System Of A Down to Hypnoitize

System Of A Down has set November 22nd as the release date for Hypnotize, the second new SOAD album to come out this year. The first, Mezmerize, arrived on May 17th. Bassist Shavo Odadjian told us that the two records really do form one single body of work:
[ click here to listen if you have a Backstage Pass] "Well, it's one record. Like, imagine if an artist draws on two canvasses that were combined, does some kind of crazy, abstract art involving a lot of colors and a lot of contradictions, and then splits the canvasses up and you have, like, two different pieces of art that separately are their own entity. But when you put 'em together, they become one. It's exactly that."

The artwork for both discs combines to form one unified image, while the last song on Hypnotize, called "Soldier's Side," completes "Soldier's Side Intro," which opens Mezmerize.

A DualDisc version of Hypnotize will feature behind-the-scenes footage from the making of both albums.

Hypnotize will also feature artwork by Vartan Malakian, father of System guitarist Daron Malakian.

The title track, for which Shavo Odadjian is directing a video, will arrive at radio stations in early October.

System Of A Down play on Thursday, September 22nd, in Winnipeg, Canada. The band's current North American tour wraps up on October 12th in Las Vegas, but more dates are planned for 2006.
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