Review of System of a Down : Toxicity
System of a Down's sophomore effort is a musically and lyrically ambitious 14-song collection that's even more left-of-center and powerful than their 1998 self-titled debut. Here the Los Angeles-bred foursome tackle everything from government ("Prison Song") to cocaine-crazed groupies ("Psycho") in a more pointed and aggressive manner than Rage Against the Machine. Serj Tankian's hardcore vocals and occasional Middle Eastern flourishes ("Science") contribute to the unique, ultra-intense, and quirky qualities of System circa 2001. Unexpected time changes and death-metal-like intensity give way to mellower moments, all of which make for demanding but irresistible listening. Toxicity is a masterful, unusual, and forceful opus. This release includes a bonus CD-ROM that includes behind-the-scenes footage, band commentary, and concert clips. --Katherine Turman

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Your latest reviews - System of a Down : first outing good
as with all system of a down albums there is some thing that pulls you in never letting you go the manic genius in all of the system albums is enouf to turn you insane i can not pick out a single weak album from all of there 5 efforts this is by far the heaviest and most metal of all there albums witch will atract others and force others to stay away whatever your preference this album haw many highlights here is a run down of all the tracks they are desribed as nu metal a genre that is usually dull but system are the opposite they are quirky energetic witty melodic they can play with passion as well they also have an uncanny ability to switch moods quiker than some bands can finish an album maybe they are nu metal maybe theyve found something good out of it maybe not maybe they dont fully qualify as nu metal there too good here is a low down of the tracks on the album although you should let your own judgement be your guide

suite pee 9/10 vulgar offensive rude but brilliant wacky quirky and witty the intro shows such wit it ill have you on the edge

know 8/10 a truely hard hitting number brilliant drumming a good most pit anthem malakians guitar playing has gaps and he makes good use of the space provided and filled by the drummer

11/10 sugar this song is up there with chop suey aerials byob(in my opinion is a good song but has become the song that non fans use to calssify them as system fans)toxicity roulette and many more system classics brutal humourous feels like a stampeade of elephants on speed

sugestions 10/10 i love this track the acoustic beginnig shows there ability to create atomosphere as well as hitting us with grinding riffs and heavy motifs

spiders 11/10 my favourrote on the album again up there with the classics beautiful haunting melodic epic cant find enouf words to describe it true beauty u wont hear head any of this passion in a band such as korn this is a truely passionate number

Ddevil 7/10 lyrically this song is very good a bit to over the top for me but still a good song but mainly the lyrics

soil 8/10 hard rocking number great solo good lyrics good guitar this song puts bands like slpitknot to shame has a good guiar solo in the middle

war? 9/10 system can combine different feels in a matter of seconds while some bands will feel the need to strecth a song system can shift so easily the quiet section in the middle helps the rest of the song that is repeated sound louder as he sings in the middle section you can hear him almost holding in his anger as hes about to unleash in the chorus again

peephole 9.5/10 takes a while to get started but this is one of the wackiest songs on the album sounds alot like the music would hear at a circuc system of a down have the ablilty to make you visualise things creepy disturbed visions or beautiful landscapes

cubert 8/10 this song has alot to it the verse are a tad annoying but the chorus is really in your face very catchy and the tune seems to carry alot of wit its almost poking fun at the other bands of the nu metal genre who cant wright songs in the same league its a good mosh pit number
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darts 9/10 for those of you who heard f**k the system this is simmilar in the way in witch he experiments with his voice serjs voice seems to have the cabailty do anything
with his voice its also in someways similar to the singing on shes like heroin on there most recent album except this one sounds much better the transition of his voice to his spluttered out vocals and then a blinding heavy wieght chorus

P L U C K 9.5/10 this song starts agressive and with alot of screaming very reminisant of the rest of the nu metal genra but then something ususpected happens it shifts into darons desending riff and then a verse witch as in yourface as the last 2 tracks this will really piss off the rest of the heavy metal genre the verse is very catchy even though the chorus is vaguly similar to gindcore (horrible horrible horrible horrible genre belive me im not usually a person to dismiss a genre but it is )

inspiring piece of work witch should of been hard to follow up but system of a down have risen to the challenge another for times i recommend you check out there full body of work many people who do like there most recent work however may not like this even those who are fans of toxicity all there albums are different remeber this there darkest album