Abducted (album)

Abducted
Studio album by
Hypocrisy
Released13 February 1996 (1996-02-13)
RecordedMarch–October 1995, Abyss Studio, Sweden
GenreMelodic death metal
Length47:13
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerPeter Tägtgren
Hypocrisy chronology
The Fourth Dimension
(1994) 		Abducted
(1996) 		The Final Chapter
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
metal.de9/10[2]
Chronicles of Chaos8/10[3]
Rock Hard8.5/10[4]

Abducted is the fourth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Hypocrisy, released in 1996. It saw the band move further into a more melodic direction than their earlier releases. The album was also released as a limited edition digipak, not to be confused with the non-limited edition digipak re-release. The album was since reissued alongside the band's earlier death metal albums, resulting in positive feedback.[5]

The samples in the intro, "The Gathering", are taken from the so-called Halt Tape, which was allegedly recorded during the Rendlesham Forest incident on 26 December 1980.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hypocrisy.

No.TitleLength
1."The Gathering"1:09
2."Roswell 47"3:56
3."Killing Art"2:55
4."The Arrival of the Demons (Part 2)"3:17
5."Buried"3:11
6."Abducted"2:50
7."Paradox"4:32
8."Point of No Return"3:54
9."When the Candle Fades"5:30
10."Carved Up"3:28
11."Reflections"2:37
12."Slippin' Away"5:13
13."Drained"4:28
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Request Denied" 
15."Strange Ways" (Kiss cover) 
Digipak re-release live bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Fractured Millennium"5:28
15."Legions Descend"4:07
16."Fire in the Sky"5:13
17."Elastic Inverted Visions"5:47

This digipack re-release features four live tracks recorded at the Nuclear Blast Festival on 25 September 2000.

Credits

Band members

  • Mikael Hedlund − bass guitar
  • Lars Szöke − drums
  • Peter Tägtgren − vocals, electric guitars, keyboards

Production

  • Produced and mixed by Peter Tägtgren
  • Recorded and mixed in Abyss Studio, Sweden, March–October 1995
  • Engineered by Hypocrisy
  • Mastered by Peter In De Betou at Cuttingroom, Solna, Sweden
  • Photo, art and design by P Grøn, Sweden

Charts

Chart performance for Hypocrisy
Chart (2005) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 86

References

  1. ^ Abducted at AllMusic
  2. ^ Maronde, Eckart (15 October 2025). "Hypocrisy - Abducted Review". metal.de (in German). Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  3. ^ Filicetti, Gino (9 February 1996). "Hypocrisy - Abducted : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  4. ^ "HYPOCRISY - Abducted". Rock Hard (in German). 30 January 1996. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  5. ^ Lawson, Dom (2 May 2023). "Hypocrisy Reissues". Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Hypocrisy – Abducted" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
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