Biography

Like many late-'90s metal bands, System of a Down struck a balance between '80s underground thrash metal and metallic early-'90s alternative rockers like Jane's Addiction. American/Columbia released their eponymous debut album in 1998, securing the band a spot on the Ozzfest tour. System eventually went gold and set up the 2001 release of Toxicity, which shamed the majority of their nu-metal competition while running away with multi-platinum honors. In 2002 System issued the bare-bones but no less powerful odds 'n' ends set Steal This Album! Mezmerize and Hypnotize (both 2005) kept System's furious creativity alive, incorporating the wild vocal melodies, lyrical passion, and rabid structural shifts that had become their trademark. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Top Tracks

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• Attack

• B.y.o.b.

• Cigaro

• Holy Mountains

• Kill Rock 'n Roll

• Question!

• Sugar

• Suite-pee

• U-fig

• Violent Pornography

• War?

Discography

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