At the time of this article’s publication, System Of A Down was #250 On the list of Spotify’s most streamed artists in the entire world. At almost 24 million monthly listeners, there are few metal or rock bands that can even approach a number like that. When you consider that their 2001 album Toxicity sold…
One of the strangest albums to ever reach the mainstream, System Of A Down’s 2001 album Toxicity had much more to say than your typical metal band. Their high octane alternative metal/nu-metal sound captured lightning in a bottle, and the subject matter of the band’s lyrics was even more interesting. From tackling mass incarceration and…
For a band that hasn’t released an album since 2005’s Hypnotize + Mezmerize, you might question the popularity of System Of A Down considering the decade+ wait fans have had for any kind of new material from the Armenian-American legendary metal band. That would be an incorrect assumption, though. The band’s sporadic shows and tours…
