System of a Down - Roulette

I think this is one of the prettier songs by this artist. No trace of screaming in this track! It’s actually pretty relaxing, which is not a word I’d use to characterize most music by this Armenian-American band. Once again, the harmonizing is what really makes this song (although the cello never hurts!).
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System of a Down - Innervision

I can’t even tell you how much I listened to the three first albums by this artist. Their music has such a distinctive sound, which is what has earned them a place as one of my favorite rock bands. They go to show that just because the vocalists yell in their music doesn’t mean that’s the only thing they can do.
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System of a Down - Sugar

This song is a longtime favorite of my friend’s and mine—one day we discovered that we had inadvertently memorized this song by listening to it so many times when we attempted to recite it all the way through. Much of the time whenever sugar is mentioned, this song’s chorus (guitar and all) plays in my head. “Do do! Do do, do! Do dooooo! SUGAAAAAA!” Also, this song is fun to karaoke to but it’s not good to play around people who can’t abide by profanity.
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System of a Down - Ego Brain

I used to play this band’s first three albums on repeat, and this was one of my favorite tracks (although I had many favorite tracks, admittedly). One of this band's strengths is the harmonization of Serj Tankian's and Daron Malakian's voice, which this song nicely displays.
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System of a Down - Spiders

It’s another song by this awesome band! Years ago I played the 1st three albums by this band constantly, and they have a lot of crazy, high-energy songs, which I love, but this was one of my favorites because I found it quite beautiful. Supposedly it’s about government surveillance.
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System of a Down - Toxicity

There are so, so many songs by this artist that I love, I had difficulty picking one to post first.  I heard them when a friend in middle school showed me their music video for "Aerials" and I thought, "Weird & beautiful; I like!"  Then another friend became a fan and burned their 1st three albums for me, which I played on repeat for a while.  This band is set apart from others of a similar genre by the lead singer's vocals, because he can actually SING and maintain the intensity of the music.  They have songs that are energetic and manic, and songs that are more mellow and beautiful, so I went with one that's somewhere in between this time.  At first this song felt kinda jarring and unsettling, but it grew on me.
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