Abducted (album)

Abducted
Studio album by Hypocrisy
Released	13 February 1996 (1996-02-13)
Recorded	March–October 1995, Abyss Studio, Sweden
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	47:13
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Peter Tägtgren
Hypocrisy chronology
The Fourth Dimension (1994) Abducted (1996) The Final Chapter (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
metal.de	9/10 [2]
Chronicles of Chaos	8/10 [3]
Rock Hard	8.5/10 [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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
14.	"Request Denied"
15.	"Strange Ways" (Kiss cover)

Digipak re-release live bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
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.