Virus is the tenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Hypocrisy. It was released on 19 September 2005 by Nuclear Blast. It is the first Hypocrisy album recorded with their new drummer Horgh from the black metal band Immortal and second guitarist Andreas Holma. The album features a music video for the song "Scrutinized".
| Virus | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 5 September 2005 | |||
| Recorded | November–December 2004 | |||
| Studio | The Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 48:07 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Peter Tägtgren | |||
| Hypocrisy chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles | 8.5/10[2] |
Early pressings of the CD were sold with a 13-song limited edition live DVD, with 12 songs recorded in Strasbourg on Hypocrisy's 2004 tour as support of Cannibal Corpse, and from a different show they play the song "Total Disaster" by Destruction along with the band's vocalist and bass guitar player Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer. Some CDs have a bonus track, "Watch Out", which appears to be a demo of a song recorded in 2000.
Some early pressings have an error where a scratch sound can be heard on tracks 6 and 11. The Nuclear Blast record label said it would mail a replacement to anyone who had one of these glitched discs.
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Hypocrisy
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "XVI" | 0:16 |
| 2. | "Warpath" | 4:23 |
| 3. | "Scrutinized" | 4:25 |
| 4. | "Fearless" | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Craving for Another Killing" | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Let the Knife Do the Talking" | 4:15 |
| 7. | "A Thousand Lies" | 4:52 |
| 8. | "Incised Before I've Ceased" | 4:28 |
| 9. | "Blooddrenched" | 3:42 |
| 10. | "Compulsive Psychosis" | 4:14 |
| 11. | "Living to Die" | 5:42 |
Limited edition DVD bonus tracks:
Tracks 1–12 were recorded in Strasbourg on 4 August 2004. Track 13 was recorded at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in 2003.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Born Dead Buried Alive" | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Fusion Programmed Mind" | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Adjusting the Sun" | 4:45 |
| 4. | "Eraser" | 5:11 |
| 5. | "Turn the Page" | 4:20 |
| 6. | "Fire in the Sky" | 5:08 |
| 7. | "Necronomicon" | 4:35 |
| 8. | "Slaves to the Parasites" | 5:09 |
| 9. | "Reborn" | 3:19 |
| 10. | "Roswell 47" | 4:22 |
| 11. | "God is a Lie" | 3:02 |
| 12. | "Deathrow (No Regrets)" | 6:07 |
| 13. | "Total Desaster" (bonus track) | 4:05 |
Credits
editBand members
edit- Peter Tägtgren − guitars, vocals, keyboards
- Andreas Holma − guitars
- Mikael Hedlund − bass
- Reidar "Horgh" Horghagen − drums
Production
edit- Recorded at The Abyss November–December 2004
- Produced and mixed by Peter Tägtgren
- Engineered by Hypocrisy
- Mastered in Cuttingroom by Björn Engelmann
Songwriting and composition
edit- Solo on "Scrutinized" performed by Gary Holt
Charts
edit| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] | 75 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] | 76 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[5] | 58 |
References
edit- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Virus at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Hypocrisy – Virus". BW&BK. 12 October 2005.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Hypocrisy – Virus" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Hypocrisy – Virus" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Hypocrisy – Virus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2021.