Violent Pornography

"Violet Pornography"
Single by System of a Down
from the album Mezmerize
Format	CD
Recorded	2005
Genre	Alternative metal
Length	3:31
Writer(s)	Daron Malakian
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin, Daron Malakian

Violent Pornography is a song by Armenian American rock band System of a Down. It was released on 2005 from their fourth album Mezmerize. The lyrics of the song was written by Daron Malakian. The music was also done by Malakian.

Band background

Mezmerize was well received by critics, scoring 85 at Metacritic based on 19 reviews. The album debuted at number one in at least 12 countries,^[1] including the US Billboard 200, with 453,000 copies,^[2] and has since been certified Platinum by the RIAA. It was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005. The hit single "B.Y.O.B." won a Grammy Award in 2006 for Best Hard Rock Performance.

Despite the time difference between releases, the album actually takes its name from the lyrics in the song "Hypnotize"; Mezmerize and Hypnotize were recorded within the same time frame. The album features guitarist Daron Malakian sharing most of the vocal work with vocalist Serj Tankian, splitting the vocals at least halfway on most of the tracks.

The Japanese version of the album contains a slightly different mix of "Soldier Side (Intro)" with strings, while the leaked mp3 version of "Cigaro" contains a 4-stick hit intro not present in the retail version. The album artwork is done by the father of guitarist Daron Malakian, Vartan Malakian.

Personnel

System of a Down

• Serj Tankian – vocals, keyboards, guitars, graphic design, string arrangement
• Daron Malakian – vocals, guitars, bass,^[3] keyboards,^[3] production, graphic design
• Shavo Odadjian – bass, graphic design
• John Dolmayan – drums, graphic design

References

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics