Founded in 1990 in Fort Lauderdale, FL by Peter Tagtgren (vocals, guitar, keysboard, Hypocrisy moved to Tagtgren's homeland of Sweden in 1993. Consisting of Tagtgren, Mikael Hedlund (bass) Reidar Horghagen (drums) Hypocrisy started as a straight forward death metal outfit before moving into the real of melo-death. Lyrically, Hypocrisy's earlier work centered on anti-religious and satanic themes but has evolved to cover topics such as conspiracy theory, aliens and the supernatural. They have relased 12 full length albums, four EPs and two compliation albums.