OMFG!!! System of a down - Mezmerize
 

Those guys just never stop surprising. Their new album is absolutely award winning. They set a high mark of quality with their 3 previous albums, and man, did they kept it up with Mezmerize. Only a handful of bands really capable of that.
And Daron Malakian is the best guitarist ever.
Heres the review from allmusic.com:

Review by Johnny Loftus
Adjectives like "ambitious," "jagged," and "startling" have always defined System of a Down, and their third official full-length is no different. Prerelease, the band described Mezmerize as being the first part ? the first side ? of what's essentially a double album. The records' packaging would even slot together, making the eventual Mezmerize/Hypnotize whole. Appropriately then, there's an intro to System's first new material since 2001's brilliant Toxicity. On "Soldier Side" Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian harmonize as they do throughout the record, and Malakian's guitar has a mournful, Eastern air. But it's just a lull before "B.Y.O.B.," a thrash assault pierced with rabid and incredulous screams. "Why do they always send the poor?" Suddenly the gears switch, and the song stomps in crunchy half-time as its lyrics riff with a sick grin on cultural ignorance. The government's lying, System's saying, but "Blast off!/It's party time." The vocal exploration between Tankian and Malakian on Mezmerize is a thrill ? they spur each other on like a two-headed hardcore hero. Their intermingling voices make "Cigaro" more aggressive, frantic, operatic, and totally bananas; they'd be triumphant over the break in "Violent Pornography" if they weren't spitting out lines like "Choking chicks and sodomy." The fantastic "Pornography" is a rusty shiv of absurdity, another example of System's ability to effectively skewer society with little more than hyper guitar, blistering percussion, and weird turns of phrase. Their volatile mix of righteousness, wordiness, odd meters, and thrash has balanced System's activism since their self-titled debut, making them "unique heavy music" over the much more problematic "unique, heavily political music." And Mezmerize doesn't fail to be unique. "Old School Hollywood" essays the bizarre experience of a celebrity baseball game ("Tony Danza cuts in line!") over keyboard effects from "Beat It" and a brutally simplistic rhythm, "This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm on This Song" is more twisted-tongue histrionics and explosive playing, and Tankian and Malakian's harmonies are the catalyst (again!) for making "Revenga" a truly feral epic. System of a Down ? what's another adjective for "awesome"?

i bot a system of a down cd a few years ago and gave it away the same day :Oh crap

I was sort of prepared to be let down as it's rare for a group to keep the quality but they keep getting better and better...

I think their new CD kicks major ass. I love anger driven music.

my sweeeeeeet revenge!!!

for sure soad are kings

I concur, their new album is sooooo fucking great!

B.Y.O.B.
Radio/Video
This cocaine makes me feel like I'm on this song

Those are my favorites :)

I am sure it will change as i listen thru the album again and again, but my current picks are:
"Lost In Hollywood" - Sweetest vocal track, you never know Malakian can do it like this,
"Question!" - MASSIVE guitar and drums, very unique stuff.

I can't stop listening to this disc, its incredible. :thumbsup

they live and went to school in my area... they're all armenians in case you guys didn't know.. :thumbsup

The song B.Y.O.B is the best song in 2005! They fucking rock!

yeah, i love it. especially this cocaine makes me feel like im on this song, violent porography and revenga.

great song!!

I like your music too btw, downloaded 'Horses Resources' and 'Return to Battle'... they rock!

yeah i like there first single. didn't hear the cd yet but i will soon.