Hypnotize is the fifth album by American heavy metal band System of a Down and the second half of the Mezmerize/Hypnotize double album. It was released on November 22, 2005, six months after the release of companion album Mezmerize. Mezmerize and Hypnotize both debuted at number #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart making the band one of the few to achieve this with two albums in the same year. Hypnotize was System of a Down's last studio album before their four-year hiatus from August 2006 to November 2010. Hypnotize is the fifth album by American heavy metal band System of a Down and the second half of the Mezmerize/Hypnotize double album. It was released on November 22, 2005, six months after the release of companion album Mezmerize. Mezmerize and Hypnotize both debuted at number #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart making the band one of the few to achieve this with two albums in the same year. Hypnotize was System of a Down's last studio album before their four-year hiatus from August 2006 to November 2010. false 2024-01-22 02:46:43 Hypnotize 8.4 2005 2005-12-20 2005-12-20 40 Alternative Metal Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Metal Progressive Rock Rock 112009 2115818 8a4034a9-7834-3b7e-a6f0-d0791e3731fb cc0b7089-c08d-4c10-b6b0-873582c17fd6 72035143-d6ec-308b-8ee5-070b8703902a /media/data/media4/Music/System of a Down/Hypnotize (2005)/folder.jpg System of a Down AlbumArtist System of a Down Artist System of a Down System of a Down 1 Attack 03:06 2 Dreaming 03:59 3 Kill Rock ’n Roll 02:27 4 Hypnotize 03:09 5 Stealing Society 02:58 6 Tentative 03:36 7 U-Fig 02:55 8 Holy Mountains 05:28 9 Vicinity of Obscenity 02:51 10 She’s Like Heroin 02:44 11 Lonely Day 02:47 12 Soldier Side 03:40 System of a Down is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994. Since 1997, the band has consisted of founding members Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards); Daron Malakian (guitar, vocals); Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals); along with John Dolmayan (drums), who replaced original drummer Andy Khachaturian in 1997. The band achieved commercial success with the release of five studio albums, three of which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, and their song "B.Y.O.B." won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2006. The band went on hiatus in 2006 and reunited in 2010. Other than two new songs in 2020 ("Protect the Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz"), System of a Down has not released any new material since the Mezmerize and Hypnotize albums in 2005. The band has sold over 12 million records worldwide, while two of their singles, "Aerials" and "Hypnotize", reached number one on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart. All members of System of a Down are of Armenian descent, either born to Armenian immigrants or immigrants themselves.