderstood by many.
  3. Virus – A bold evolution that rewards repeat listening.
  4. Into the Abyss – Mature, heavy, and emotionally grounded.
  5. Osculum Obscenum – Raw origins, best appreciated once you know where the band would go.

Official HYPOCRISY Links:
Official Website · YouTube · Instagram · Facebook

For me, Hypocrisy has always been a band best experienced through physical formats. Holding the records, studying the artwork, revisiting entire albums instead of isolated tracks — that’s where their music truly lives. These questions come from years of doing exactly that.

And now, I want to open this up.

If you’re a longtime Hypocrisy fan, what would you ask them?
Send us your questions. Post them, email them, share them. One day, we might actually get the chance to ask — and when that happens, this won’t just be our voice, but a collective one from people who have lived with this music as deeply as we have.

Because Hypocrisy isn’t just a band you listen to.
It’s a band you grow with.

HYPOCRISY – ITEMS AVAILABLE AT PULSE RECORDS

Item Format Price Condition Order
Hypocrisy – The Fourth Dimension (2002 CD, Reissue) CD 12.90€ VG+ Order
Hypocrisy – End Of Disclosure (2013 CD) CD 15.50€ NM Order
Hypocrisy – 10 Years Of Chaos And Confusion (2006 Compilation) CD 15.00€ VG+ Order
Hypocrisy – Hypocrisy (2001 CD, Reissue) CD 12.25€ VG+ Order
Hypocrisy – The Arrival (2004 CD, Reissue) CD 9.00€ G+ Order
Hypocrisy – Catch 22 (2002 CD) CD 13.50€ NM Order
Hypocrisy – Virus (2006 CD + DVD, Digipak, Deluxe) CD+DVD 16.50€ NM Order
Hypocrisy – Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken (1999 CD) CD 12.90€ NM Order
Hypocrisy – Hell Over Sofia (2011 2xCD + DVD, Limited) 2CD+DVD 39.00€ NM Order
Hypocrisy – Worship (2021 CD, Digipak) CD 21.00€ Mint Order
Hypocrisy – Catch 22 (V2.0.08) (2008 Remastered) CD 12.00€ NM Order
Hypocrisy – A Taste Of Extreme Divinity (2009 CD, Digipak, Ltd) CD 25.90€ Mint Order
Hypocrisy – The Final Chapter + Hypocrisy (2007 Double CD) 2×CD 27.90€ NM Order
Hypocrisy – Inferior Devoties (1994 CD, SIGNED by Peter Tägtgren) CD 60.00€ NM Order
Hypocrisy – Maximum Abduction (1995 Shaped CD EP) CD EP 35.00€ NM Order
Hypocrisy – Penetralia (1996 CD, Reissue, Digipak) CD 18.00€ VG Order
Hypocrisy – Abducted (2023 Red Vinyl, Gatefold, Ltd) LP 35.90€ Mint Order
Hypocrisy – Osculum Obscenum (2023 Purple Vinyl, Gatefold) LP 35.90€ Mint Order
Hypocrisy – The Final Chapter (2023 2×LP, 45 RPM, Gatefold) 2×LP 37.00€ Mint Order
Hypocrisy – Into The Abyss (2023 Orange Vinyl, Gatefold) LP 33.90€ Mint Order
Hypocrisy – Eraser (Live) (2011 Brown 7" Single) 7" 20.00€ VG+ Order

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