SYSTEM OF A DOWN Select 'Question!' As Second Single Off 'Mezmerize'

June 29, 2005

SYSTEM OF A DOWN have selected "Question!" as the second single off their latest CD, "Mezmerize".

According to MTV.com, there's no word yet on "Question!" video plans or whether SYSTEM will release a third single from "Mezmerize" or wait until the album's second part, "Hypnotize", hits stores in late fall.

Although fans have to wait for it, "Hypnotize" is recorded, mastered and ready for release. Guitarist/singer Daron Malakian recently sequenced the songs himself, which like "Mezmerize", he said was the hardest part.

"I try to think about it like if I was either mixing this for some friends to listen to and they will never hear it again or what's going to keep people interested and what's going to keep me interested," he said. "Sometimes it works to have a song that ends on a certain note and then go into another song that begins with a similar note, but at the end of the day, it's just about flow.

"Think about records that you listen to, and say that band put their best song towards the end or something," he added. "I think you want to get a good impression right off the bat, but you also want it to flow. You don't want to listen to two songs and say, 'I don't like it.' That's why sequence is so important."

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