Hypocrisy

In an era where fans are downloading music off the Internet without paying for it, Nuclear Blast Records and Amazon are teaming up to make downloaders feel less like the criminals they're portrayed to be by the RIAA. The companies have assembled the 'Sinister Spring Sampler,' a collection of 11 songs by Nuclear Blast artists, and they've put it online...

On Feb. 9, Overkill will release their 16th LP, 'Ironbound,' the band's first effort for E1 Music, which was mixed by Hypocrisy's Peter Tägtgren. To celebrate the thrash band's 25th anniversary and the album's release, Overkill will embark on a North American tour this spring, that's set to kick off April 1 on Philadelphia. Kill...

Over the past decade, as internet technology got more advanced and album leaks more common, music journalists typically shook their heads in dismay at the wave of records hitting the Web weeks -- even months -- before their release date. Conventional wisdom in the writing community held that it was radio station personnel, studio interns and CD pressing plants that were responsible for all the unl

On Nov. 6 in Springfield, Va., Hypocrisy and Ex Deo are scheduled to hit the road with Ensiferum for a brief U.S. tour. Only Ex Deo and Hypocrisy can't get into the country because immigration won't grant them visas. First, Ex Deo revealed on Monday that they'd be forced to drop off the tour, which also features Blackguard and Swashbuckle...

Sweden's Hypocrisy continue their nearly two-decade career with the next brutal installment, 'A Taste of Extreme Divinity,' out on Nuclear Blast. Slinging the paint for this release is fellow countryman Kristian Wåhling, who also goes under the name of Necrolord. The ...

Hypocrisy are making an unusual comeback with the release of their latest record, 'A Taste of Extreme Divinity.' Multi-instrumentalist Peter Tägtgren considers the band his main focus, though he has had a variety of side-projects. None have gotten as big as Pain, which in 10 years and six albums put them in a solid supporting slot for Nightwish during their latest tour. "W...

We feel bad for Kristen Randall, but only a tiny bit bad. The keyboardist for Los Angeles symphonic death metal assemblage Winds of Plague became the former keyboardist for Los Angeles symphonic death metal assemblage Winds of Plague yesterday, and later on today, we'll be bringing you her reasons for leaving the band...

You'd think a guy like Karl Sanders would've visited Egypt by now. After all, the virtuoso guitarist fronts South Carolinian Egyptian-themed death metal act Nile -- and fancies himself something an expert on Egyptology. But alas, Sanders has yet to make it over to see the Great Sphinx...

Every morning, this writer wakes up at 6 AM to start working on this column. The tough thing about working from home, though, that early in the morning: Dealing with my cats. You see, by now, my two cats, Dante and Jezebel, are used to my routine...

Illegal downloading has hobbled the music industry over the last decade, and try as they might, labels and musicians have been unable to quell online leaks and file sharing. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right? Late last night, the publicists for Smashing Pumpkins issued a press release announcing that Billy Corgan, the band's sole remaining founding member, would be releasing a new album call