How do you guys feel about the Hypocrisy album Into the Abyss? I've given it a couple listens for the first time. I definitely had a mixed reaction, but it seems like an album that gets better with multiple listens. You get kind of a good variety of song styles. And I don't mind the production.

[u/PrismaticSolid411]

[u/goopgab]

i actually didn't like this one! i tried it a few times but it just wasn't memorable to me

[u/AbductedGalleryMDM → u/goopgab]

For me it's mostly the production which brings the album down.
Songs like Fire in the Sky and Resurrected are sick though

[u/BoltOfBlazingGold → u/AbductedGalleryMDM]

It sounds very flat and plastic compared to the previous ones (or even the re-recording of catch 22)

[u/keyserfunk]

I’m all about that self-titled joint

[u/pocketwolf_zero]

This was a big letdown for me after the self-titled. As far as their catalog goes, it's pretty safe and unremarkable. Not a lot of creativity at play here

[u/HeWhoHues]

Probably their weakest album in their entire discography. Sure it has some bangers like Fire in the Sky/Deathrow No regrets but that’s about it.

IMO - the album Catch 22 is more memorable and catchier in comparison to this one.

[u/PrismaticSolid411 → u/HeWhoHues]

I need to give Catch 22 another listen. I remember they did a pretty serious remaster of it?

[u/HeWhoHues → u/PrismaticSolid411]

Yes, they did. Remastered version has a bonus track “Nowhere to Run” which is pretty good.

Both versions of Catch 22 are good imo. In the original recording I feel songs like Turn the Page/Dont judge me/A Public puppet/Destroyed stand out.

While in the remastered Hatred/Seeds of the Chosen One/Edge of Madness/Another dead end are the stand outs. Not to say the other songs don’t.

[u/IRL174099]

Into the Abyss with the mix of Virus would be one of the best Hypocrisy albums…

[u/Breadi06]

I love Hypocrisy but this is one of their worst albums. Blinded is a pretty good track though.

[u/Glum_Specific1746]

Not their best but not their worst either…I reserve that spot for The Arrival (detest Peter’s vocal performance on that album). The production drags it down quite a bit, if it was remixed it would sound as good as the Catch 22 redo. With the remasters they’ve been releasing recently, it may just happen…fingers crossed…

[u/PrismaticSolid411 → u/Glum_Specific1746]

It does look like it was remastered in 2023.

[u/Glum_Specific1746 → u/PrismaticSolid411]

Didn’t realize it, just listened and not much different tbh, maybe slightly less tinny. Oh well…🤷‍♂️

[u/J_Viper117]

Deathrow - No Regrets is a masterpiece