Penetralia (album)

Penetralia is the debut studio album by Hypocrisy, released on October 5, 1992 on Nuclear Blast Records. This is the first of two studio albums with vocalist Masse Broberg, who would later be dismissed as vocalist, with guitarist Peter Tägtgren assuming the position instead. Hypocrisy's lyrics do not focus on the paranormal and science fiction as would be the case in later albums, instead focussing on more "traditional" death metal themes such as Satanism and anti-Christianity. Two music videos would be made for tracks from the record: Impotent God and Left to Rot.[1] The album was later remastered and re-released as a double disk album with their second album Osculum Obscenum in 2013.

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Allmusic	[2]

Penetralia
Studio album by Hypocrisy
Released	October 5, 1992[1]
Genre	Death metal
Length	41:57
Label	Nuclear Blast[1]
Producer	Peter Tägtgren
Hypocrisy chronology
Penetralia (1992) Osculum Obscenum (1993)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Impotent God"	3:45
2.	"Suffering Souls"	3:25
3.	"Nightmare"	4:27
4.	"Jesus Fall"	3:25
5.	"God Is a Lie" (titled "God Is a..." on the back cover of the original pressing)	2:56
6.	"Left to Rot"	3:32
7.	"Burn by the Cross"	4:45
8.	"To Escape Is to Die"	3:52
9.	"Take the Throne"	5:18
10.	"Penetralia"	6:32
Total length:		41:57

Personnel

Hypocrisy Emperor Magus Caligula – vocals (tracks 1–9), lyrics and logo concept Peter Tägtgren − guitar; drums (tracks 1–3, 5–8), vocals (track 10), keyboards (track 10), production and mixing Jonas Österberg − guitar Mikael Hedlund − bass

Guests Lars Szöke − drums (tracks 4, 9–10) Cover art by Dan Seagrave M. Staiger – Executive producer Logo by Peter Almlöf

References

1. "Hypocrisy – Penetralia – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
2. "Penetralia – Hypocrisy – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2018.