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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
I think Serj's music is of a very different breed than SOAD, and much more melodic than System. The proprietary driving force in the System career was not Serj, but Daron, who proved he had amazing songwriting skills. I still think their pseudo-double album (Mezmerize/Hypnotize) is one of the best metal albums ever produced, and it was largely at the hands of Daron. I think he may have felt as if the media stripped most of the credit from him and gave it to Serj because of Serj's early influence with the band. That may have led to their hiatus, I don't know. But yes, they have some very intense songs.
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I think it's quite clear Daron is the main talent, it's even more obvious on Mezmerise/Hypnotise where he really steps into the limelight. I'm not an enormous fan of Hypnotise but Mezmerise is incredible, really focused songwriting which wants to stretch it's horizons, yet it still all blends together. He's a brilliant musician as well which adds to his credit more.