System Of A Down
SYSTEM OF A DOWN – Herculean Metalheads Hammer Hard On 2nd LP ‘TOXICITY’ 25 Years Ago Today
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
4 September 2026
rmenian-American heavy metal band SYSTEM OF A DOWN formed in
Glendale, California, with Serj Tankian leading the troops, released their
2nd LP, called TOXICITY on 4 September 2001 today 25 years ago.
Categorized primarily as alternative metal and nu metal, the album features elements
of multiple genres, including folk, progressive rock, jazz, and Armenian and Greek music, including prominent use of instruments like the sitar, banjo, keyboards, and piano.
It contains a wide array of political and non-political themes, such as mass incarceration, the CIA, the environment, police brutality, drug addiction, scientific reductionism, and groupies.
It topped the Charts in the US and peaked at #13 in the UK.
Q Magazine (UK) wrote: “It matches Slipknot for manic intensity while employing
a freeform approach to songcraft which invites comparison to the lunatic-fringe
rock of the ’60s”.
Singles.
– CHOP SUEY! –
– TOXICITY –
– AERIALS –
ALBUM
SERJ TANKIAN Who Turns 59 Today Describes His Ferocious Band SYSTEM OF A DOWN
21 August 2026
And it works, big time.
Tankian was born in Beirut, Lebanon on 21 August 1967. Happy 59!
FAITH NO MORE Annouce First Live Action In A Decade
San Francisco‘s Herculean rock oldtimers FAITH NO MORE (1979–1998,
2009–2021 / 7 LPs), fronted byt he explosive Mike Patton return in early
2027 for 4 concerts (I’m sure more dates will be announced in the near
future).
They will join metallic madmen System Of A Down
for 3 shows in Australia and 1 in New Zealand early
next year.
It’ll be EPIC!
Supersonic Metal Jet SYSTEM OF A DOWN In PARIS Last Night
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Orchestrator SERJ TANKIAN Remembers His Late Friend CHRIS CORNELL
26 October 2025
Magic.
Tankian has a new solo album out ‘Covers, Collaborations & Collages’ out.
SERJ TANKIAN Reveals In A New Memoir Why SYSTEM OF A DOWN Split
5 July 2024
The usual break-up reason.
You can read the full Tankian interview about his new memoir with NME here.
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman SERJ TANKIAN Goes Nuclear On New Solo Slam Single ‘A.F. DAY’
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
17 May 2024
It’s been 19 years now since Californian metal-punk bulldozer System Of A Down
released their album Hypnotize and no sign whatsoever that they will ever come
back again with new music.
Frontman SERJ TANKIAN is a bit more active, although
his last solo LP Orca Symphony No. 1 dates from 2013.
In 2022 he wrote/recorded, along with his acclaimed Armenian compatriot
Sevak Amroyan a classical piano song named Amber, pronounced ‘ahm-be’r’
in Armenian, meaning ‘clouds‘ in English. Quite special. Tankain as tenor.
Last year Cesar Gueikian, the CEO of the Gibson Guitar company invited
Tankian and Black Sabbath‘s guitar hero Tony Iommi for a one-off collaboration.
The result was tempestuous single Deconstruction.
This week, the Armenian loudmouth launched his
memoir Down With The System. More info here
And today he announced a new solo EP, named Foundations and
shared the first single A.F. DAY which stands for Another Fucking Day.
Tankian: “This is a song I wrote in the early days of SOAD that I never released.
The majority of the instrumentation and vocals are recordings from that time.
Dystopian in mood, it’s a reflection of the angst and anti-authoritarian attitude
I had to conformity.”
Wake up people,
ST goes nuclear.
ST: Linktree
TOYAH & ROBERT Go Totally Nuts On Their SYSTEM OF A DOWN Cover
7 July 2021
TOYAH, her husband (King Crimson legend) ROBERT FRIPP
and mysterious friend Sydney just can’t stop playing and
acting crazy and madly every week with their Sunday Lunch
Cover Sessions.
This week’s choice of 1999 roller coaster Chop Suey by metallic
junks System Of A Down isn’t an obvious one but gives them
another opportunity to go totally nuts.
LOL…
The original…
TOYAH: Facebook
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Share Razzle-Dazzle Video Clip For ‘GENOCIDAL HUMANOIDZ’
Clips that impress your ears and eyes…
31 January 2021
Metal heroes SYSTEM OF A DOWN with Serj Tankian in the front
seat, released a double A-side single with the two tracks (first new
music since 2005) Protect The Land and Genocidal Humanoidz
last November.
Royalties from the two songs were donated to major non-profit,
Armenia Fund. They have raised over $600,000 so far.
Some hours ago the band premiered their utterly cool clip for
supersonic crash and trash missile Genocidal Humanoidz.
Can you see us?
Beating the devil
We never run from the devil
We never summon the devil
We never hide from the devil
Persecution ends now…
Watch now…
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Facebook