End of Disclosure
2013 studio album by Hypocrisy
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End of Disclosure is the twelfth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Hypocrisy. It was released on 22 March 2013. To promote the album, Nuclear Blast released the music video "Tales of Thy Spineless" on 4 April.[1]
| End of Disclosure | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 22 March 2013 | |||
| Studio | The Abyss | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 43:45 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Peter Tägtgren | |||
| Hypocrisy chronology | ||||
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Background
Frontman Peter Tägtgren described End of Disclosure as a "back to basics" album.[2] He indicated that the album was written after reflecting on the preceding albums, for which he felt that the band "lost it". By contrast, Tägtgren described End of Disclosure as "straight to the point. It's more Hypocrisy than ever — the fast, the heavy, the epic."[2]
On 22 February 2013, Hypocrisy released a video for the title track of the album, "End of Disclosure".[3]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   [4] |
| Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles | 9/10[5] |
| Decibel Magazine | [6] |
| Exclaim! | [7] |
| Metal.de | 7/10[8] |
| Metal Forces | 7.5/10[9] |
| Metal Hammer | [10] |
| The Metal Observer | 7/10[11] |
| Peek from the Pit | [12] |
| Stormbringer | 4/5[13] |
The album received moderately positive reviews, with critics noting that the album would appeal to the band's fanbase but did not advance Hypocrisy's sound. Chris Dick, writing for Decibel Magazine, criticized End of Disclosure for its "potluck songwriting", which gave the impression that the album was "cycling through various stages of Hypocrisy's (and the Abyss's) repertoire, giving it a shiny, modern coat of paint and calling it an album".[6] Natalie Zed, writing for About.com, praised the album for the "menace and hostility" of its atmosphere but described it as "an album that revisits familiar themes rather than break[s] new ground".[4] Laura Wiebe explained in Exclaim! that the album accomplished Peter Tägtgren's intended goal of going "back to basics" and generally "rolls out more like a highlight reel of Hypocrisy's specialties".[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "End of Disclosure" | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Tales of Thy Spineless" | 4:36 |
| 3. | "The Eye" | 5:41 |
| 4. | "United We Fall" | 4:50 |
| 5. | "44 Double Zero" | 4:27 |
| 6. | "Hell Is Where I Stay" | 4:34 |
| 7. | "Soldier of Fortune" | 4:51 |
| 8. | "When Death Calls" | 3:54 |
| 9. | "The Return" | 6:06 |
| Total length: | 43:45 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Living Dead" | 3:51 |
| 11. | "They Lie" (The Exploited cover) | 2:37 |
| Total length: | 50:13 | |
Personnel
Hypocrisy
- Peter Tägtgren – guitars, vocals
- Mikael Hedlund – bass
- Reidar "Horgh" Horghagen – drums
Additional personnel
- Peter Tägtgren – mixing, recording
- Jonas Kjellgren – mastering, guitar solo (2)
- Wes Benscoter – cover art
- Rob Kimura – layout
- Hypocrisy - songwriting (1–10)
- Wattie Buchan – songwriting (11)
Charts
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14] | 56 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[15] | 30 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] | 192 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[17] | 151 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] | 35 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] | 29 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] | 53 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21] | 116 |