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	System of a Down - Mezmerize CD Review
		What would have made Mezmerize a truly great album would have been if the band had taken more risks in terms of arrangements and the epic scope of the songs.
		No song on Mezmerize has any more than about four parts (verse, chorus, bridge, solo) and most of them are in the three-minute range, so the lifespan of the disc in my player ended up being shorter than it should have by about 10 listens.
		Mezmerize did just that for five or six spins, but was so catchy and hook-laden that I had the whole album figured out in a few days.
	www.avrev.com /music/revs/mezmerize.shtml (635 words)

	System of a Down: Mezmerize - A Hollywood Jesus Music Review
		As far are their subversive-ness, the lyrical content on Mezmerize is a solid stream of anti-war, anti-corporate and anti-celebrity sentiment.
		Clocking in at a mere 38 minutes, the reason given is that this release is one-half of a two CD set--with part 2, Hypnotize, expected in late fall 2005.
		But despite this sense that Mezmerize gives of giving in to the inevitable and pointless destruction of everything, there is still something left.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /system_of_a_down_mezmerize.htm (1126 words)

	System Of A Down: Mezmerize (2005): Reviews
		Mezmerize works as a synopsis of the most effective weapons in the band’s arsenal.
		Mezmerize's strongest moments are when the band drops the eccentricities and just rocks out.
		At its reckless best, which is a lot, Mezmerize is thrilling confrontation, a graphic reflection of a nation tearing itself apart in anger, fear and guilt.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/systemofadown/mezmerize (714 words)

	Amazon.com: Mezmerize: Music: System of a Down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		For as good as "Mezmerize" is, I feel a much bigger and grander album is on the way.
		'Mezmerize' is the first disc in the 2005 SOAD masterpiece, and could easily be tagged as their best.
		I personaly look at 'Mezmerize' and 'Hypnotize' together as one album because they were recorded at the same time and I am thoroughly impressed.
	www.amazon.com /Mezmerize-System-Down/dp/B0007Y4TVU (2296 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Mezmerize: Music: System Of A Down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The first instalment of a projected two-album set, Mezmerize sees System Of A Down, an American band of mostly Armenian heritage, further distilling their unique formula of thrash metal, socio-political rage, and Eastern European vocal melody into ever-more fiendishly complicated and white-knuckle exhilarating forms.
		I saw SOAD on their Mezmerize tour in June 2005, and to be honest, I can't imagine a better display.
		There was a lot of hysteria surronding "Mezmerize" before its release, would it be able to match or even topple the sucess of multi-platnium "Toxicity" and keep up the maamoth sales that it inticed.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Mezmerize-System-Down/dp/B000683IMI (1593 words)

	PureGrainAudio.com :: reviews :: system of a down [mezmerize]
		The band is back with the short and sweet Mezmerize, the first of two new albums that SOAD will release this year.
		And while Mezmerize is no new rock classic, it is a surprisingly catchy album and quite an enjoyable listen.
		Mezmerize starts off with the short one minute intro song “Soldier Side/Intro.” This song is a complete waste of time and really isn’t worth listening to more than once or twice.
	www.puregrainaudio.com /reviews/system_of_a_down.htm (609 words)

	The Rock Radio: System Of A Down: Mezmerize
		System Of A Down's third album, "Mezmerize", encapsulates the band's 10 year career and does not fail to deliver.
		Clever lyrics which manage to be hysterical, bizarre and humorous at the same time, fresh and rebellious sound reminiscent of the Sex Pistols and breathtakingly powerful riffs reminiscent of Metallica in their early glorious days.
		"Mezmerize" is a heavy rock album the way it should be.
	www.therockradio.com /reviews/mezmerize.html (95 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Mezmerize [PA] [Digipak] - System Of A Down at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mezmerize toys around with the same sense of daring, and a similarly disaffected view of Americana and consumerism, but one-ups Toxicity in pop hooks and sheer nonsense factor.
		Still, Malakian and Tankian sharing vocals is exciting; it makes Mezmerize feel that much more collaborative, and the two voices winding around the fringes of arrangements before converging in hair-raising harmonies add droves of color to songs that a single vocalist couldn't do much with.
		More importantly, Mezmerize would be the record of the year thus far, if hip-hop hadn't stolen its considerable thunder with gorgeous albums from Edan and Common.
	www.epinions.com /content_185890672260 (1253 words)

	Rolling Stone : Mezmerize : Review
		In its breakneck-suite song construction and relentless, accusatory vigor, Mezmerize instead rants and rips like a bizarre, gripping compression of the Mars Volta's attention-deficit disorder on Frances the Mute and the operatic contempt of the Mothers of Invention's 1968 hippie-culture broadside We're Only in It for the Money.
		Considering the lethal, obsessive precision of the music on Mezmerize -- Malakian was so determined to get it right that he also played bass on all but three songs -- he and Tankian are often blunt and crude in their mockery, as if they're starting to run out of faith in elevated heavy-rock discourse.
		In fact, Mezmerize closes with the nearest thing in System's playbook to sympathy: "Lost in Hollywood," a requiem for a runaway with rainy-gray-treble guitars and gilded with monastic-prayer harmonies.
	www.rollingstone.com /reviews/album/7309436/mezmerize (460 words)

	Mezmerize - System of a Down - Music Reviews
		Prerelease, the band described Mezmerize as being the first part -- the first side -- of what's essentially a double album.
		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.
		Mezmerize is the first of two related, full-length albums...
	www.mp3.com /albums/20008729/reviews.html (977 words)

	SYSTEM OF A DOWN
		The band's fourth album, "Mezmerize" (American Recordings/Columbia Records), enters the Billboard/SoundScan chart in the Number One position, as did their CD "Toxicity" when it was released in September, 2001.
		"Mezmerize" is the first disc in a 2-disc set with disc two, "Hypnotize," expected out late this fall.
		"Mezmerize" also came in at #1 on numerous music charts around the world including those in Germany, Canada, Austria, France, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland, Colombia, Greece, Brazil, and New Zealand, bringing the first week's worldwide sales in excess of 800,000 copies.
	www.voxonline.com /system_of_a_down.htm (313 words)

	Static Multimedia - System of a Down - Mezmerize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		System of a Down's Mezmerize is one of those benchmark albums in which a very promising band blossoms fully.
		Unlike their previous efforts which had a tendency to lose their greater components in a sea of aimlessness, Mezmerize is a front-to-back winner.
		This is the first half of two albums due in 2005 for the band (the other, Hypnotize, is due in the fall) and it is dubbed the "Soldier Side." Thankfully, a brief examination of the song titles reveal that SOAD do not devote the entirety to the current quagmire in Iraq.
	www.staticmultimedia.com /content/music/reviews/cd/review_1123044921 (398 words)

	SYSTEM OF A DOWN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thus, Mezmerize /Hypnotize is both the long-awaited follow-up to Toxicity in big-picture terms and a natural progression from Steal This Album!
		In addition to writing more than half of the lyrics for both Mezmerize and Hypnotize, he played acoustic guitars, pianos and synths on the new album, as well as handling the string arrangements, doing most of it in his well-appointed home studio.
		Remember, Mezmerize is only the first half of this serial double album, so expect another sheaf of surprises when Hypnotize sees the light of day later this year.
	www.systemofadown.com (2211 words)

	System of a Down : Mezmerize - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		All of the System albums are a bit different in their own way, sure Mezmerize is more different than the rest but i think that shows the band's talent, they can produce such different sounds all of which are, in my opinion, the best music this world has!
		I actually felt insulted when I first heard it because their marketing scheme to release this album as it's own (running time 36mins) when at least six of the ten (real) songs are annoying garbage.
		If I had to mark down its mistakes, it would have to be the quantity of this album, but then again, there's "Hypnotize" coming in a few months, so that fills the double-bit.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,3203753,00.html (2083 words)

	System of a Down's Mezmerize is leaking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The record industry is probably going to use this as another example of how people steal albums and that P2P file sharing using bit torrent etc. should be outlawed.
		But I think that this spreading like wildfire is excellent free advertizing for System of a Down, and their new CD Mezmerize.
		Moreover, I have the idea that Mezmerize will do better than System of a Down's previous albums Self titled, Toxicity, and (what's in a name) Steal this album!
	johnbokma.com /mexit/2005/05/03 (147 words)

	ParentCenter \| Entertainment Guide - Music: Mezmerize
		Parents need to know that MEZMERIZE contains four-letter words and violent imagery, sometimes in the context of socio-political commentary and sometimes not.
		Their fourth album, MEZMERIZE, is generously (though not as generously as on previous CDs) laced with four-letter-words, explicit sexuality, violent imagery, radical political commentary, drug and STD references -- all presented in the context of absurdist poetry and excellent (some might even say visionary) instrumental arrangements.
		In a change of pace from their previous work, guitarist Daron Malakian shares more of the songwriting and lead vocal spotlight with keyboardist Serj Tankian.
	www.babycenter.com /reviews/okid/gentertainment/view/3-3654 (523 words)

	Official Ticketmaster site. System of a Down tickets, dates
		The bold result of those sessions was a single, epic album released in two parts.
		Mezmerize, or part one, appeared in May 2005, while Hypnotize, its final section, was scheduled for later in the year.
		That summer the band supported Mezmerize on a tour with the Mars Volta, and by the following November were ready for Hypnotize to drop.
	www.ticketmaster.com /artist/726146 (834 words)

	Mezmerize by System Of A Down CD
		System of a Down, however, developed a loyal fanbase with the opposite approach--the group mixes genres so freely that describing what their music sounds like is nearly impossible.
		Sure, SOAD is, at its core, a metal band, but on MEZMERIZE's first two songs alone, vocalist/guitarist/mastermind Daron Malakian and crew zigzag their way though Beach Boys-like stacked vocal harmonies, Anthrax-esque hardcore thrash, Cameo-style funk, and prog rock of a CARESS OF STEEL-era Rush variety.
		Even sharper, tighter, and more ambitious than System of a Down's previous albums, MEZMERIZE makes for a consistently surprising listen.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/6798953/a/Mezmerize.htm (572 words)

	System Of A Down - Mezmerize : album review
		There is much to like in Mezmerize yet almost an equal amount that irritates.
		In this reviewer's humble opinion, System Of A Down might wish to reflect that being Armenian, having silly beards, blending outrageous pop with stomping metal and shoving two fingers up at the US Government is probably enough to mark them out as "different" without them actually trying to be quirky.
		Alas, unlike said jailbird, Mezmerize is only partially a killer.
	www.musicomh.com /albums/system-of-a-down.htm (602 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Music: Mezmerize, System of a Down, CD
		SOAD set the experimentation bar plenty high with Toxicity, but manage to clear it with regularity here, particularly on the dizzyingly layered "This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm in This Song" and the purposefully ugly "Violent Pornography," which jerks along on waves of anguished guitar contortions.
		Packing 11 songs into 36 minutes, Mezmerize doesn't offer much in the way of a breather, but it's a stimulating and effective way to build up listening stamina.
		all the songs are hard rocking and the folow up shouldnt be dissapointing either, as i have heard the song hypnotise on thier mezmerize tour and it is amazing.
	music.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?EAN=827969064825&ITM=1 (824 words)

	System of a Down: Mezmerize - Associated Content
		System of a Down returns with a new album Mezmerize, or maybe that should read “part of a new album” since this is the first disc in a two-disc set that will be completed when the Hypnotize disc comes out this fall.
		The sound of Mezmerize is slightly different from previous albums.
		It is still immediately recognizable as SOAD, but guitarist/songwriter Daron Malakian takes a more prominent role with the vocals, including lead on a few tracks.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/4386/system_of_a_down_mezmerize.html (363 words)

	Rolling Stone : System Travel "Mezmerize"
		System of a Down will kick off a North American tour in support of their chart-topping Mezmerize on August 4th in Long Beach, California.
		The Rick Rubin and Malakian-produced Mezmerize is currently the Number Six album in the country, after debuting at Number One a month ago.
		Hypnotize, the second half of System's two-disc set, is scheduled for a fall release.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/7400703/system_travel_mezmerize (166 words)

	System of a Down \| Mezmerize \| music : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
		''Mezmerize'' sells 453,000 copies, outselling top 10 debuts by Toby Keith, the ''Idol'' contestants, and others by Gary Susman
		Rumors of the death of rock have apparently been greatly exaggerated.
		The first half of a two-part concept album (the second part, Hypnotize, is due this fall), Mezmerize sold 453,000 copies, according to SoundScan, outselling four other top 10 debuts this week.
	www.ew.com /ew/report/0,6115,1065858_4_0_,00.html (423 words)

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