I find it interesting that there are so many people who voted the Self-titled album for their favorite, I guess Hypocrisy must be getting a lot of new fans or something, since I know a lot of the older ones basically wrote them off after Abducted. I like the newer stuff, but I still think that The 4th Dimension, Abducted, and The Final chapter personify what Hypocrisy with Peter at the Helm is really about, everything after that just seems to not have the same anger in it. Self-titled seems to be watered down in the heaviness department, the musicianship is great but it definately is a big departure from their core years. Into the Abyss is pretty good, but overall seems like a half-hearted attempt to return to some of the earlier sound, I think unfortunately Peter's greater focus on Pain started to leak over to his last couple albums, they just don't seem to have that old school death metal feel to them, much more accesible sound, a little too polished for my liking. The dirty production seems to suit the band better. The self-titled album kind of sits out on it's own, good music , but I can't say that I was a little dissapointed after having played The Finial Chapter for so long and then picking up that release.
Kind of the same feeling I had when Formulas Fatal to the Flesh came out, I had listened to Entangled in Chaos for so long and then listened to the new MA and it took me a long time to get into it.
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