- alternative metal, nu metal, metal, political
- 41 min
- 13 tracks
- American Recordings
System of a Down is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band System of a Down, released on June 30, 1998, by American Recordings and Columbia Records. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in February 2000. After the success of the band's following album, Toxicity (2001), System of a Down was certified platinum and has since gone double platinum.
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Contemporary, spare, character-led and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Chronicles of Chaos8/10
- Drowned in Sound10/10
- Kerrang!5/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.5/10
- Q4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Suite‐Pee2:32
- 2Know2:57
- 3Sugar2:34
- 4Suggestions2:44
- 5Spiders3:35
- 6DDevil1:43
- 7Soil3:26
- 8War?2:40
- 9Mind6:16
- 10Peephole4:04
- 11CUBErt1:49
- 12Darts2:43
- 13P.L.U.C.K.3:37
13 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- System of a Down
- Label
- American Recordings
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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