Toxicity

Album · Released 4 September 2001

Toxicity

System of a Down

Toxicity can change direction several times inside a short song and still leave you with a tune to remember. That balance is its great achievement. System of a Down makes strange rhythms, abrupt vocal changes and heavy guitar attacks serve songs with strong emotional centers. The surprises help those songs communicate. Chop Suey! is the most obvious example. Its acoustic opening, clipped vocal phrases and expansive harmonies seem unlikely…

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