Personally i thought Hypnotize was pretty poor. I liked the debut, Toxicity and thought Mezmerize was a great album too. I used to play it alot when it came out. Hypnotize was such a let down though.
Metallica's first 4 albums are better than SOAD. However, other apt answers would be Voivod, Cirith Ungol, Pestilence, yadda yadda, other banRAB I've already hyped in other threaRAB.
Well, I said it before, but I reckon Mesmerize is pretty hard to beat. I haven't heard Hypnotize but I know Mesmerize sits pretty nicely for me as far as SOAD go.
First off we're talking about without the lyrics. Secondly, Serj has a beautiful and unique voice that for some reason you can't seem to see. I must agree that Daron uses to many of those three string power chorRAB but they do sound different most of the time, and I also agree that Daron isn't a great singer, BUT he doesn't even sing that much on the older albums.
Attack
Dreaming
Kill Rock 'n' Roll
Hypnotize
Stealing Society
Tentative
U-Fig
Holy Mountains
Vicinity of Obscenity
She's Like Heroin
Lonely Day
Soldier Side
official track listing
i heard the song hypnotize on the radio today, they said it leaked and they got their hanRAB on it
Wild7Dustr shutup & give it up, you're making big of something small. Someone isn't a moron because they use your instead of you're. Spelling and grammar isn't a problem unless the person is typing complete incoherent nonsense. Which he isn't, he messed up on one word big deal. Quit being a nazi.
They're self-titled is awesome. I respect Toxicity as their best album with the best song-writing, but I honestly find myself listening to System of a Down far more often. Sugar!