
System of a Down - S/T
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 strong songs that illustrates this is a band that relies on smarts as well as sound.
1 Suite-Pee 2:32
2 Know 2:57
3 Sugar 2:34
4 Suggestions 2:45
5 Spiders 3:35
6 Ddevil 1:43
7 Soil 3:26
8 War? 2:41
9 Mind 6:16
10 Peephole 4:04
11 CUBErt 1:49
12 Darts 2:43
13 P.L.U.C.K. (Politically Lying, Unholy, Cowardly Killers.) 3:38