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System of a down hypnotize1/1/2023 ![]() Sadly the song isn’t as heavy as Mesmerize before it, but compensates with a very catchy and modern melody. ![]() If they want more Daron singing, this is the way to do it, with very prominent backups. Hypnotize: Great lyrics (“can you say brainwashing…brainwashing” as an example), this was a great track to choose for the title, but what I especially love is the solid balance between Daron and Serj’s vocals. “I felt like the biggest ass” goes to show there was some honest musicianship on this album, and even some hints of experimentation in their songwriting, which meant this album was anything but tame. Kill Rock ‘n Roll: Another solid SOAD track, especially the comedic lyrics. This song does work, and has a lot of emphasis on Serj’s voice, which for me is a major plus. There are some standout tracks on this: Attack: We get a really fast, and thrash-like riff opening the album, and does remind me of the way 80’s bands tended to open their albums. However, regardless this is a SOAD album, so it is still of a high quality, even if it can’t keep up with its predecessors. There are fewer moments in the vocals on this album that really resemble Spiders and Know, which evoke that middle eastern sound, which could really have helped these tracks. For one, Daron’s voice is high and whiny (intentionally so), which does suit the instrumentation, but wastes the manic singing of Serj, who really proved his skills in their debut. In my opinion he works so much better as a backup singer than a lead vocalist, and it’s a shame he steals the show from Serj, who really is the greater singer. There are some issues on this album, for example the overuse of Daron’s voice. This also, perhaps, was their weakest album, and the hiatus will most likely allow them to spiritually clear their air, and allow them to head in a clearer, more musically interesting direction. ![]() This was their final album before they went on a long hiatus, which will soon be ending with their upcoming album. This was their final album before they went on a long hiatus, which Hypnotise is perhaps the most important album System has ever released. ![]() In the hands of other bands, this combination might have sounded convoluted or chaotic, but System Of A Down’s methodical technique and intellectual bent led to greatness up until 2005’s Hypnotize, after which the band took an extended hiatus from recording to focus on live dates.Hypnotise is perhaps the most important album System has ever released. Unique time signatures, dizzying rhythmic passages, and Tankian’s motormouthed vocal delivery collided with inventive guitar work based around stinging riffs (“B.Y.O.B.”), evocative soundscapes (“Aerials”), and prog-calibre complexity (“Hypnotize”). However, beginning with 2001’s Toxicity, System Of A Down leaped into an entirely distinct musical realm, thanks to Malakian’s unorthodox approach to composition. On the group’s self-titled 1998 debut, piledriving metal riffs and Tankian’s gruff vocals made them mainstream metal darlings the band opened for Slayer and Metallica and landed a slot on Ozzfest. Guitarist Daron Malakian and Tankian initially started playing music together in the early ’90s. The California band’s songs condemn war, violence, and oppression, with 2005’s “Holy Mountains” specifically raising awareness of the Armenian Genocide, an early-20th-century event that affected family members of frontman Serj Tankian. ![]() System Of A Down rose to prominence in the age of nu-metal, but the group’s socially conscious lyrics have far more in common with the ’90s punk underground and political firebrands such as Rage Against the Machine. ![]()
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