Conscious Nu-Metal | System of a Down - Toxicity
Episode description
On this episode of Vinyl Verdict, Bell, Jamie and Plouffe, listen to Plouffe's next pick, System of a Down's Toxicity. Released in 2001, Toxicity was their breakthrough album and contained four successful singles. The album that spans both the nu-metal and alternative metal genres, and also contains elements of jazz, folk, Armenian and Greek music. Two singles from the album - Aerials and Chop Suey! - were nominated for the Grammy award for Best Hard Rock and Best Metal Performance, respectively. Critical reviews for the album were positive, with a few outlier reviews declaring the album to be unlistenable and a mess. Toxicity remains their most successful album, with over 12,000,000 albums sold worldwide. Will this album be critically praised by the boys? Come along and find out!
Plouffe mentions a live performance of Psycho in the episode, it can be found here: