Hypnotize is the fifth album by
Armenian American rock 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.