That criticism waned as the band matured, cultivating a more distinctive sound as well as employing an introspective lyrical approach. Hypocrisy's early releases were noted as being well-executed death metal, but panned for not being particularly innovative. Twelfth album End of Disclosure deals with conpiracy and anti-illuminati themes.Īfter spending three years in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1990, founder Peter Tägtgren returned to his homeland of Sweden, to form his own band. Their tenth album, Virus, contains themes more typical of death metal such as violence, the horrors of reality, insanity, torture, war, drug addiction, and emotional strife. Contrary to what some might believe, Magus didn't leave because of a shift in lyrical content, but because of a cracked eardrum during their 1st European tour (he later went on to black metal band Dark Funeral as Emperor Magus Caligula). However, the band later chose to focus on themes such as the paranormal and extraterrestrials. Their early lyrics - written by original vocalist Masse Broberg - dealt with anti-Christian themes and Satanism. Musically, the band started off with a traditional death metal sound on their early albums, but soon turned into a melodic death metal band. It was formed in 1990 in Ludvika, Sweden by Peter Tägtgren. Hypocrisy is a death metal band from Sweden.
