The Arrival (album)

The Arrival is the ninth studio album by Swedish death metal band Hypocrisy, released on 16 February 2004. It is the last album with their longtime drummer Lars Szöke. The song "Eraser" was made into a music video. The album was also released in a strictly limited boxset, containing "The Arrival", eight postcards and a bonus DVD of Hypocrisy's complete live show at Summer Breeze Festival in 2002.

This article is about the album by the band Hypocrisy. For other albums of the same title, see Arrival (disambiguation).
The Arrival
Studio album by
Hypocrisy
Released16 February 2004
RecordedAugust–September 2003
StudioThe Abyss
GenreMelodic death metal
Length40:17
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerPeter Tägtgren, Michael Hedlund
Hypocrisy chronology
Catch 22
(2002)		 The Arrival
(2004)		 Virus
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles7.5/10[2]
Metal.de8/10[3]
Metal Storm[4]

Dan Swanö (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7–9) and Silenoz (track 5) wrote lyrics for the album. The band wrote lyrics for track 2 and Tägtgren also wrote lyrics for tracks 4–6.

Track listing

All music is composed by Hypocrisy

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Born Dead Buried Alive"Dan Swanö4:10
2."Eraser" 4:27
3."Stillborn" 3:24
4."Slave to the Parasites" 5:02
5."New World"Silenoz4:11
6."The Abyss" 4:24
7."Dead Sky Dawning" 4:28
8."The Departure" 5:18
9."War Within" 4:53

Personnel

Hypocrisy

Production
  • Peter Tägtgren − production, mixing
  • Michael Hedlund − production
  • Björn Engelmann − mastering

Charts
Chart performance for Virus
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 71

References
  1. Serba, John. The Arrival at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. Popoff, Martin (13 January 2004). "Hypocrisy – The Arrival". BW&BK.
  3. "Hypocrisy – The Arrival". Metal.de (in German). 9 February 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. "Hypocrisy - The Arrival review". Metal Storm. 2 February 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  5. "Austriancharts.at – Hypocrisy – The Arrival" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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