![]() ![]() ![]() The group's big break arrived when their second album, Toxicity, debuted at No. Bungle, The Cat and Incubus providing support. Following Ozzfest, they toured with Fear Factory and Incubus before headlining the Sno-Core Tour with Puya, Mr. After the release of the album, the band toured extensively, opening for Slayer and Metallica before making their way to the second stage of Ozzfest. They enjoyed moderate success as their first singles "Sugar" and "Spiders" became radio favorites and the music videos for both songs were frequently aired on MTV. In June 1998, System of a Down released their debut album, System of a Down. In mid-1997, drummer Khachaturian left the band because of a hand injury (he subsequently co-founded The Apex Theory, which included former Soil bassist Khachaturian was replaced by John Dolmayan. At the beginning of 1997, System of a Down recorded their final publicly released demo tape, Demo Tape 3. Shortly after the event, System of a Down made what is known as Untitled 1995 Demo Tape, which was not commercially released but appeared on file sharing networks around the time of the band's success with Toxicity about six years later. In early 1995, System of a Down performed under the name Soil at the Cafe Club Fais Do-Do, a nightclub in Los Angeles. It currently consists of members Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards), Daron Malakian (guitar, vocals), Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals), and John Dolmayan (drums), who replaced original drummer Andy Khachaturian in 1997. System of a Down is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, United States in 1994. This is System of a Down.System of a Down - Discography (1995 - 2020) If you avoided this band because of their association with nu metal, I say give them a chance anyway because of how different they are from other bands in the genre. Sometimes, they can be humorous and talk about whatever the hell the want ("Bounce", "Chic 'N' Stu", "This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm on This Song"). B." attacks the Iraq War) and flaws of science ("Science"). K." and "Holy Mountains" spread awareness of the Armenian Genocide while "B. Many of their songs focus on thought-provoking subjects like political corruption ("P. They sound the most metallic of all the nu metal bands while having the rap-influenced vocals (Serj Tankian can be impressive on many songs) but they also show influences of progressive and thrash metal, along with the native sounds of their country of ancestry, Armenia. However, System of a Down are one of the very few bands within the genre in which, to me, seemed to get it right. I think the mix of metal and hip-hop styles is very awkward and they should stay as their own genres. ![]()
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