They woke up and said fuck Omar Hakim in particular.
With that said, it is a interesting listen. Something is missing, but it's not that bad, it's just not useful for us. This clear version is really good for sampling
It's an almost completely different project from everything they done before. There are some tracks that sound a little too much like QOTSA, like Potion Approaching, it screams Josh Homme all over it. A lot of great riffs throughout the album. I feel the first half of it is considerably better than the second. Overall, a very interesting project. A decent addition to the Arctic Monkeys discography.
Edit: 80 > 90 - WTF is this shit, I can't stop listening to this, help! Why ... read more
Just a really fun track. Also the video aged like wine unfortunately.
Call me crazy, but I think as a whole, Mezmerize and Hynotize are, together the best SOAD project.
Separated, I think they are not as good. But listening the two projects from start to finish, starting at Soldier Side(Intro) and ending at Soldier Side is an incredible experience.
In this project, they take a more melodic approach than the bands previous efforts, with Daron taking lead vocals more frequentely with also more duets between Serj and Him. In this pursue for melody, this album ... read more