Case in point, the title track, borrows pieces of vocal inflection from the previous three tracks, but takes it all up a notch, injecting a sweet guitar break into the middle for added emphasis.
But here it all seems to come to a head, as the songs melt into one another and the two reprise familiar melodies from track to track and work on a more level-headed sense of vocal harmony than every before. Their vocal workouts have always ridden the fine line between impassioned seriousness and vaudevillian schmaltz, drawing upon the rich traditions of confliction that have always resided at the heart of metal. "Kill Rock 'N Roll" goes for the gut, but also includes that trademarked SOAD sense of humor and over-the-top flair, most notably in the vocals, especially when dueling frontmen Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian dip into mock crooning territory. In fact the two songs sound like one long number just broken into two sections (it's a lot like the structural and artistic conceit behind the two albums). This blends seamlessly into "Dreaming," which again utilizes the guitar driven skirl and makes use of the band's operatically inclined vocal flair. To their credit, SOAD kick off the album with bombastic promise in the form of "Attack," a skirling blitzkrieg of razor blade guitars, hyper generated rhythms that part way to reveal almost serene tandem vocal melodiousness before tacking off into a musical rant that lives up to the title. Next to Korn's See You On The Other Side, this may very well be the coolest attempt at CD packaging in quite some time. Then again, if you take the time to insert Hypnotize into the Mesmerize packaging, you will end up with a double disc package and as a result a double album of conceptual intrigue. In short, unless you're part of the loyal SOAD army, you may have a hard time distinguishing the songs here from the last batch. If taken on its own merits as a stand alone album, it will sound very much like its immediate predecessor. Now comes Hypnotize and just as the name implies, this album is synonymously related to the first album. As has been the marketing ploy in 2005, System Of A Down went for the double album broken down into two single albums released six months apart.
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