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Just when it seemed that System of a Down couldn't do anything to improve on their standing as the most unique and ambitious band in the alternative metal world, they decided to drop their sprawling, Rick Rubin-produced double album by releasing each disc separately. Early 2005 saw the arrival of MESMERIZE. After that album gained significant exposure via tours, radio, and videos, the album's counterpart, HYPNOTIZE, was released in late November. The albums were recorded in the same sessions--so there is a strong sense of musical cohesion, and even the CD packages themselves are designed to fit together to form one set.
"Attack" and "Dreaming" the first songs on HYPNOTIZE, are classic System of a Down with their furious riffage, schizophrenic song structures, and the slinky, nasal vocals of lead singer Serj Tankian. The band knows how to craft a hook ("Kill Rock 'N Roll," "She's Like Heroin"), raise political consciousness ("Stealing Society" is about the Armenian genocide), and rock with the ferocity of the heaviest speed and thrash metal bands. In short, System of a Down seems capable of doing anything, and HYPNOTIZE is further, indisputable proof of that fact.
System Of A Down: Daron Malakian (vocals, guitar); Serj Tankian (vocals, keyboards); Shavo Odadjian (bass instrument); John Dolmayan (drums).
Recording information: The Mansion At Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California.
Rolling Stone (No. 988, p.117) - 3.5 out of 5 stars - "...Hell immediately runneth over on Malakian's scoured-staccato guitars and Dolmayan's furious hammering...."
Spin (p.102) - "[The first album's] tracks, all around four minutes long, ricochet through a clutch of ideas, compressing what might otherwise be prog-rock suites into jump-cut barrages. That strategy certainly keeps the songs moving..." -- Grade: B
Spin (p.62) - Ranked #20 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "America's most compelling metal band hones a mash-up of Cali-punk absurdism, political outrage, and jump-cut headbanging."
Entertainment Weekly (No. 851, p.100) - "...[T]hey're flaunting a heretofore underexplored sensitive side, offsetting their trademark stampeding riffology with flashes of delicate lyricism...." - Grade: B+
Uncut (p.109) - 3 stars out of 5 - "System succeed through their skill at wielding complex, progressive heaviness in a pop context." System Of A Down Hypnotize Songs Hypnotize Music Review Average Rating: (4.1 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Systems Like Heroin
Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Metallica,Iron Maiden, and now the new kings *** SYSTEM OF A DOWN ***
Submitted by Joey BagOdonuts (Hancock,NY) 
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Very Very Gud Album
She's Like Heroin is my fav sng off this album. This is their 2nd best album.
Submitted by S.O.A.D. Fan (S.O.A.D., USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  doesn't stir me or move me as other records
what s.o.a.d. have done in the past is write beautiful metal unsurpassed by others. even their leftover album of songs had grand musical landscape. but here i can't really feel the same no matter how many times i listen. i won't say the songs here are bad or think that they needed to rewrite any parts but the collection here just doesn't inspire a response.
Submitted by calavera1102 (amarillo, tx)
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Good
its good... but still, doesnt come close to toxicity, which has to be their best album, and an all-time fav of mine... System of a down.. what more to say..
Submitted by monkey_freeze (Sri Lanka)
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This is such a bad album from SOAD!
Listen to there old stuff, 100% pure psyco and metal! this cd is such a bombout!! i hope there next cd is actually good, with this guitarist singing, it SUX!
Submitted by Kyle (Guateng, PTA, South Africa)
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