Their B-sides record, "Steal This Album", made itself interesting as a more experimental endeavor. Their music radiated devotion and intensity, and the band began selling albums by the millions. System of a Down's first records were mindblowing - the first two albums were presented as fantastically heavy, mindbending pieces of circus thrash. The recent fusion of commercial pop, alternative and metal has turned modern metal into, whiny radio-friendly hits with louder guitars.Īlong came SOAD. Few modern metal bands really bother to sound any different. This is probably why I've never really fallen for typical metal. Their music can appeal to the jaded music fan as easily as the mindless metalhead. Bungle), experimental geniuses like Frank Zappa and his progenitors, and even progressive rock (another phrase loved by the record companies). I see SOAD as part of a broader category: the same sphere occupied by certain Mike Patton bands (Faith No More, Mr. Record corporations and online shops lump them in with the rest of the "nu-metal", perhaps in response to the band's noise level. Masters of circusthrash System of a Down defy definition.
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