SYSTEM OF A DOWN: New Album To Surface In March

November 17, 2004

Launch Radio Networks is reporting that SYSTEM OF A DOWN are looking at March 1, 2005 as the release date for "Hypnotize", the first half of their new album. The second half, titled "Mesmerize", is slated for a late summer or early fall release. The March 1 release has not been officially confirmed yet by band or label representatives.

Contrary to initial reports, "Hypnotize"/"Mesmerize" will be one two-record set, released in two sections, and not two separate projects. Guitarist Daron Malakian said that the band's decision to issue a double album of new material became a necessary choice. "Doing a two-album set never entered into our thought process," he said. "But when we looked at all the songs we had and arbitrarily tried to choose 'the best' 14 for one album, we realized we had two albums' worth of really great songs."

Malakian recently told Entertainment Weekly that the new music "is more mature." He added that among the elements added to the band's sound this time around are "an orchestra, some obscure Middle Eastern instruments, and 'pure schizophrenia.'"

The quartet are currently in the final stages of recording "Hypnotize"/"Mesmerize" in a Los Angeles studio with producer Rick Rubin.

The new CDs will follow up SYSTEM OF A DOWN's 2001 five-million selling sophomore effort, "Toxicity", and its companion disc of leftover "Toxicity" tracks, 2002's "Steal This Album!".

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