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SYSTEM OF A DOWN - MEZMERIZE

ARTIST:
TITLE:
Mezmerize
LABEL:
Sony
CATNO:
19075865611
STYLE:
Rock / Nu Metal /
FORMAT:
Vinyl record
DESCRIPTION:
2005 Nu Metal / Rock LP Pressed For First Time On Black Vinyl - Adjectives like "ambitious," "jagged," and "startling" have always defined System of a Down, and their third official full-length is no different. Prerelease, the band described Mezmerize as being the first part -- the first side -- of what's essentially a double album. The records' packaging would even slot together, making the eventual Mezmerize/Hypnotize whole. Appropriately then, there's an intro to System's first new material since 2001's brilliant Toxicity. On "Soldier Side" Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian harmonize as they do throughout the record, and Malakian's guitar has a mournful, Eastern air. But it's just a lull before "B.Y.O.B.," a thrash assault pierced with rabid and incredulous screams. "Why do they always send the poor?" Suddenly the gears switch, and the song stomps in crunchy half-time as its lyrics riff with a sick grin on cultural ignorance. The government's lying, System's saying, but "Blast off!/It's party time." The vocal exploration between Tankian and Malakian on Mezmerize is a thrill -- they spur each other on like a two-headed hardcore hero. Their intermingling voices make "Cigaro" more aggressive, frantic, operatic, and totally bananas; they'd be triumphant over the break in "Violent Pornography" if they weren't spitting out lines like "Choking chicks and sodomy." The fantastic "Pornography" is a rusty shiv of absurdity, another example of System's ability to effectively skewer society with little more than hyper guitar, blistering percussion, and weird turns of phrase. Their volatile mix of righteousness, wordiness, odd meters, and thrash has balanced System's activism since their self-titled debut, making them "unique heavy music" over the much more problematic "unique, heavily political music." And Mezmerize doesn't fail to be unique. "Old School Hollywood" essays the bizarre experience of a celebrity baseball game ("Tony Danza cuts in line!") over keyboard effects from "Beat It" and a brutally simplistic rhythm, "This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm on This Song" is more twisted-tongue histrionics and explosive playing, and Tankian and Malakian's harmonies are the catalyst (again!) for making "Revenga" a truly feral epic. System of a Down -- what's another adjective for "awesome"?



PRICE:
£22.99
RELEASED YEAR:
2018
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Soldier Side - Intro
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B.Y.O.B.
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Revenge
a4
Cigaro
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Radio/Video
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This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song
b1
Violent Pornography
b2
Question!
b3
Sad Statue
b4
Old School Hollywood
b5
Lost In Hollywood

Last FM Information on System Of A Down

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System of a Down is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994. Since 1997, the lineup has consisted of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards), Daron Malakian (guitar, vocals), and Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals), along with drummer John Dolmayan, who replaced original drummer Andy Khachaturian. The band achieved commercial success with five studio albums, three of which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, winning Best Hard Rock Performance in 2006 for the song "B.Y.O.B." Their music is noted for politically focused lyrics, with songs addressing social and political themes, including anti-war commentary in "B.Y.O.B." and critiques of the prison industrial complex and the war on drugs in "Prison Song." The band went on hiatus in 2006 and reunited in 2010. Aside from the 2020 releases "Protect the Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz," they have not released new material since the albums "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" in 2005. System of a Down has sold over 12 million records worldwide, and the singles "Aerials" and "Hypnotize" both reached number one on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart. All members of the band are of Armenian descent, either born to Armenian immigrants or immigrants themselves. Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_of_a_Down Studio albums System of a Down (1998) Toxicity (2001) Steal This Album! (2002) Mezmerize (2005) Hypnotize (2005) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.