System of a Down [Vinyl Classics] (2005)

About this title: System of a Down's self-titled major-label debut finds the Los Angeles band consolidating its gothic alt-metal, sharpening its deadly riffs, strengthening its brutal rhythms, and adding muscle to its attack. The band differentiates itself from the legions of Southern Californian alt-metalheads by emphasizing its Armenian musical heritage, which gives the music an eerie, otherworldly quality. Part of the success of System of a Down lies with producer Rick Rubin, who helps give the band focus, but ultimately the record works because of the band itself, since they have contributed a set of ... read more

Tracks:

1. Suite-Pee [Malakian/Tankian]
2. Know [Malakian/Tankian/Od]
3. Sugar [Malakian/Tankian/Od]
4. Suggestions [Malakian/Tankian]
5. Spiders [Malakian/Tankian]
6. Ddevil [Malakian/Odadjian]
7. Soil [Malakian/Tankian]
8. War? [Malakian/Tankian]
9. Mind [Malakian/Tankian/Od]
10. Peephole [Malakian/Tankian]
11. Cubert [Malakian/Tankian]
12. Darts [Malakian/Tankian]
13. P.L.U.C.K. [Malakian/Tankian]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.