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Post by Crushcrushchris on Oct 7, 2005 0:04:50 GMT -5
It's ok...although, I personally prefer their heavier side.
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Post by singingsparrow on Oct 8, 2005 0:46:39 GMT -5
This is going to chart strong no matter what.
It isn't one of their heavier numbers, but it still has the fierce guitar crunch driving it home through climatic parts, and with strong current album sales, the hype will carry this effortlessly into the Top 20, and you can bet the Top 10.
My Prediction: #6
Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by Rob64 on Oct 8, 2005 18:52:24 GMT -5
I changed my mind! I absolutely love this!
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Post by Rob64 on Oct 16, 2005 17:03:49 GMT -5
Album cover.
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Post by JeffB on Oct 16, 2005 18:55:43 GMT -5
OMG! I love this cover! This is now my avatar!
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Post by American Idiot on Oct 16, 2005 23:02:33 GMT -5
I gotta admit that album cover is pretty interesting and cool, but it looks like they just played around with Photoshop for an hour and were having fun experimenting.
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Post by pen on Oct 17, 2005 6:53:23 GMT -5
I gotta admit that album cover is pretty interesting and cool, but it looks like they just played around with Photoshop for an hour and were having fun experimenting. We're going to have to have a talk when I get back.
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Post by No Brake$ on Oct 17, 2005 7:28:45 GMT -5
This song is all right. I think everyting off Toxicity was much much better.
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Post by Rob64 on Oct 17, 2005 9:15:54 GMT -5
This is SO exciting. Thankfully, from what I've heard so far, this album will be heavier than "Mesmerize" Album preview: www.mtv.com/news/articles/1511521/20051014/system_of_a_down.jhtml?headlines=trueAccording 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 (see "System Of A Down Album Preview: Band Pulls No Punches With The Pummeling Mezmerize" and "System Of A Down Kick Out The Jams On Hypnotize").
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 (see "System Of A Down 'Kill Rock 'N' Roll' With Volta In SoCal"). 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.
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Post by American Idiot on Oct 17, 2005 10:20:25 GMT -5
I gotta admit that album cover is pretty interesting and cool, but it looks like they just played around with Photoshop for an hour and were having fun experimenting. We're going to have to have a talk when I get back. Oy, me and my big mouth ???
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Post by Libra on Oct 17, 2005 11:35:04 GMT -5
Haven't heard this yet, but I'm sure I'll like it anyway.
Neither of the Mesmerize singles impressed me much the first time I heard them, but both grew on me real quick.[/font]
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Post by [upsilon]™ on Oct 17, 2005 15:18:06 GMT -5
It's ok...although, I personally prefer their heavier side.
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Post by allnightmarelong on Oct 27, 2005 23:36:35 GMT -5
this is a good song but I cant picture it as a single for some reason. I know this album wont disappoint so Im not worried about follow up singles
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Post by pen on Nov 18, 2005 12:56:04 GMT -5
Man, I seriously hope the next single is "Tentative" or "Soldier Side". Either of those would rule.
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Post by tortuga on Nov 18, 2005 14:27:43 GMT -5
I like this better than any of the singles from "Mesmerize". I guess I prefer this side of SOAD.
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Post by jdmasta289 on Nov 21, 2005 19:00:21 GMT -5
I haven't listened to the Hypnotize CD (downloaded it for that matter), but they should probably release a harder song as a second single...maybe not quite as hard as "B.Y.O.B." but similarly energetic and rambunctious. Then, they should definitely release "Lost In Hollywood" as a fifth single. Or, if the second Hypnotize single is successful enough, release a third one from Hypnotize, but they need to release "Lost In Hollywood".
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Post by JeffB on Nov 22, 2005 17:03:07 GMT -5
Just bought the CD, and its fucking amazing! Its much better then Mesmerize, but Toxicity is still their best. I really dont know why they released Hypnotize for the first single, but dont worry its the worst song of the album.
Right now i like all the songs, but my favorites are Dreaming, Kill Rock N Roll, Stealing Society, Holy Mountains and She's like Heroine. And the best song from the album is the following of Soldier Side. They begin with this song and they finished their double CD with this. Just amazing.
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Post by pen on Nov 22, 2005 17:17:21 GMT -5
I personally don't like She's Like Heroin, but that might just be because I tend to like their nonsensical gibberish songs less than their other work. The only reason I like Vicinity Of Obscenity more is because of the funky chorus. I also wouldn't call Hypnotize the worst song on that album either, but again, that's me.
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Post by Rob64 on Nov 22, 2005 19:25:07 GMT -5
I don't think the album is all that good. :( Mezmerize and Toxicity are miles ahead
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Nov 22, 2005 20:02:26 GMT -5
I agree with Jeffb-LOVE the album!
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Post by pen on Nov 23, 2005 9:58:06 GMT -5
I don't think the album is all that good. :( Mezmerize and Toxicity are miles ahead I don't see how it's that different from Mezmerize, really. Especially since both albums were made at the same time...they're really similar.
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Post by tortuga on Nov 23, 2005 17:55:33 GMT -5
I don't think the album is all that good. :( Mezmerize and Toxicity are miles ahead I don't see how it's that different from Mezmerize, really. Especially since both albums were made at the same time...they're really similar. If the new album sounds like this song then I might buy it. I'm really digging this. and if it doesn't then it is surely a misleading way to sell your album with your first single sounding totally different from the rest of the album.
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Post by josh1414 on Nov 23, 2005 21:17:51 GMT -5
This song is amazing. I'm gonna pick up their CD tomorrow.
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Post by Rob64 on Nov 25, 2005 11:48:27 GMT -5
Is it just me or is the documentary HORRIBLE
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Post by Minor Scratch on Nov 26, 2005 18:49:36 GMT -5
Anyone think this may go for Pop adds?
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Post by agon666 on Nov 26, 2005 19:59:01 GMT -5
Anyone think this may go for Pop adds? I just can't see System sending a song to pop... I don't think it's likely.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Nov 26, 2005 20:14:47 GMT -5
Ditto to agon-May just be me. The thought of this song being sent to pop sent shudders up my spine for some reason.
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Post by tortuga on Nov 26, 2005 20:15:57 GMT -5
Anyone think this may go for Pop adds? I just can't see System sending a song to pop... I don't think it's likely. haha...SOAD on Pop? NEVER. Hardcore fans will be pissed to hear them on Top 40 radio.
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Post by Rob64 on Nov 26, 2005 22:09:49 GMT -5
SOAD are too good for pop radio. I pray to God that they NEVER make pop
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Post by josh1414 on Nov 26, 2005 22:11:24 GMT -5
Even if this does go for adds on Pop, it won't do a thing. SOAD just don't make the kind of music that pop would play.
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