System of a Down

Toxicity

Edit: its so fun watching the ratings go up a couple points after melon reviews it 😂

Easily one of the greatest and iconic metal albums of all time, a true cult classic that has stood the test of time.

Serj Tanikan and the bois really created something special with this record. Not only do you have some of the most technically impressive guitar work to ever breach mainstream rock music, but also you have this crazy variety of moods and atmospheres that are presented to you over the course ... read more

[Genre: Alternative Metal]

Funny enough at the surface this sounds like something I wouldn't like... but goddamn I love it. The riffs are I N S A N E. I was pretty much rocking the hell out the whole time. The vocals are amazing. It can range from nice... soothing... and calm... to thrashing, and insane, and angry. I swear I was head-banging so hard I think my headphones were about to fall off. It's that crazy.

The album is a bit front-loaded in my opinion, but near the end there are some ... read more

The best SOAD album, and certainly an album that is nothing like I have heard before. It is bizarre how crazy and untamed this album it. It captures this insane energy from Serj and it contains some riffs that are nothing to laugh at. Great themes and instrumentals all throughout. Hopefully I can come back some day and make a full review

EDIT: FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME

I reviewed this album on the first day I joined this website. It's pretty much the first thing I think of when someone says the word "metal", or "music" in general, for that matter. I discovered Toxicity at a very important point in my life; I was a preteen, away from home, and wasn't into metal at all. I was listening to artists like Twenty One Pilots, Panic! At The Disco, and Fall Out Boy (and all their worst albums at that). The only good ... read more