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MTV's Hypnotize Album Preview
Posted by nalin on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 07:34 PM


According to bassist Shavo Odadjian, System of a Down had planned to open Hypnotize — the second half of the band's Mezmerize/ Hypnotize double LP — with the sweeping instrumental "Hezze." Instead, the track was dropped entirely from the album and will be released at some point in the future o­n an EP or single.

"We wanted to start off really heavy," Odadjian said.
And as System's fans will learn o­n November 22, when the 12-track/40-minute album hits stores, "Attack" fulfills that mission admirably, with speed-metal blast beats and brutal, start-stop riffage that raise System to new levels of heaviness.

There are numerous similarities between the two albums: Both are rife with tandem vocals from frontman Serj Tankian and guitarist Daron Malakian, as well as unconventional and drastic time changes, blistering guitar sections interspersed with placid moments, and tracks that blend seamlessly into o­ne another. But Hypnotize, taken as a whole, is a more thunderous and mystifying LP.

The mind-pulverizing racket of the album's second cut, "Dreaming," is highlighted by Malakian's crisp vocals, which dispense bizarre lyrics like, "For treated indigenously, digenously/ Human right is private blue chip, pry." Simultaneously, Tankian's frenzied voice rattles off lyrics at breakneck speed: "We're the prophetic generation of bottled water, bottled water/ Causing poor populations to die, to die, to die."

Malakian is the star of "Kill Rock 'n Roll," o­n which he proclaims, "I felt like the biggest a--hole/ When I killed your rock 'n roll," with an almost Bon Scott delivery. The song, which the band has been playing live for months, eventually morphs from jarring, start-stop rhythms into minimal guitars and neo-funk drumming. Next up is "Hypnotize," the album's first single, which features Middle Eastern-tinged guitars and keen lyricism: "Why don't you ask the kids at Tiananmen Square/ Was fashion the reason why they were there?"

"Stealing Society" kicks off its fervent tempo with a bassline that sounds co-opted from the Descendents and follows with fierce drumming, frantic guitar abuse and breakdowns galore. "Vicinity of Obscenity" finds Tankian repetitively speed-belting some characteristically nonsensical lyrics — "Banana, banana, banana, terra cotta/ Banana, banana, banana, terra cotta pie" — before the track wanders into disco lunacy, with Serj crooning, "Do we all learn defeat/ From the whores with bad feet?"

The convulsive, fast-paced "Tentative" features an electric cello toward the end, capping off three minutes of spastic vocals and crushing bass hooks. The gentle guitars featured in the triumphant "U-Fig" — which are sandwiched between ferocious riffs — recall Red Hot Chili Peppers axeman John Frusciante's solo strumming. "Holy Mountains," which showcases Tankian and Malakian's powerful harmonies, pummels the listener with bruising drums and guitar licks, but then softens the blow with delicate violins and orchestration.

Malakian handles the bulk of the vocals o­n "Lonely Day," with Tankian surfacing for the track's harmonized choruses; the tune's complex, intricate riffs leave o­ne wondering just how System are going to replicate it live. Violins are employed o­nce again during Hypnotize's closer, the politically charged "Soldier Side," which completes "Soldier Side (Intro)," Mezmerize's opening track. "They were crying when their sons left/ God is wearing black," Tankian wails. "He's gone so far to find no hope/ He's never coming back."

Hypnotize will be released as both a CD and a DualDisc, with the latter containing behind-the-scenes footage shot during the making of both records.

For more o­n System of a Down's double album, Mezmerize/Hypnotize, check out the feature "Doubleheader."


-Chris Harris from MTV.com


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fritz
16.10.05, 07:24

Yeah, koerschner, I wanted info o­n She's Like Heroin too.. Its MTV, you know.. Probably the title..

Maniack
16.10.05, 08:13

Deer Dance:

...war is staring you in the face, dressed in black...

Soldier Side:

...God is wearing black...

burningbush118
16.10.05, 12:46

damn thats 2 long 2 wait

Systemofdan
16.10.05, 15:19
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hairofdaron
17.10.05, 07:49

" Its MTV, you know.. Probably the title"

I think its so hypocritical and oddly funny how MTV try to project themselves as like having standards when it comes to their programming and bust up on Weezer's "Ha** Pipe" lol and things like that put they play all sorts of junky seedy hip-hop and gansta rap...bastards

bring_your_own_bombs
17.10.05, 07:51

i hope its as heavy as it says,

or ill be mad

VERY, mad!

Moonette
17.10.05, 15:13

w00t! ^o^ I can't wait!

haelsinger
18.10.05, 10:49

attack, what a great name for a song! :D


19.10.05, 12:26

nalin, what great name for the guy who posted this article

Beanerman
20.10.05, 11:17

Oh hell ya!! I got a boner i'm sop excited!!! system's the best

shimmskizzle
21.10.05, 08:43

it seems to me this is gonna be more like toxicity

Oh_Serj!!!
22.10.05, 04:16

I'm sure it's gonna be better than Mezmerize

Butter
22.10.05, 15:47

i hope so too!!! :)

corey87
22.10.05, 23:33

i cant take it anymore system's rock so much they'll kill me:'(

Malakianauskas
27.10.05, 06:20

briliant!!!! but daont found hypnotize tabs :D !!! its so cool that i wont to play hypnotize my self :D

Malakianauskas
27.10.05, 06:26

uo and i know daron friend from lithuania he is guitarist to he and daron was students in france i hpoe :)... and he sad thar daron is wery dood gyu! but im dont know him neme :)... mabydaron remember him :D ;) daron did yuo here my :DD !!!! and he know steev way , guitarist fron linking park and more :DD im happy that i now daron friend from lithuania :|

Livevision
27.10.05, 13:14
I want to have this fucking album.Hell,System Of A Down will kick asses every where in the country.<IMG height=18 src="http://soadfans.com/modules/typetool/pnincludes/emotion/yinyang.gif" width=20>
hypnotize_the_system2
29.10.05, 13:15

kick ass i cant friggin wait kick ass!thats all i have to say.I have been searchin everywhere for more and more info o­n hypnotize

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