systematic destruction (System Of A Down in general)

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Product:	System Of A Down in general
Date:	03.11.00 (27 review reads)
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Advantages: Heavy, amazing, funny in places

Disadvantages: Sometimes political for the sake of it.

System of a down are a rarity in the world of commercial heavy metal, they are a band who see to be able to instead of jumping on the back of a the latest fad have created for themselves a really innovative and interesting sound. They draw from many tastes in cluding traditional folk songs of their culture and heavy metal influences spiked with a political tone.
Their debut album has ( with little advertising and promotion) has done so well they have played the ozz- fest in america. The best single word I could use to describe system of a down is crazy- sounds fly around your sound system from everywhere but at the same time come together to make a catchy melodies.
The message of the band may in some places seem a little trivial if compared to a band like rage against the machine, the song 'Mind' ,shows one of the bands causes for political concern - the legalisation of cannabis, as one of the worse examples.(" Do you ever get stuck in the sky - when your high?? ") However it cannot be argued that they feel less than genuine about the assassination of their culture the Armenian genocide.
Some of the stand out tracks include Suite-pee , sugar, war? and spiders .I would listen to every track on the album but it's these tracks that stand out. It's perhaps the contrasts between heavy crunch guitars and drums and the shrill cry's of the lead singer Serj Tankian, who even manages to introduce hints of comedy to the record.

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