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Mezmerize

by System Of A Down

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Overall Rating: 3.2411 Mezmerize is ranked overall as 3.2411 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.2267 Mezmerize has an avg. critic score of 3.2267 out of 4 stars

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Drowned In Sound

Perhaps they're settling into their identity... Fast and furious often, melodic often, powerful often, diverse always. ...more

Village Voice

Mezmerize should be enough to keep A.D.D.-ers occupied for six months. ...more

Stylus Magazine

Itâs easier than ever to turn a band name into a taboo. In a relatively vibrant musical landscape, who knew that being a hard rock band with pop leanings would be just as reviled as a choreographed five-piece? But then again, here we are. In ...more

BBC Music

Listening to Warnings / Promises, its incredible to think that Idlewild were once famously described as sounding "like a flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs" by the NME. ...more

ShakingThrough.net

Mezmerize is on par with 2001’s Toxicity as SOAD’s best offering to date. ...more

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cokemachineglow

Mezmerize works as a synopsis of the most effective weapons in the band’s arsenal. ...more

Pitchfork

Mezmerize's strongest moments are when the band drops the eccentricities and just rocks out. ...more

Rolling Stone

This record is literally half a killer. Its eleven songs are just a down payment on the double whammy that isMezmerize/Hypnotize, the third studio album by the Los Angeles-based Armenian-American metal band System of a Down. The second ...more

The Onion (A.V. Club)

While "smarter than most metal" sounds like faint praise, it may be the best way to describe the faintly praiseworthy System Of A Down. ...more

PrefixMag

There’s no filler here; there’s barely space for a spare breath. But amidst the bombast, there are a few moments of clarity, and though fleeting, they’re certainly worth the wait. ...more

The Guardian

Who'd have thought you could describe a metal band as ...more

Rolling Stone

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. ...more

RollingStone

But 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. ...more

StylusMagazine

Mezmerize successfully continues their history of ...more

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