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System of a Down - Mezmerize Audio CD

A fair review of the System of a Down "Mezmerize" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all System of a Down reviews here, or go back to the System of a Down tabs.

System of a Down Band: System of a Down
Title: Mezmerize
Rating:
Release Date: 2005-05-17
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Soldier Side - Intro 2: B.Y.O.B. 3: Revenga 4: Cigaro 5: Radio/Video 6: This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I’m On This Song 7: Violent Pornography 8: Question! 9: Sad Statue 10: Old School Hollywood 11: Lost in Hollywood

Exploiting momentum
. 3 1/2

The System continued to improve its personally quirky assault of cynical metal but instead of combining two consecutive releases into what could have been their most concise, they harp on cultural criticism and churn speed metal predictably to the disadvantage of their special talents to make these familiar aggressive setups worthwhile.


Great Album
Great album, somewhat on the short side though (clocks in at around 35 min), highly original, if not a bit strange, sounds like nothing else you've ever heard, but sounds great .


it's pretty good.
however this album is worth buying. i originally bought the hypnotize album, but i ended up with this one in the hypnotize case. the best songs are: revenga, b. y. o. b. , question, sad statue, and lost in hollywood. it's probably just as good as hypnotize.


Too much filler...
If not, they are often considered alternative. If you are a fan of System of a Down, you know what kind of music they churn out. Today that word could mean anything. There is a mix of metal, screamo, and twisted lyrics that create their music. Most of the time, this works very well.

This CD features a lot of anti-war music. They do it in a way that's just not talking bad about the United States though, they do it through decent music. Not all the songs are anti-war though. So if you are looking for just some good music without the message, it has that as well.

The CD however featured far too many filler songs. Some songs like B. Y. O. B. and Sad Statue were great, while other songs just seemed like something they threw in to fill up space. I would suggest listening to Toxicity or Hypnotize if you want a more complete System of a Down experience.


Mezmerize
This is probebly my favorite one out of all SOAD's CD's for a couple reasons. Wow, what an album. First, the guitar really stands out, it seems the electric guitar is more involved in Mezmerize than in Hypnotize. This especially showed in B. Y. O. B. The songs also seem more unique next to each other in Mezmerize, compared to Hypnotize, which though is still a great album. My favorite songs are of course B. Y. O. B. and Cigaro. I can't get anough of Cigaro. . . its melody and vocals are so good I can't beleive it.

Mezmerize has a very strong tone and changes mood much more than in the bands' other Albums. Though it just has 11 songs, its all worth listening to.

Defenetly a great album. 5 stars!.


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