Tägtgren's experience as a producer may also have led to the band's change in musical direction, as he is more closely involved with many other bands while producing their albums.
After twice cancelling a U.S. tour in 2009, Hypocrisy confirmed a North American tour for 2010. Joining them on the "Long Time, No Death" tour were Scar Symmetry, Hate, Blackguard and Swashbuckle. From January to March 2010, they toured Germany, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, finishing in Moscow. Their North American tour took place in May 2010.
On 14 October 2011, Hypocrisy released a DVD called Hell Over Sofia - 20 Years of Chaos and Confusion. It contains a full concert from the "Long Time, No Death" tour. The DVD also contains a one and a half-hour documentary about the band. On 10 November 2011, Mikael Hedlund announced writing material for a new studio album during an interview with Metal Shock Finland's chief editor, Mohsen Fayyazi. Mikael tells Metal Shock Finland:
It's too early to say what it's going to sounds like, but all I can say is that it's not gonna be any change of style. It will be a classic HYPOCRISY album without [any] compromises. We already got some material and we're really looking forward to enter the studio again. We don't know yet when it will [be], but hopefully after the summer 2012. Nothing is confirmed yet. We're doing the Metalfest tour [of Europe] in May/June plus some other festivals. That's the plans at the moment.
In early 2012 the band began to write new material for a follow up to A Taste of Extreme Divinity. On 21 December 2012 Hypocrisy announced that the title of the upcoming album is End of Disclosure. It was released on 22 March 2013.
Hypocrisy's thirteenth studio album, and first in eight years, Worship was released on 26 November 2021. The album was preceded by a music video for the first single "Chemical Whore". It was later elected by Loudwire as the 32nd best metal song of 2021. On 5 April 2022, via the band's official Facebook page, the band announced the departure of Horgh from the band. He was replaced a week later by Henrik Axelsson of The Crown.
Musical style and lyrical themes
Musically, the band started off with a traditional death metal sound on their early albums, but soon turned into a melodic death metal band. Their early lyrics – written by original vocalist Masse Broberg – dealt with anti-Christian themes and Satanism. The band later focused on themes such as the paranormal and extraterrestrials. 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. Their twelfth album, End of Disclosure, uses conspiracy and anti-Illuminati themes.
Studio albums
Penetralia (1992)
Osculum Obscenum (1993)
The Fourth Dimension (1994)
Abducted (1996)
The Final Chapter (1997)
Hypocrisy (1999)
Into the Abyss (2000)
Catch 22 (2002)
The Arrival (2004)
Virus (2005)
A Taste of Extreme Divinity (2009)
End of Disclosure (2013)
Worship (2021)
When the Candle Fades
Hypocrisy Lyrics
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We're all a bunch of ghouls
Dreams are reality
Just the same
Just another crucifixion
One more cross nailed to the ground
The beginning of the end
Has just begun
Lights getting dark
The real pain's yet to come
Call out the magic words
Forever change to the flame
Another thing turned to ashes
Blessed by the dark
When the candle fades
The pain closing in
When the sun turns black
You release your blood and fade away
The candle light
You take your life and dwell in emptiness
Running away from the pain
Body with empty souls
Cryin' to be free
But this is just the beginning
Of the end
The seance is catching up with you
Tortured by the past once again
The time stopped
But nothing's forever
What comes after death?
It never ends
You release your blood and fade away
The candle light
You take your life and dwell in emptiness
Running away from the pain
You release your blood and fade away
The candle light
You take your life and dwell in emptiness
Running away from the pain
You release your blood and fade away
The candle light
You release your blood and fade away
You release your blood and fade away
You release your blood and fade away
The lyrics of Hypocrisy's song "When the Candle Fades" are about the inevitability of death and the pain and emptiness that often accompany it. The first verse describes how life can feel like a crucifixion, and the beginning of the end has just begun. The second verse highlights that the real pain is yet to come, and nothing can prevent this pain from engulfing us. The chorus of the song refers to the inevitability of death, with the candle representing a symbol for life, and the light is the essence of life. When the candle fades, we release our blood and fade away.
The third verse speaks about the emptiness one may feel in life and how they may seek a way out of that pain. The last verse says that time stops, but nothing is forever, and what comes after death is unknown.
Overall, the song is a bleak and unforgiving reality of the human condition.
Line by Line Meaning
The sky turns black
The world is descending into darkness and despair
We're all a bunch of ghouls
We are all monsters, driven by our selfish desires and fears
Dreams are reality
Our dreams shape the reality we experience
Just the same
The line between dreams and reality has become blurred
Just another crucifixion
We are all suffering, sacrificed to the demands of society and fate
One more cross nailed to the ground
We are all trapped, pinned down by the weight of our burdens
The beginning of the end
We are witnessing the start of something terrible, which will destroy us all
Has just begun
And there is no stopping it
Lights getting dark
The situation is getting worse and more desperate
The real pain's yet to come
What we are experiencing now is only the beginning of our suffering
Call out the magic words
We long for an escape from our pain, something that can transform our reality
Forever change to the flame
We hope that this transformation will be permanent and liberating
Another thing turned to ashes
But our hopes are always dashed, leaving us with nothing but ruins and ashes
Blessed by the dark
We are cursed by the forces that seek to destroy us
When the candle fades
When hope is gone
The pain closing in
Suffering becomes all-encompassing
When the sun turns black
When even the most fundamental aspects of our reality are inverted and corrupted
You release your blood and fade away
We become numb to the pain, and our very being seems to dissolve and disappear
You take your life and dwell in emptiness
We are left to contemplate our own emptiness, with no hope of escape
Running away from the pain
We try to find some way out, but it always eludes us
Body with empty souls
We are hollowed out, reduced to mere shells of our former selves
Cryin' to be free
But we still yearn for freedom, even as it seems impossible
The seance is catching up with you
Our past mistakes and regrets are coming back to haunt us
Tortured by the past once again
We are trapped in a cycle of suffering, unable to break free from the weight of our history
The time stopped
We are frozen in place, unable to move forward
But nothing's forever
But we know that this cannot last forever
What comes after death?
We are left to wonder what lies beyond this cycle of suffering and despair
It never ends
The cycle of pain and suffering seems endless
You release your blood and fade away
We are left with nothing but our own emptiness and despair
You release your blood and fade away
We are left to confront the inevitability of our own mortality
You release your blood and fade away
And the desperation and futility of our struggle becomes all too evident
Lyrics © OBO APRA/AMCOS
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Further Soul
Here's the lyrics to my favourite song.
The sky turns black
We're all a bunch of ??? ghouls
Dreams are reality
Just the same
Just another crucifixion
one more cross nailed to the ground
The beginning of the end
has just begun
Lights getting dark
The real pain's yet to come
Call out the magic words
Forever chained to the flame
another thing turned to ashes
Blessed by the dark
When the candle fades
The pain closing in
When the sun turns black
You release your blood and fade away
The candle light
You take your life and dwell in emptiness
Running away from the pain
Bodies with empty souls
cryin' to be free
But this is just the beginning
of the end
The seance is catching up with you
Tortured by the past once again
The time stopped
But nothing's forever
What comes after death?
It never ends
You release your blood and fade away
The candle light
You take your life and dwell in emptiness
Running away from the pain
You release your blood and fade away
The candle light
You take your life and dwell in emptiness
Running away from the pain
You release your blood and fade away
The candle light
You release your blood and fade away
You release your blood and fade away
You release your blood and fade away
Goarm00
El death metal más sui generis que salió en la época, una auténtica obra de arte.
Harmony Corruption
Sounds very like Carcass, which in my books is never a bad thing ;D
vitormalta
"O que é a vida? É o princípio da morte.
O Que é a morte? É o fim da vida.
O que é a existência? É a continuidade do sangue.
O que é o sangue? É a razão da existência!"
claus sørensen
just awesome.fucking fantastic.beautiful.
Yomie Cruz
One of my favorite hypocrisy songs
Crimson Wolf
@Humprey Torrevillas nephew you need to chill
Humprey Torrevillas
Wow! A female & a hypocrisy lover. I think im falling for u too. Haha
jorge cordova
En el extenso mundo del metal hipocrisy una sorpresa agradable y perpetua para la eternidad se une a bandas grandes y eternas que se.mantienen vigentes
Anti todo
Así es tokayo
Leonid Isachenko
@KV286 "Those crunching riffs during the verses weigh a ton!" Amazing definition of a "heavy riff" :)