Virus is the tenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Hypocrisy. It was released on 19 September 2005 by Nuclear Blast. This is the first Hypocrisy album recorded with their new drummer, Horgh, from the black metal band Immortal and second guitarist, Andreas Holma. A video was made for the song "Scrutinized".
Early pressings of the CD were sold with a thirteen-song limited edition live DVD, with 12 songs recorded in Strasbourg on Hypocrisy's 2004 tour as support of Cannibal Corpse, and from a different show they play the song "Total Disaster" by Destruction along with the band's vocalist and bass guitar player Marcel 'Schmier' Schirmer. Some CDs have a bonus track, "Watch Out", which appears to be a demo of a song recorded in 2000.
Some early pressings have an error where a scratch sound can be heard on tracks 6 and 11. The Nuclear Blast record label said it would mail a replacement to anyone who had one of these glitched discs.
Track list:
- XVI 00:16
- War-Path 04:23
- Scrutinized 04:25
- Fearless 04:24
- Craving for Another Killing 03:50
- Let the Knife Do the Talking 04:15
- A Thousand Lies 04:52
- Incised Before I've Ceased 04:28
- Blooddrenched 03:42
- Compulsive Psychosis 04:14
- Living to Die 05:42
- Watch Out (demo) 03:35
Total time: 48:06
Recording information:
Recorded at Abyss Studio in November / December 2004. Engineered by Hypocrisy.
Mastered at Cuttingroom.