System Of A Down, System of a Down Review

Overall Rating

1. Catchy riffs and original sounds. 2. This is a great value album!. 3. All instruments are heard well and the album is very well balanced.

Not to many bad points you can't go wrong with this album some people don't like the way Serj screams but I think its cool...

System Of A Down, System of a Down - I will review each individual track........

1.Suite-Pea
This is a great intro song to the album to get you into things. Starts off with a very catchy guitar riff that gets you rocking out then alomost of no where the bass kicks into an awesome breakdown thats perfect for metal lovers. RATING 5/5

2.Know
Another crazy track, starts off with awesome drums and an awesome build up. This in my opinion is one of the best sung songs on the album. The vocals pretty much control the pace of the song along with the awesome drums. RATING 4.5/5

3.Sugar
This may be the most beloved songs on the album and possibly the best. So simple yet so good. The bass pretty much controls the tempo in this song even though its the same thing over and over until the kick ass outro! This song is one of the songs that is impossible to hate infact i guarantee you would like it. RATING 5/5

4. Suggestions
This is one of those tracks that I personally don't like that much, but most do. It's got good lyrics and decent music its just one of those songs I just don't feel even though I'm sure you would like it.
RATING 3.5/5

5. Spiders
Like Sugar this was the other hit off the album. This is arguably the darkest song on the album (see track 9 Mind). This song starts off on bass and a slow erie guitar line comes in and the song starts. The whole song is awesome until the breakdown comes then it bcomes even more awesome this may be a very dark song but its clearly one of the best. RATING 5/5

6. Ddevil
This song is pretty much the exact opposite of spiders. Its very "bouncy" and light. Its really cool though the bass line is awesome and the lyrics are really cool. Its a short song but non the less its good.
RATING 4.5/5

7.Soil
This may be the angriest song on the album. This song is also sad its about serj's old friend who passed on. The lyrics are the type of lyrics that really only mean something to the man that wrote them, but towards the end of the song the music stops and serj just yells you can really feel the rage in this song. RATING 4.5/5

8.War?
This is a song that most people like and can get old if you listen to it way to many times. The Music is really cool and the vocals are good this may be the best overall song on the album when it comes to all the memebers of the band meshing together. RATING 4/5

9.Mind
This song is the longest song to date that s.o.a.d has ever done (4/7/06) its also my favorite song of all time by them. This song is a huge combo of Spiders and Soil. It starts off very dark with the bass line and serj's mysterious Vocals but becomes angry and mind blowing once you get into it. I love this song most people don't love this song, but I still love it. RATING 5/5

10.Peephole
This song is like no other song on the album. the verses have almost a polka feel to it and the vocals are very "filling" I like this song a lot most people actully do. The song has a cool bass line and cool voclas to make up for the just averge guitar. RATING 4/5

11. cuBERT
This is most definetly a filler track and I love it! This is my 2nd favorite song on the album after mind and is just plain awesome. The drums pretty much take charge here as John goes nuts while Shavo and Darren take a back seat. RATING 5/5

12.Darts
This is the worst song on the album by far. Its just a sloppy song. Its an ok song until you reach the long slow bridge once you reach the bridge you just can't help but skip to the final track.. RAting 1.5/5 ) :

13. P.L.U.C.K
What a way to close already and amazing album! This is my 3rd favorite song on the album its also some of Darren's best guitar playing on the album. It has an awesome lay out and the screaming on this song is flawless. RATING 5/5

Tracks to listen for: all of them except Darts
Tracks to avoid: Darts