SYSTEM OF A DOWN: New Album Unveiled At NYC Listening Session
April 14, 2005Launch Radio Networks reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN held an exclusive preview of "Mezmerize", the first half of SYSTEM OF A DOWN's new double-CD set, Wednesday night (April 13) in New York City. The listening session for the record were held at a hotel in the city's downtown Soho district. The second half of the "Mezmerize/Hypnotize" project, titled "Hypnotize", is due out sometime this fall.
"Mezmerize" features ten songs, plus one short intro, that for the most part echo the manic, eccentric feel of the band's 1998 self-titled debut. With the exception of the closing track, a haunting ballad called "Lost In Hollywood", much of the album pummels the listener with frantic riffs, stop-on-a-dime tempo changes, and staccato vocal trade-offs between singer Serj Tankian and guitarist Daron Malakian. But there are stylistic touches, like keyboards and the band's trademark Eastern influences, that keep the fast-moving album from becoming one-dimensional.
Other highlights include first single "B.Y.O.B.", the almost danceable "Revenga", and the New Wave-inspired "Old School Hollywood".
"Mezmerize" arrives in stores on May 17.
SYSTEM OF A DOWN will stage its annual Souls benefit, in memory of Armenian genocide victims, on April 24 at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. A full North American tour is tentatively slated for August and September.
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