A Taste of Extreme Divinity

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A Taste of Extreme Divinity
Hypocrisy A Taste Of Extreme Divinity.jpg
Studio album by
Released23 October 2009 (EU)
3 November 2009 (US)
Genre Melodic death metal
Length50:09
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Peter Tägtgren
Hypocrisy chronology
Virus
(2005)
A Taste of Extreme Divinity
(2009)
End of Disclosure
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blabbermouth.net 8/10 [3]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 9/10 [4]

A Taste of Extreme Divinity is the eleventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Hypocrisy.It was released on 23 October 2009 in Europe and on 3 November in the United States. [5] The North American version contains three bonus tracks.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hypocrisy

No.TitleLength
1."Valley of the Damned"4:17
2."Hang Him High"4:35
3."Solar Empire"5:16
4."Weed Out the Weak"3:50
5."No Tomorrow"4:16
6."Global Domination"5:15
7."Taste the Extreme Divinity"3:36
8."Alive"4:22
9."The Quest"5:31
10."Tamed (Filled with Fear)"4:39
11."Sky Is Falling Down"4:32
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."The Sinner"5:06
13."Taste the Extreme Divinity (2008 Demo)"3:35
14."Valley of the Damned (2008 Demo)"4:15

Personnel

Band members

Charts

Chart performance for A Taste of Extreme Divinity
Chart (2009)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] 66
French Albums (SNEP) [7] 184
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 62

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