#System of a down hypnotize songs full

But the songвЂ™s tenderness is a promising sign. ItвЂ™s a love song, albeit one that seems to be about suicidal drives - either the singerвЂ™s or his loverвЂ™s - with vocals from tunesmith Daron Malakian, whose fragile voice is now officially outperforming, or at least out-emoting, that of lead singer Serj Tankian, much like Pete TownshendвЂ™s did Roger DaltreyвЂ™s in the Who. Bush, Fabolous, and Gretchen вЂњPolitically UncorrectвЂќ Wilson in battling the tyranny of grammar. System show a taste for sheer sonic beauty here, especially on the gentle вЂњLonely Day,вЂќ where the reprise of вЂњthe most loneliest day of my lifeвЂќ aligns them with George W. And вЂњVicinity of Obscenity,вЂќ which resembles a Russian drinking song and rhymes вЂњbeat the meatвЂќ with вЂњtreat the feetвЂќ between shouts of вЂњterra-cotta pie, hey!вЂќ is funnier gibberish metal than MezmerizeвЂs вЂњThis Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like IвЂ™m on This Song.вЂќ Hypnotize is also a more explicitly political record, which is no mean feat. The sex-and-drugs-for-sale social critique вЂњSheвЂ™s Like HeroinвЂќ is more lucid than the last albumвЂ™s вЂњViolent Pornography,вЂќ though lyrics like вЂњShe wants nothing more / But to be a little whoreвЂќ seem to blame the victim. For what itвЂ™s worth, Hypnotize is the projectвЂ™s better half. Chalk it up, like the bandвЂ™s decision to release this two-disc project in separate halves, as a bow to the supposedly shortened attention spans of their fan base - an unnecessary move, since System are among the few modern hard-rock bands worth our undivided attention. Here, it weaves a bouzouki-like melody line through a tale of doomed recruits вЂњstanding on the top of their own graves / Wondering when Jesus comes / Are they gonna be saved?вЂќД«oth songs end too soon, and thatвЂ™s a compliment. Ditto HypnotizeвЂs powerful finale, вЂњSoldier Side,вЂќ which was teasingly introduced at the beginning of Mezmerize.

#System of a down hypnotize songs full

вЂњU-Fig,вЂќ which is full of haunting guitar lines and a hallucinatory rant about beating (or alternately, eating) flag-wavers, really deserves a вЂњStairway to HeavenвЂќ-scale build. By the discвЂ™s second half, the high-speed diversity blurs into undifferentiated hopscotch. That strategy certainly keeps the songs moving, but the ideas rarely gel or stretch out. This second volume mirrors the first in content as in title: Its dozen tracks, all around four minutes long, ricochet through a clutch of ideas, compressing what might otherwise be prog-rock suites into jump-cut barrages. Per usual, itвЂ™s also about brutal riffage that turns on a dime, spiked with Eastern European flava, stoner wordplay, and pseudo-operatic bellowing that might have given Freddie Mercury wood. As a piece, Mezmerize/Hypnotize is about propaganda, psychic overload, unaccountable governments, God going AWOL, drugs, television, Tiananmen Square, falling bombs, prostitution, Hollywood, and the business of rockвЂ™nвЂ™roll - scary subjects all. And it proves again that SystemвЂ™s strength, and their weakness, lies in their 100-mph mood swings. Hypnotize is part two of the split opus they began earlier this year with Mezmerize, joining Conor Oberst and Kate Bush in the revival of that вЂ™70s art-rock archetype, the double LP. Suffice to say, this is a profoundly bipolar band. вЂњChop Suey!вЂќ - their best-known single (from 2001вЂ™s Toxicity) - is in the running for the most uplifting song about suicidal tendencies that wasnвЂ™t recorded by Suicidal Tendencies. System like to channel-surf between screaming death-metal freak-outs and dilated art-mosh celebration, with bits of Armenian folk music and cartoonish vocals thrown in for good measure.

System of a Down toured arenas this year with Bad Acid Trip, a spaz-metal band whose moniker fits System pretty well - although Half-Bad Acid Trip would be more fitting.