System of a Down - Hypnotize

Track Listing
1.“Attack”
2.“Dreaming”
3.“Kill Rock ‘n Roll”
4.“Hypnotize”
5.“Stealing Society”
6.“Tentative”
7.“U-Fig”
8.“Holy Mountains”
9.“Vicinity of Obscenity”
10.“She’s Like Heroin”
11.“Lonely Day”
12.“Soldier Side”

Kill Rock'n'Roll, Holy Mountain och Hypnotize är grymt bra alla tre. så om resten av albumet är lika bra som dem tre kommer det lätt vara ett av årets bästa album.

whoa, är det redan dags för ett nytt album? släppte inte de ett hyffsat nyligen?

killen: dubbel-album

är hypnotize den nya efter mezmerize?

japp. skulle väl egentligen vara dubbelalbum. menmen!

skulle inte alls vara ett dubbelalbum. var meningen att släppa med 6 månaders mellanrum

jahaaa. trodde det skulle vara dubbelalbum med mezmerize. nån som hört nåt förutom Hypnotize-singeln?

japp. jag har hört Kill Rock'n'Roll och Holy Mountains.

vart får alla tag på det? dc lr?

nope. jag tänker heller inte avslöja det.

nähäpp.

olagligt ;) du får vänta och köpa skivan eller leta fram låtarna

Kill Rock'n'Roll och Holy Mountains finns i live-versioner

Bandet ville ju ha det som dubbelalbum...men inte skivbolaget.

Släpper med 6 månaders mellanrum för att bandet ville att folk skulle ge alla låtar en chans eftersom alla låtar betyder något och skippa i CD'n.

F.ö så kommer Mezmerize artworken och Hypnotize artworken som Vartan Malakian gjort kunnas sättas ihop på något sätt till en enda.

Just nu så är det två skivor, men om några månader så kommer allt ses tillbaks som en dubbelskiva.

Släpper med 6 månaders mellanrum för att bandet ville att folk skulle ge alla låtar en chans

bra tänkt där. effektivt.

jo jag har en koll på att det är olagligt jag med.

Om ingen har nämnt ovan så kommer System spela på MTV EMA i Lissabon, hosted by yours truely, Borat. Även nominerad för Best Alternative.


"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"

Kändes lite lustigt av SOAD att inte låta fotograferna ta bilder under konserten.
Sedan har dom ett album som heter "Steal this album". Det är ju humor.

2 dagar kvar grabbar och flickor!

de har blivit så mycket sämre..låt shavo spela vafan!