alright, who's ready for the new System of a Down "Mezmorize" on 5/17!
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alright, who's ready for the new System of a Down "Mezmorize" on 5/17!
Oh man, I can't wait for this album, its been what almost 4 years since Toxicity. and we get two albums from them this year, as they plan on releasing the other one in the fall.
btw the new song that radio has been playing is called "B.Y.O.B", and it sounds like a great sign of whats to come on the 17th of may.
btw the new song that radio has been playing is called "B.Y.O.B", and it sounds like a great sign of whats to come on the 17th of may.
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Both songs that are on the radio are strong. I can't wait. Always been one of my favorite bands.
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here's a track listing if anyones interested.
The track list for System of a Down's Mezmerize, is
"Soldier Side - Intro"
"B.Y.O.B."
"Revenga"
"Cigaro"
"Radio/Video"
"This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm on This Song"
"Violent Pornography"
"Question!"
"Sad Statue"
"Old School Hollywood"
"Lost in Hollywood"
The track list for System of a Down's Mezmerize, is
"Soldier Side - Intro"
"B.Y.O.B."
"Revenga"
"Cigaro"
"Radio/Video"
"This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm on This Song"
"Violent Pornography"
"Question!"
"Sad Statue"
"Old School Hollywood"
"Lost in Hollywood"
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I'm so fucking pumped for this album. BYOB is solid and Cigaro is great too. This is definitely my most anticipated release of the year.
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I heard BYOB on the radio yesterday, and enjoyed it quite a bit. I do believe I will be picking it up, as well as getting a ticket to see them live. They've been very entertaining each time I've seen them.
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So, has anyone heard the whole thing yet? Just wondering how it compares to their past output (which I like a lot). AllMusic gave it a glowing review:
Prices for the album this week:
Best Buy - $9.99
Circuit City - $8.99
K-Mart - $11.99
Target - $9.98
With a price like CC's, I'll likely pick it up Tuesday.
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"?
Best Buy - $9.99
Circuit City - $8.99
K-Mart - $11.99
Target - $9.98
With a price like CC's, I'll likely pick it up Tuesday.
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Spin also gave it a glowing review as did Stuff.
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I'm definitely picking this up, but probably not this month as my budget is in rough shape and I'm still giving heavy listing to the new NIN and DMB discs, and will be picking up the new Audioslave in a couple weeks.
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acording to the entertainemt weekly review, the cd is only 38 minutes, so its short and to the point.
and did any of you lucky bastards in the dc area get into the 930 club in dc where they did a very small show on the 11th?
and did any of you lucky bastards in the dc area get into the 930 club in dc where they did a very small show on the 11th?
#13
I've had this for a few weeks now.
It is so short that when it ends I feel cheated. It's good, but feels (at least to me) emotionally empty. Almost like a step back. I've read a lot about how it is a return to their first record, but I don't agree with this. I remember hearing their first record and thinking wow, this is like nothing I have ever heard before. These guys sound like they are on a mission. But SOAD back then would never release songs called Violent Pornography (with an embarrasing chorus) or Old School Hollywood (meaningless baseball?).
However, BYOB/Revenga/Cigaro/Radio Video/Cocaine/Question are pretty great. Radio Video will make your jaw drop the first time you hear it, but it will soon become your favorite. and Cocaine gets better and better each time I hear it.
Still, too short to really feel complete and a lot of people will be a little antsy for the next record (6 months?) after a week.
It is so short that when it ends I feel cheated. It's good, but feels (at least to me) emotionally empty. Almost like a step back. I've read a lot about how it is a return to their first record, but I don't agree with this. I remember hearing their first record and thinking wow, this is like nothing I have ever heard before. These guys sound like they are on a mission. But SOAD back then would never release songs called Violent Pornography (with an embarrasing chorus) or Old School Hollywood (meaningless baseball?).
However, BYOB/Revenga/Cigaro/Radio Video/Cocaine/Question are pretty great. Radio Video will make your jaw drop the first time you hear it, but it will soon become your favorite. and Cocaine gets better and better each time I hear it.
Still, too short to really feel complete and a lot of people will be a little antsy for the next record (6 months?) after a week.
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It is so short that when it ends I feel cheated. It's good, but feels (at least to me) emotionally empty. Almost like a step back.
I'm a big SOAD fan, and after ~20 listens, I consider this to be their strongest album.
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How many years did we have to wait for a 38 minute album? I feel cheated, it should be an EP!
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Yah, but if they had released it together it would have been a double album anyway. It's only 8.99 at CC, which I don't consider to be that high.
And besides...I'm much more concerned about the quality.
And besides...I'm much more concerned about the quality.
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Originally Posted by Stoney
Yah, but if they had released it together it would have been a double album anyway. It's only 8.99 at CC, which I don't consider to be that high.
And besides...I'm much more concerned about the quality.
And besides...I'm much more concerned about the quality.
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And even if they released it as a double disc, I think it'd be less than $18 (double CC's price) the first week, if not permanently. Apples and oranges, I know, but Shania Twain's double disc Up! is currently $12.99 at Amazon (I think I got it for $10 on release week). SOAD is a major artist with a sizeable fanbase, so they could justify pricing a double disc set lower and making it up in volume.
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I was just going off the guy saying they recorded them back to back.
But to continue to play devils advocate, they could have pushed the release back a little to finish and save us some $$$.
But to continue to play devils advocate, they could have pushed the release back a little to finish and save us some $$$.
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I've never been a fan of the 35-minute albums, but this da(m)n thing is soooo good, that is doesn't matter.
I am not a HUGE System fan, I enjoy their stuff, but wow is this thing incredible. I enjoy the hardcore mixed with melody and good singing.
That is what we have here. It's not just constant headbanging, and it's really enjoyable. I feel sorry for the second album because there's no way to top this.
This is better overall than TOXICITY, which is I thought was a good album, but nothing special.
This is the kind of album where even after downloading and burning, I will still go out and buy because the artist deserves my cash for making good music.
I am not a HUGE System fan, I enjoy their stuff, but wow is this thing incredible. I enjoy the hardcore mixed with melody and good singing.
That is what we have here. It's not just constant headbanging, and it's really enjoyable. I feel sorry for the second album because there's no way to top this.
This is better overall than TOXICITY, which is I thought was a good album, but nothing special.
This is the kind of album where even after downloading and burning, I will still go out and buy because the artist deserves my cash for making good music.