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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.jul-12-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Death Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1996 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........17 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.hypocrisy.cc ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Hypocrisy Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Osculum Obscenum Label : Nuclear Blast ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Hypocrisy are a band now rather well known for ║ │
│║ their later modern melodic death metal approach, ║ │
│║ but as with many bands their classic albums seem ║ │
│║ to have been hidden in the fog of the more ║ │
│║ popular old school death metal bands. The bands ║ │
│║ second album stands among, if not on top, of ║ │
│║ many of the well renowned early 90's classics. ║ │
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│║ This album is essentially an amalgamation of ║ │
│║ styles found in the early 90's underground ║ │
│║ without forgetting songwriting and coherency. ║ │
│║ More than ever these days it seems that in order ║ │
│║ to "progress" or "branch out" you have to add a ║ │
│║ ukulele solo or simply play in a time signature ║ │
│║ nobody actually wants to hear so you can be ║ │
│║ technical. However sometimes it is more ║ │
│║ important to adapt an idea and actually ║ │
│║ concentrate on making it work. Here we have an ║ │
│║ effort that is part American death metal, part ║ │
│║ Swedish death metal with a dash of black metal ║ │
│║ but most importantly intelligently written and ║ │
│║ still as dark and vicious as the aforementioned ║ │
│║ styles. ║ │
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│║ Guitars are clear but chunky and play a ║ │
│║ combination of tremolo and technical death metal ║ │
│║ riffs similar to Deicide's early efforts. The ║ │
│║ guitar playing creates a dark atmosphere as well ║ │
│║ using excellent pacing, sometimes crushing ║ │
│║ strums resembling doom metal, at other times ║ │
│║ fast and technical in accordance with the blast ║ │
│║ beats and at other times speedy melodic tremolo ║ │
│║ lines producing a feeling akin to black metal ║ │
│║ but more likely an influence from the earlier ║ │
│║ Swedish death metal bands. Throughout the album ║ │
│║ these dark and foreboding riffs keep what feels ║ │
│║ like a chaotic and random maelstrom in check. ║ │
│║ The songwriting always brings back earlier ║ │
│║ themes but constantly keeps you on your toes, ║ │
│║ with some very notable epic structures normally ║ │
│║ ending with a newly developed motif, sometimes ║ │
│║ played by the guitars but at other points ║ │
│║ bringing in keyboards which adds more to the ║ │
│║ dark atmosphere. ║ │
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│║ Drumming on this release is not noticeably tight ║ │
│║ but has its own personality, you can really feel ║ │
│║ the urgency in the blast beats, which are not ║ │
│║ over done but used very effectively to highlight ║ │
│║ the more crushing moments. The drummer can slow ║ │
│║ down for the doomier sections, such as the track ║ │
│║ "Attachment to the Ancestor", as well as bound ║ │
│║ along with the more thrashy sections in the ║ │
│║ album, for example the title track. The drumming ║ │
│║ is integrated well and becomes part of the ║ │
│║ overall sound in contrast with a lot of drummers ║ │
│║ who feel it necessary to draw attention with ║ │
│║ pointless and flashy fills. The vocals are also ║ │
│║ a great aspect, providing low and hoarse growls ║ │
│║ combined with a high pitched shriek, similar to ║ │
│║ the vocal style Glen Benton used to use, ║ │
│║ complementing the feeling of darkness the rest ║ │
│║ of the instruments provide. ║ │
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│║ One downside to the album is the annoying ║ │
│║ addition of the cover song placed directly in ║ │
│║ the middle of the album. This is a certain pet ║ │
│║ peeve of mine because I feel a cover has to be ║ │
│║ very well selected and executed to fit in with ║ │
│║ the themes and atmosphere of an album to make it ║ │
│║ work. The track present here is the hugely ║ │
│║ influential classic, "Black Metal" by Venom and ║ │
│║ it is covered only acceptably well. This would ║ │
│║ not be a problem to me but the song itself, ║ │
│║ although its influence cannot be overstated, is ║ │
│║ rather rock based in song structure and has ║ │
│║ nothing to do with the twisting and turning ║ │
│║ songs on this album, nor the albums incredibly ║ │
│║ dark atmosphere. As I said the cover is not ║ │
│║ amazing but not awful, however essentially ruins ║ │
│║ the flow and atmosphere of the album for no real ║ │
│║ reason. ║ │
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│║ It seems to me this album is not appreciated as ║ │
│║ much as other early death metal albums because ║ │
│║ it does not fit into one scene. Similar to "The ║ │
│║ Red in the Sky is Ours" this band made simple ║ │
│║ but effective changes to their sound from the ║ │
│║ norm but this meant they did not really fit in ║ │
│║ with the technical and chaotic death metal from ║ │
│║ the U.S.A, nor did it fully fit in with the ║ │
│║ tremolo laden, punk influenced sound of bands ║ │
│║ from their own native land, Sweden. The album ║ │
│║ has all the dark atmosphere, epic songwriting ║ │
│║ and pummelling riffs a death metal fan needs, so ║ │
│║ all I can suggest is that if you enjoy the ║ │
│║ darker side of death metal and have no qualms ║ │
│║ about some epic and black metal themes creeping ║ │
│║ in and out then this is an album you need. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Pleasure of Molestation [06:01] │
│ 02 - Exclamation of A Necrofag [05:08] │
│ 03 - Osculum Obscenum [05:04] │
│ 04 - Necronomicon [04:14] │
│ 05 - Black Metal (Venom Cover) [02:54] │
│ 06 - Inferior Devoties [04:41] │
│ 07 - Infant Sacrifices [04:15] │
│ 08 - Attachment to the Ancestor [05:34] │
│ 09 - Althotas [04:21] │
│ 10 - Symbol of Baphomet (form 'inferior Devotie [02:56] │
│ 11 - Mental Emotions (form 'inferior Devoties' [03:14] │
│ 12 - God is A Lie (form 'inferior Devoties' Ep) [02:58] │
│ 13 - Black Magic (Slayer Cover, form 'inferior [03:23] │
│ 14 - Pleasure of Molestation (Demo, form 'pleas [04:37] │
│ 15 - Exclamation of A Necrofag (Demo, form 'ple [05:10] │
│ 16 - Necronomicon (Demo, form 'pleasure of Mole [04:13] │
│ 17 - Attachment to the Ancestor (Demo, form 'pl [05:27] │
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│ Total Length : [74:10 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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