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]

Abducted is the fourth studio album released by Hypocrisy. It is the album where melodic death metal was brought in further into their sound, replacing the original death metal sound. It 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.[2]

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 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

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)[3] 86

References

  1. ^ Abducted at AllMusic
  2. ^ Lawson, Dom. "Hypocrisy Reissues". Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Hypocrisy – Abducted" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
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