The Arrival (album)

The Arrival is the ninth studio album by Swedish death metal band Hypocrisy, released on 16 February 2004. It is the last album with their longtime drummer Lars Szöke. The song "Eraser" was made into a music video. The album was also released in a strictly limited boxset, containing "The Arrival", eight postcards and a bonus DVD of Hypocrisy's complete live show at Summer Breeze Festival in 2002.

Dan Swanö (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7–9) and Silenoz (track 5) wrote lyrics for the album. The band wrote lyrics for track 2 and Tägtgren also wrote lyrics for tracks 4–6.

Hypocrisy

 * Peter Tägtgren − vocals, guitar; keyboards, mixing
 * Mikael Hedlund − bass; fretless bass on intro of "Eraser"
 * Lars Szöke − drums

Production

 * Björn Engelmann − mastering