Nostalgic Album Review - System Of A Down - Toxicity

System Of A Down was just normal rock band until the release of "Toxicity." I have spoken with him back in the day a few times and he's one of the most politically-charged amazing people. I could talk to that guy for hours and I could never be bored. Here's a nostalgic album review of System Of A Down - "Toxicity."

”System Of A Down does it again, even better!”

It seems like System Of A Down has come out from nowhere within the last couple years, but it wasn’t like that at all. They have been a staple in the L.A. scene and they have definitely outdone themselves with their latest release, “Toxicity.”

With the nearly platinum, eponymous release, “System Of A Down,” which included hits like “Sugar” and “Spiders,” which was also released on the Scream 3 soundtrack. The soc-political hard rockers were up for a big challenge to surpass the quality that Rick Rubin (producer) and the band had set for any other SOAD release. In not so many words, they met their challenge.

With more of their songs concentrated more towards singing, instead of yelling which dominated their debut album, it is very noticeable that they are overall better musicians. Serj Tankian already has an unique voice, when they add in harmonies to bring that out, it’s quite smooth. “Deer Dance” does an outstanding job melting a harder song’s power with some nice guitar riffs. “ATWA,” the song that is written in the perspective of Charles Manson about his views on the environment, is surely an eerie track. The beginning is so docile and tame and then out of nowhere it breaks out into an all-out war between guitar and drums, it’s surely unique. Other tracks that are winners are “Shimmy,” which deals with Serj being a straight A student, but has no passion for school, and “Needles.”

Rick Rubin is known for bringing out the best in the artists he works with, this could be one of his best works to date. Radio program directors are drooling at the number of possible singles this album could contain, expect three to four to hit MTV and the airwaves.

If you were a fan of their debut album on American/Columbia Records, you will be thrown to the back of your chair with this album.