It was awesome, when CDs were still the main media. Buying an album was like buying a little gift, looking at the booklet with all the lyrics and band photos and artworks. Made you really connect with a band even more.
This little technique unlocks the following special tracks: 1. Soldier Side - Outro 2. Attack the Sad Statue 3. Lonely Day in Hollywood 4. Holy Pornography 5. Stealing Cigaro 6. Mezmerize
@@endezeichengrimm normally a cd cover opens from the right in this case, hypnotize does but mezmerize doesn't. Mezmerize opens from the left so it can do that.
I remember me and my little brother figuring this out when we were kids. He owned Mezmerize and I owned Hypnotize, we were sitting in our room listening to the albums and learning the lyrics when we noticed the insides of the cases looked similar. We thought we were so smart and cool when we figured this out because none of the other kids at our school knew lol.
As a kid I always guessed they had something to do with each other. You can obviously tell by the names and Solider Side. But this really proves it! Nice Easter egg!
No one on the internet has posted about this really? I swear everyone I knew who had both albums, including myself, did this. But this was in the year they came out so I guess it can make sense that much people don’t cause they don’t buy physical as much.
Had the same though. My dad owned both albums while I was growing up and remembered this being a thing. Still think its a super cool idea for double albums.
@@drummerman6488 " my dad owned both while I was growing up " Damn. I'm old enough to see kids talking about their dad's records and I'm not even that old.
@@remarkablehairdo3110 But physical is still superior. It is what makes money to the artist. Not to mention cover arts, lyrics etc. But I guess kids these days don't even know what those are.
@@remarkablehairdo3110 That's good to hear. Physical format should always come first, then digital if it's absolutely necessary. I am record collector so I get triggered very easily about this. Of course I use Spotify while driving or cycling, but at home it's always from CD, vinyl or tape.
i was annpyed by ads on shittify so i started listening to my music on cds pretty much all the time because one time i was using spotify and i tried listening to a song and got 7 ads and it didnt even play the song i wanted
"Superman told me that we needed to make a double type of record, and so i answered and i said: "Okay, Superman, we will make a double type of record, but it won't be a double album because Batman didn't want a double album"" - Daron Malakian
Bruh the announcement of the double album has shavo taking about how both albums join together to make a complete piece of artwork, how are we still discovering this like it's a new species 😂 Granted this was over 15 years ago and I'm old, damn...
Fun fact: The only artists to have two different albums hit number one in the same year are Led Zeppelin, DMX, Jay-Z, Garth Brooks, 2Pac, and System of a Down....with this set 👍
@Greenie Yes, both Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen were number one albums at their time of release last year. RHCP is the first band to have this achievement since SOAD.
@@StuHolland Note: I said two. The Beatles and The Monkees had Three number one albums in one year. 👍 I didn't mean to exclude them, I just forgot to add them as they achieved more. 🤷♂️ That, still, was an error on my part. Also, I obviously cited older data, since others know of more bands than I listed. The point was just to say that SOAD was in a small group of artists. I should have been more accurate. thanks for the correction
The album was marketed as a double album, this is why its printed backwards, they announced this. Making me feel old as fuck because I bought this on release.
my mom bought me clean versions of them, seeing as I was just a little kid at the time .. only in my teenage years after getting explicit copies did I realize they merge together 😂
I bought these albums when they came out and I already knew this. But I'm so happy that I'm not the only one who knew this was a thing! Toxicity was my first metal album and is still one of my favorites to this day! SOAD will always hold a special place in my heart. They are absolutely amazing!
@@some1namedno1 Maybe...though most likely new fans would only have digital editions. I my self have to admit I don't even own a CD player anymore. I listen to music on my PC or on my iphone and I feel so sad admitting that. XD
I loved it when bands released double albums and made the artwork special like this or with Stone Sour The House of Gold and Bones pt 1 and 2 where the cases make a house when you combine them together
I remember me and my friends, back when we were 13 and the albums just came out, we did this and got super hyped.. back when things had meaning and made sense.
Brilliant - I miss CDs and album artworks. Digtal has made it easier to access, but things like this are just arts and human physical mastery. Same with cassettes and records I guess.
The names being mesmerize and hypnotize, and how they both sound like the same album always had me figuring that they were a pt 1 and pt 2 album, but I've pretty much pirated all the music I've ever had other than a few metallica albums and meshuggah catch 33 so I did not know the album covers did this.
@@NoRUclipsName1 I mean intro and soldier side were clearly related, the guitar tone and mixing of both albums are identical, it wasn't rocket science to me, like I originally said, I figured it was a pt 1 and pt 2 style of release from the get go
I figured this out as a teenager when I had both albums, and they are connected like that on my CD shelf ever since! and I've always shown it to people aswell haha
This was the height of cool CD album art. I feel like it was shortly after this I started to buy more digital stuff. Now I buy vinyl and I hear younger kids are buying cds again lol
- Who knows SOAD albums hidden trick - WHY DON'T YOU ASK THE KIDS AT TIENANMEN SQUAAAAAREEEE?! - Thanks Serj! What are you doing here? - I'M JUST SEATING IN MY CAAA AAAR WAITING FOR MY LOOOOOoOoOoOoOvEeEe! - ok, I will be waiting for her with you - AND IF YOU GO, I WANNA GO WITH YOU - I go to find something to eat. What do you suggest? - WHAT A SPLENDID PIE PIZZA - PIZZA PIZZA - Great idea! What do you want exactly? -PEPPERONI AND GREEN PEPPERS, MUSHROOMS, OLIVES, CHIVES...
The Hypnotize album came with a note showing you how to connect both albums. I'm so glad I got to experience this Masterpiece when I was a punk-fucking-loser teenager...
Never knew that, funny enough that both albums at one point were supposed to be one, but were split due to multiple reasons back in the mid 2000's. Seriously though System of a down needs to release a new album already!
Serj lost interest in metal even before mezmerize hypnotize. touring with SOAD as nostalgia act is just paycheck for him. no need for new album. those first 2 albums were like catching lightning in the bottle. no way they can come close to those masterpieces so why bother anyway.
I am wholistically surprised that no one on the internet knows about this. In fact utter disbelief. Everyone knows about this if you're a System fan. Cool vid tho
Ya it was a while before I discovered this lol I wish use your illusion 1 and 2 were done like this originally, whereas they wanted a double disk but was forced into two releases by the label.
media packaging is such an underrated art lemme tell you
Tool's lenticular goodies are peak packaging
@@creamwobbly curious as to how that happened lol
It was awesome, when CDs were still the main media. Buying an album was like buying a little gift, looking at the booklet with all the lyrics and band photos and artworks. Made you really connect with a band even more.
My local music store told me about this little trick. I went home that day and tried it out, I truly was mesmerized and hypnotized all at once!!
i see what you did there lol
This little technique unlocks the following special tracks:
1. Soldier Side - Outro
2. Attack the Sad Statue
3. Lonely Day in Hollywood
4. Holy Pornography
5. Stealing Cigaro
6. Mezmerize
I want to know how Mezmerize sounds like
It doesn't unlock it.... it's on the damn cd already
@@thestu059 r/wooshhhh
@@thestu059 damm Sherlock what genius mathematical equations did you use to figure that out
bad joke
OMG!! Thanks for this man. Now I no longer think they screwed up by making Mezmerize's cover backwards.😂
SOAD? Screw up? LOL
🤨
@@tokcnyecko6055 no, whoever puts together the actual CD covers. No SOAD=perfection with 5 exceptional albums, including Steal This Album
@@endezeichengrimm normally a cd cover opens from the right in this case, hypnotize does but mezmerize doesn't. Mezmerize opens from the left so it can do that.
@@SakosGun9236 I know this already. I'm just surprised that person couldn't figure that out on their own....
I remember me and my little brother figuring this out when we were kids. He owned Mezmerize and I owned Hypnotize, we were sitting in our room listening to the albums and learning the lyrics when we noticed the insides of the cases looked similar. We thought we were so smart and cool when we figured this out because none of the other kids at our school knew lol.
That's cute that you guys owned the different albums
Very W childhood
Wholesome
"im sitting in my room with a cd in my hand
Kids today will never understand this level of magic.
As a kid I always guessed they had something to do with each other. You can obviously tell by the names and Solider Side. But this really proves it! Nice Easter egg!
Its a two part album
I mean they announced it was a double album with the 2 discs coming out separately at different times back in the day
No one on the internet has posted about this really?
I swear everyone I knew who had both albums, including myself, did this. But this was in the year they came out so I guess it can make sense that much people don’t cause they don’t buy physical as much.
Had the same though. My dad owned both albums while I was growing up and remembered this being a thing. Still think its a super cool idea for double albums.
@@drummerman6488 " my dad owned both while I was growing up "
Damn. I'm old enough to see kids talking about their dad's records and I'm not even that old.
I think these albums came with a slip telling you could do this, could be wrong though.
@@al_helperin nah they did, I still might have mine somewhere
I only had mesmerize so I never knew this
I have both albums and I didn't know this lol
Just another reason why you should still buy physical media
Physical media is always superior. It is the album. Digital files are nothing.
@@remarkablehairdo3110 But physical is still superior. It is what makes money to the artist. Not to mention cover arts, lyrics etc. But I guess kids these days don't even know what those are.
@@remarkablehairdo3110 That's good to hear. Physical format should always come first, then digital if it's absolutely necessary. I am record collector so I get triggered very easily about this. Of course I use Spotify while driving or cycling, but at home it's always from CD, vinyl or tape.
i was annpyed by ads on shittify so i started listening to my music on cds pretty much all the time because one time i was using spotify and i tried listening to a song and got 7 ads and it didnt even play the song i wanted
Half of my life with those albums and never knew this
Thank you!!
Had these albums for years and never figured out how they go together. I feel enlightened
"Superman told me that we needed to make a double type of record, and so i answered and i said: "Okay, Superman, we will make a double type of record, but it won't be a double album because Batman didn't want a double album"" - Daron Malakian
Mesmerize and Hypnotize was meant to be one album together but they decided to split them
Probably got pressured by the label whores.
My girlfriend and I spend WAAAY too many drunken hours setting the songs in order and crafting theories. B-rilliant double album.
It's like Sonic 3 with Sonic & Knuckles!
I love these albums so much!
Daron: that's right!
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ive owned these cd's for years and i never noticed. thx youtube for bringing me this lovely man and his secrets
Bruh the announcement of the double album has shavo taking about how both albums join together to make a complete piece of artwork, how are we still discovering this like it's a new species 😂
Granted this was over 15 years ago and I'm old, damn...
I just always assumed he was being figurative and saying the songs complete each other.
@@jasonhook3884 It could very well be a play on words and meant both things
@@giogio4222 True.
I mean, this is Shavo we're talking about, it's not impossible he was also just having fun with some chemicals.
thats what im saying. it was announced like how is this a trick?
Fun fact: The only artists to have two different albums hit number one in the same year are Led Zeppelin, DMX, Jay-Z, Garth Brooks, 2Pac, and System of a Down....with this set 👍
RHCP as well last year with their two new albums that dropped. First time since 2005 (which was SOAD)
GnR for 1 and 2 simultaneously with Use Your Illusion I & II
@Greenie Yes, both Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen were number one albums at their time of release last year. RHCP is the first band to have this achievement since SOAD.
Erm... The Beatles .
@@StuHolland Note: I said two. The Beatles and The Monkees had Three number one albums in one year. 👍 I didn't mean to exclude them, I just forgot to add them as they achieved more. 🤷♂️ That, still, was an error on my part.
Also, I obviously cited older data, since others know of more bands than I listed.
The point was just to say that SOAD was in a small group of artists. I should have been more accurate.
thanks for the correction
The album was marketed as a double album, this is why its printed backwards, they announced this.
Making me feel old as fuck because I bought this on release.
my mom bought me clean versions of them, seeing as I was just a little kid at the time .. only in my teenage years after getting explicit copies did I realize they merge together 😂
I bought these albums when they came out and I already knew this.
But I'm so happy that I'm not the only one who knew this was a thing!
Toxicity was my first metal album and is still one of my favorites to this day!
SOAD will always hold a special place in my heart. They are absolutely amazing!
When the albums came out they told people this would be a thing. I guess this video is mostly for new fans.
@@some1namedno1 Maybe...though most likely new fans would only have digital editions. I my self have to admit I don't even own a CD player anymore. I listen to music on my PC or on my iphone and I feel so sad admitting that. XD
@@some1namedno1it’s for people like me who were 3 when the albums came out and buy CDs because fun
I loved it when bands released double albums and made the artwork special like this or with Stone Sour The House of Gold and Bones pt 1 and 2 where the cases make a house when you combine them together
I remember me and my friends, back when we were 13 and the albums just came out, we did this and got super hyped.. back when things had meaning and made sense.
Brilliant - I miss CDs and album artworks. Digtal has made it easier to access, but things like this are just arts and human physical mastery. Same with cassettes and records I guess.
I honestly thought everybody knew this lol what's crazy is that whole double album thing is the reason why I bought both albums
Your hands in the last second like "there it is" lol
When I made this video Khaby Lame was very popular
The names being mesmerize and hypnotize, and how they both sound like the same album always had me figuring that they were a pt 1 and pt 2 album, but I've pretty much pirated all the music I've ever had other than a few metallica albums and meshuggah catch 33 so I did not know the album covers did this.
Even having the physical albums most people didn’t know, look at the comments. You probably wouldn’t have known either!
@@NoRUclipsName1 I mean intro and soldier side were clearly related, the guitar tone and mixing of both albums are identical, it wasn't rocket science to me, like I originally said, I figured it was a pt 1 and pt 2 style of release from the get go
I remember discovering this as a kid and being amazed at it. The art of those albums is awesome.
Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar album also has something similar, as you fold the center sleeve, you can form several words.
This is how my friends dad had his cds setup when he lent them to me and my brother, truly one of my favorite albums of that era.
I got these at a used store and they were already like that, thought it was a special edition but i guess not
How do people not know about this, I figured it out the first time I saw it.
56 years later and I find this out. Incredible.
I figured this out as a teenager when I had both albums, and they are connected like that on my CD shelf ever since! and I've always shown it to people aswell haha
Perfect video, straight to the point, no 10 minutes bs! Thanks
As a person who bought both of these albums day one, I never knew about this.
It's pretty cool.
Whaaaaaaaat?! How have I never seen or heard about this before now? I mean, it's been almost 18 years since they came out!
"Superman told me...that we should make a double album...and i said ok Superman"
-Daron Malakian on some interview idk
I never thought anyone wouldn't have realized this, but here we are. I honestly thought this was extremely obvious
i knew about this but i never knew to pull them slightly apart and then do the last fold. that makes so much more sense!
Well, I’ve been thinking about buying these albums for a while but now I’m finally persuaded.
Art by Shavo, amazing work.
One of the many reasons CDs are great!
I knew they were a double album but I didn't know they literally split the packaging
You mean to tell me I've had both of those albums side by side on a shelf for 18 years and not known you could do this...
What a fantastic album
Wtf lol after 15 years of owing these albums I now know this. Amazing 😍
my head just went BOOM! nice trick haha!
my parents have always had the album like that so i thought it was just like a different version lol
I've had these albums for 18 years ffs 😂😂😂😂 thank you man
"Superman wanted a double record but Batman didn't want a double album"
And this is why we love SOAD
My life will never be the same again
Yeah.. bought both fresh, never realised this. Now they've become one in my shelf.
This was the height of cool CD album art. I feel like it was shortly after this I started to buy more digital stuff. Now I buy vinyl and I hear younger kids are buying cds again lol
So cool! I have the Hypnotize album for almost 20 years. All I need is Mezmerize.👍
- Who knows SOAD albums hidden trick
- WHY DON'T YOU ASK THE KIDS AT TIENANMEN SQUAAAAAREEEE?!
- Thanks Serj! What are you doing here?
- I'M JUST SEATING IN MY CAAA AAAR WAITING FOR MY LOOOOOoOoOoOoOvEeEe!
- ok, I will be waiting for her with you
- AND IF YOU GO, I WANNA GO WITH YOU
- I go to find something to eat. What do you suggest?
- WHAT A SPLENDID PIE PIZZA - PIZZA PIZZA
- Great idea! What do you want exactly?
-PEPPERONI AND GREEN PEPPERS, MUSHROOMS, OLIVES, CHIVES...
How the hell did I own both albums and not know this.....
I've heard of this trick, but never owed both albums at the same time to do it.
I forgot all about this, I remember figuring this out when my dad bought the albums in 2005! the best 2 albums SOD put out
Why did this give me the most asmr I’ve had in years?
The what
Lol what
@@daztru3178 idk why lol. this just… gave me asmr. You know the tingly calming sensation you get when hearing calm, quiet noises?
@@Zee160ROBLOX yeah I know about that, I have a video about it on this channel
This makes me wish I could find my old Hypnotize & Mezmerize CDs!!!
THATS WHY IT HAS THE HANGING SHEET JESUS
They advertised the hell out of this when the albums were new.
I used to have those!!! Lost over the course of 10 or so moves. :) so nostalgic!
God that took you a looooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggg time to figure that out bro
Prob knew about this but just forgot. Never thought of combing them to make a double album though.
We went from having two SOAD albums in one year to not having albums ever again... What the fuck happened to this band.
that was always an awsome feat from those 2 albums that made it worth buying the 2 just 2 do that
Now I'm going to go home, dig up my old cd's to try this!
Sonic 3 & knuckles lock on be like:
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i remember my hypnotize cd came with a little white piece of paper w instructions on it to do specifically this
I remember getting both albums when they came out and just assumed it was common knowledge they did that lol
The Hypnotize album came with a note showing you how to connect both albums. I'm so glad I got to experience this Masterpiece when I was a punk-fucking-loser teenager...
Did this when I was 10 before there was standard and accesible internet for kids my age.
welcome to the soldier side
The best secret is in 10,000 Days by Tool. The hidden track from 3 songs combined was cool.
Never knew that, funny enough that both albums at one point were supposed to be one, but were split due to multiple reasons back in the mid 2000's. Seriously though System of a down needs to release a new album already!
Serj lost interest in metal even before mezmerize hypnotize. touring with SOAD as nostalgia act is just paycheck for him. no need for new album. those first 2 albums were like catching lightning in the bottle. no way they can come close to those masterpieces so why bother anyway.
I am wholistically surprised that no one on the internet knows about this. In fact utter disbelief. Everyone knows about this if you're a System fan. Cool vid tho
I have both of these. Definitely doing this when I get home.
Talk about being taken back to 2005. Did this back then when I bought these.
Holy cow! Finally unlocked this secret 😁
The Philippine press of these albums couldn't do this. The extra flap on Hypnotize can't be inserted into Mezmerize. What a bummer.
Wow, thats cool. Would be even cooer if all their albums could link together
Yeah! Like the Power Rangers!
@@MusclesHockeymask Megazord SOAD
That’s tough as fuck. Soad forever!!!!
So the two matching sides ended up going together who woulda thunk it?
this is common knowledge because they originally wanted this album to be a split CD, both albums were recorded at the same time.
that kabbylame shit at the end XD
That's so awesome! Unfortunately I only have the Cardboard case version of Mezmerize. My Hypnotize cd has a jewel case...
yess exactry this, being a child only with the cd, i got the thing abt the drawing and joined, perfect
Ya it was a while before I discovered this lol I wish use your illusion 1 and 2 were done like this originally, whereas they wanted a double disk but was forced into two releases by the label.
Now I'll have to buy those albums just to see if it really works.
I don't even own a CD player.
I have them right next to each other on my shelf i didn't know this
This feature was covered when the albums came out but i guess its been a while😅
the memories...
This is why physical media is superior
Mind blown.... you see, that's why I own physical copies of things. lol
Another cool fact, all the art was done by the guitarist Daron's dad, Vartan Malakian.
And i always wondered why mezmerize cover was flipped..
Mezmerising
hypnotizing
When I was about 10, I did this and it blew my mind