System Of A Down
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Posted by Unknown user, 18.05.2006 - 13:40
I've always had a bit a of a hard on for Serj's vocal style. He can be operatic and he can also bellow the house down if he wants to, one of the most distinctive vocals styles I've ever heard.
I've no doubt the "are they Nu Metal?" debate will come into play very soon, I for one don't see how they can be regarded as such, they simply have too many styles in their music to just be classified as simple nu metal.
Anyway, my personal fave album is their self titled debut, just a very chaotic release and very heavy and aggressive whilst having some crazy ass lyrics and compelling songwriting.
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| Music4TheSpirit MetalForTheSpiri Elite Posts: 4934  |
Is anyone going to see them on their upcoming tour ? i hope they are going to play live and then be back to work on something new cuz if not i find it pretty senseless...
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| Music4TheSpirit MetalForTheSpiri Elite Posts: 4934 |
Well you may call it alternative metal as well, but i don't see why is wrong to call them nu metal, the only thing is that "nu metal" seem to have a negative connotation, specially when you compare it to other metal styles, but there is nothing wrong with nu metal, and nu metal isn't a very estric category, so it's normal that soad fit in.
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| ColdRail Posts: 73  |
System of a down is not nu metal Why they aren't nu metal in my opinion: 1) they don't have a DJ 2) They dont use rap on their songs or dress like someone in the ghetto 3) They dont sing about "the pain inside" and they dont express that they want theyre fans to "rebel" 4) They have guitar solos 5) They sound nothing like Slipknot, Korn, and Limp Bizkit (think about distortions) 6) They have some folk/arabian influence on their songs 7) Most of theyre songs are either political (deer dance) or just non-sense (bounce)
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
System of a Down is an alternative metal band. Mallcore isn't a genre.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 |
Written by [user id=27368] on 22.04.2011 at 03:49 Well your theory makes sense to me. It's all about respect within the metal community. That's why Slipknot and Korn get tagged as mallcore (because it's easy to hate on nu metal) even though other popular metal bands like Maiden and Opeth are still "true".
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| FinnishSammich Posts: 144  |
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| king_matt Posts: 449  |
Pretty much everything said in the first post applies to me. They were responsible for getting me into metal, I love Serj's voice, and their self-titled debut is my favorite realease from them.
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| Metal_4Ever Posts: 877  |
System of a Down are not Alternative not Mallor and not Nu Metal..... They are "JUST SYSTEM OF A DOWN"
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| Mattybu Posts: 2589  |
I don't really like them at all. I never really did and then when I heard their failure to cover Black Sabbath's Snowblind, one of my favourite Sabbath songs, I swept them into the garbage can of bands I don't care about and will never spend the time to further get into.
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1365  |
I remember playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 and I heard the track "Shimmy" from Toxicity, which had just come out around that time, during the game, and I thought it was awesome, I still do. The game itself was fun, and the soundtrack I thought was really cool as a little kid. That was probably one of my very first exposures to metal music before I even realized it, fun times. 
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| R'Vannith ghedengi Elite Posts: 3099  |
"Question!" is 3 minutes of insanity I'll never forget. A bipolar recording if there ever was one, sounds very emotive on the one hand then turns on its head and sounds completely outlandish. One of my favourite songs.
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7562  |
Written by R'Vannith on 11.12.2012 at 15:55 Then you haven't checked "Violent Pornography"[3.55]. It's one hell of crazy-ass song.
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| R'Vannith ghedengi Elite Posts: 3099 |
Written by Cynic Metalhead on 11.12.2012 at 17:25 Pretty catchy one as well. Question!, Violent Pornography and BYOB are the better ones from the Mezmerize record.
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| Jaeryd Nihil's Maw Posts: 1062  |
I like System of a Down. They may not be the best out there, but they're fucking weird, and that's interesting to me. I'm attracted to the atypical. Don't read that as non-mainstream, a lot of mainstream stuff may end up being crap, but some things become mainstream because they have some genuinely attractive qualities to them. I have no problem with the mainstream, as long as it's got something original and authentic in it. With System of a Down, it's not some churned-out, mass-produced, Chinese-factory quality shit, it's something that was made as a pure expression of the band member's worries for the world, and it's got a psychotic, strange flavor to it. It may be pretty famous, but there's nothing inherently wrong with that. It's still decent stuff.
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7562 |
Written by Jaeryd on 16.12.2012 at 23:18 yes, i consider this band to be thoroughly enjoyable, pretty psychotic in their innovative records and fun to listen their albums everytime I give a hell amount of spins. I think i'll never ever be getting fucking bored from this band considering they constantly get bashed from some chauvinist metalheads. I remember dropping in their awesome show in 2002 and it was pretty amusing to see these guys get jumped like fucking ninjas or something and doing some ass shifts dances on stage to cheer the naked crowds. It was one hell of a great fucking show. Well, SOAD will be my always interesting band to listen their records.
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7562 |
Written by [user id=142057] on 29.04.2013 at 23:17 Yes, but their first 3 albums has a strong tag of "Alternative Metal"( ugh, overused genre is always attached with this band). However, their best records fall under when nu-metal scene was groundbreaking, that's the only reason SOAD still has a nu-metal tag to it.
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Account deleted Written by Cynic Metalhead on 30.04.2013 at 06:59 I wouldn't call them Alternative Metal as well. They're much more diverse when compared to Alternative Metal acts from the late 90's/early 2000. It's so nice when the band can't be labeled easily 
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Account deleted Written by [user id=142057] on 01.05.2013 at 04:38 So are Tool, but they're still labeled as Alternative.
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9156  |
I could never really get into SOAD, I'll listen to the big songs or whatever, but they've never really appealed to me. Even in my alt-metal phase.
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| Metal|Bleed Posts: 21  |
Can't ever get enough of them, their music style is def. one of a kind as far as Rock goes and the Armenian twist they add is bad ass as well. Always makes me drive fast on daily commutes to and from work equaling a speeding here and there. : )
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7562 |
I'm not sure about this one but I think these guys have now wrapped their heads around and want to do something special. Working On New Album.
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| Frank Comstock Posts: 81  |
Hey, a System of a Down thread! I've actually enjoyed their music immensely, alongside Helmet and Faith No More. Definitely great bands in the Alternative Metal genre. Having said that, Toxicity is the only album I have of theirs. Great stuff, though. I've always found their prominent Middle Eastern influences to among the most interesting aspects of their music. Doesn't hurt that their music doesn't have boring Power Chords over and over again, not to mention that there's no half baked attempts at blending different genres together and mashing them together.
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