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Toxicity is heavy, making abundant use of the juiciest guitar distortion in its class thanks to the density of Rick Rubin’s production. But more importantly, the album is restless, bounding from one idea to another before the first can sink in.
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
An aggressive as hell, insane, and incredibly infectious metal classic, there is so much to love about the album.
The guitar work is one of the most defining parts of the album. It's the first thing that greets you in the amazing opener "Prison Song", and doesn't stop giving and giving on every track. There are some incredibly brutal onslaughts of guitars such as on "Deer Dance", but even in its calmer moments, such as the verses of "ATWA", it's incredibly ... read more
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
I think this album is a classic and will forever be regarded as such with every track, even the ones I dislike having at the very least decent drums and listenable guitars this album does the bare minimum at its worst. However at it's best it shows some of the best metal ever to be in the limelight. From Prison Song with incredible lyrics that are whispered and yelled. To Jet Pilot some amazing guitar. Science is a generally funny track making fun of religious hypocriticism. Of course the hits ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Prison Song 3:21 | 93 |
| 2 | Needles 3:13 | 92 |
| 3 | Deer Dance 2:54 | 92 |
| 4 | Jet Pilot 2:06 | 88 |
| 5 | X 1:58 | 85 |
| 6 | Chop Suey! 3:30 | 96 |
| 7 | Bounce 1:54 | 85 |
| 8 | Forest 4:00 | 94 |
| 9 | ATWA 2:56 | 94 |
| 10 | Science 2:42 | 91 |
| 11 | Shimmy 1:50 | 88 |
| 12 | Toxicity 3:38 | 97 |
| 13 | Psycho 3:45 | 91 |
| 14 | Aerials 3:55 | 96 |
| 15 | Arto 2:13 | 81 |
Total Length: 44 minutes
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Heads up! Every SOAD album has been given a vinyl repress. This was announced on the band's Instagram in November 2018. They have since sold out...but!!! You can still find them on Ebay and discogs for about $25 with shipping.
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