What else was it ever going to be? Toxicity remains one of the most essential releases made by any band in the history of metal. Spawning the anthemic likes of Sugar, Suite Pee and War, SOAD’s debut is one of metal’s finest opening statements, punkier and rawer than they would ever sound again (clearly owing a great debt to The Dead Kennedys) it still has moments of fragile beauty, likes Spiders, that pointed to where they could go next. System Of A Down is an absurdly brilliant record whoever you put up against it in competition. It’s no wonder that System Of A Down’s self-titled debut album was so lauded in a scene that had come to rely on the likes of Coal Chamber and Spineshank, but that only really tells half the story. In 1998 the nu-metal freight train was already running out of ideas, after the explosion of new sounds that Korn and Deftones brought in the middle of the decade, the bandwagon-hoppers were out in full force. System Of A Down – System Of A Down (1998) This sound is also heard multiple times in "Soldier Side" and at the outro of the song "Soldier Side - Intro" on their previous album "Mezmerize".2. On the outro of the track "Lonely Day", the sound of a bomb dropping is heard. ![]()
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