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Toxicity

System of a Down · 2001

• Scores: Noise 4, Unease 3, Complexity 3 (each 1 to 5)
• Genre: Metal, Alternative Metal, Experimental Metal
• Mood: manic, theatrical, defiant
• Sound: abrupt tempo shifts, Armenian folk scales, operatic vocals, absurdist lyrics, short songs

Toxicity is the second System of a Down album, recorded between March and July 2001 at Cello Studios in Hollywood with Rick Rubin and Daron Malakian producing. It blends alternative and nu metal with folk, progressive rock, jazz and Armenian and Greek music, adding sitar, banjo, keyboards and piano, and most of it was written in drop C tuning. The band recorded over 30 songs and cut them to 14. "Der Voghormia" is hidden at the end of "Aerials" on physical releases, and American Recordings released the album on 4 September 2001.

Track list

1. Prison Song (3:21)
2. Needles (3:13)
3. Deer Dance (2:54)
4. Jet Pilot (2:06)
5. X (1:58)
6. Chop Suey! (3:30)
7. Bounce (1:54)
8. Forest (4:00)
9. ATWA (2:56)
10. Science (2:42)
11. Shimmy (1:50)
12. Toxicity (3:38)
13. Psycho (3:45)
14. Aerials (3:55)
15. Der Voghormia (2:13)