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->''As the century nears its formidable end, our gobal experience of universal proportions, predicted by many greats, will arrive at our solar system, to our system of a down. Authoritarian oppression, family abuse, depression caused by conformity, and economic devastation will be neutralized by technological terrorism in times of complete chaos. Control will never again be gained for toleration will become extinct. A husband quarreling with his wife will not think twice or regret his spent bullet. Hungry children will not spare the grocer. Remorse in all forms will be removed from human thoughts and actions. Freedom will only be available through revolution or death. This system of a down is unavoidable as life on this planet becomes unnecessary. The hand has five fingers, capable and powerful, with the ability to destroy as well as create. We have the power to stop and reverse the tides of time by making our awareness of abuse known to the powers of industry and their uncouth political arms. Only by raising the awareness and promoting personal peace within today's self-defeatist society, can we allow the planet a chance to avoid self-destruction!''\\
'''Open your eyes, open your mouths, close your hands and make a fist.'''
-->-- "'''Victims of a Down, from the back cover.'''"
'''Open your eyes, open your mouths, close your hands and make a fist.'''
-->-- "'''Victims of a Down, from the back cover.'''"
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''System of a Down'' is the [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] debut album by Music/SystemOfADown, released on June 30, 1998, by American Recordings. It is generally considered a NuMetal and AlternativeMetal album, mainly because [[GenreBusting it is hard to classify it as any other genre]]. The album was a SleeperHit that peaked at 113 124 on the Billboard 200 but was certified gold in 2000, 19 months before their sophomore album, ''Music/{{Toxicity}}'' sent them into the mainstream.
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''System of a Down'' is the [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] debut album by Music/SystemOfADown, released on June 30, 1998, by American Recordings. It is generally considered a NuMetal and AlternativeMetal album, mainly because [[GenreBusting it is hard to classify it as any other genre]]. The album was a SleeperHit that peaked at 113 on the Billboard 200 but was certified gold in 200, 2000, 19 months before their sophomore album, ''Music/{{Toxicity}}'' sent them into the mainstream.
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* DrugsAreBad: "Peephole" is about drug use and/or arguing against it.
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* OutOfGenreExperience: "Peephole" is considerably less thrash metal oriented than most of the other songs on the record, with the chorus being heavier, and the verses having a more polka oriented sound.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Although Daron being a co-lead singer is a case of LaterInstallmentWeirdness for Music/MezmerizeHypnotize, his backing vocals only appear on about a third of songs at ''most'', ''most'' on this album, with almost no vocal harmonies with Serj, and are really only prominent on about two of them ("Sugar" and "P.L.U.C.K.").
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Although Daron being a co-lead singer is a case of LaterInstallmentWeirdness for Music/MezmerizeHypnotize, his backing vocals only appear on about a third of songs at most ''most'', with almost no vocal harmonies with Serj, and are really only prominent on about two of them ("Sugar" and "P.L.U.C.K.").
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* SingerNameDrop: "P.L.U.C.K." does it indirectly.
--> "All in a system, down".
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''System of a Down'' is the [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] debut album by Music/SystemOfADown, released on June 30, 1998, by American Recordings. It is generally considered a NuMetal and AlternativeMetal album, mainly because [[GenreBusting it is hard to classify it as any other genre]]. The album was a SleeperHit that peaked at 113 on the Billboard 200 but was certified gold in 200, 19 months before their sophomore album, ''Music/{{Toxicity}}'' sent them into the mainstream.
!! Tracklist:
# "Suite-Pee" (2:31)
# "Know" (2:56)
# "Sugar" (2:33)
# "Suggestions” (2:44)
# "Spiders" (3:35)
# "[=DDevil-]" (1:43)
# "Soil" (3:25)
# "War?" (2:40)
# "Mind" (6:16)
# "Peephole" (4:06)
# "[=CUBErt=]" (1:50)
# "Darts" (2:42)
# "P.L.U.C.K." (3:33)
!! Principal Members:
* Serj Tankian - Lead vocals, keyboards, sampling
* Daron Malakian - Guitar, backing vocals
* Shavo Odajian - Bass
* John Dolmayan - Drums
!! Watch them all trope down:
* ClusterFBomb: Swearing comes in fairly moderate amounts here but still has some noticeable clusters in "Soil" and, briefly, the climax of "Mind".
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Although Daron being a co-lead singer is a case of LaterInstallmentWeirdness for Music/MezmerizeHypnotize, his backing vocals only appear on about a third of songs at most and are really only prominent on about two of them ("Sugar" and "P.L.U.C.K.").
* EpicRocking: "Mind" (6:16) is the only straight example of this on a System of a Down album[[note]]not counting "Aerials" from ''Music/{{Toxicity}}'', which only exceeds six minutes when including the hidden track at the end[[/note]].
* FunWithAcronyms: "P.L.U.C.K." stands for "Politically Lying, Unholy, Cowardly Killers".
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Almost every track has a OneWordTitle.
* HorribleHistoryMetal:
** "Mind" is based on Project [=MKUltra-], a CIA mind-control research program from 1953-73.
** "P.L.U.C.K." is about the Armenian genocide from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, which the band members (especially Serj) have campaigned to have recognized by the Turkish government.
* MinimalisticCoverArt: Just a hand with it fingers extended.
* MinisculeRocking: "[=DDevil-]" (1:43) and "[=CUBErt=]" (1:50).
* MotorMouth: Serj has moments of this, most notably in the chorus of "Soil".
* ProtestSong: Several:
** "Suite-Pee" is a ReligionRantSong against the Catholic Church.
** As the name suggests, "War?" is an anti-war song.
** "Mind" is about government mind-control.
** "P.L.U.C.K." blasts the Turkish government over the Armenian genocide.
* TextlessAlbumCover: The text is put on a sticker for the CD and the vinyl reissue.
* WordSaladLyrics: The songs that are not {{Protest Song}}s tend to have these, such as with "Peephole".
--> "Don't ever get stuck in the sky, when you're high"
''System of a Down'' is the [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] debut album by Music/SystemOfADown, released on June 30, 1998, by American Recordings. It is generally considered a NuMetal and AlternativeMetal album, mainly because [[GenreBusting it is hard to classify it as any other genre]]. The album was a SleeperHit that peaked at 113 on the Billboard 200 but was certified gold in 200, 19 months before their sophomore album, ''Music/{{Toxicity}}'' sent them into the mainstream.
!! Tracklist:
# "Suite-Pee" (2:31)
# "Know" (2:56)
# "Sugar" (2:33)
# "Suggestions” (2:44)
# "Spiders" (3:35)
# "[=DDevil-]" (1:43)
# "Soil" (3:25)
# "War?" (2:40)
# "Mind" (6:16)
# "Peephole" (4:06)
# "[=CUBErt=]" (1:50)
# "Darts" (2:42)
# "P.L.U.C.K." (3:33)
!! Principal Members:
* Serj Tankian - Lead vocals, keyboards, sampling
* Daron Malakian - Guitar, backing vocals
* Shavo Odajian - Bass
* John Dolmayan - Drums
!! Watch them all trope down:
* ClusterFBomb: Swearing comes in fairly moderate amounts here but still has some noticeable clusters in "Soil" and, briefly, the climax of "Mind".
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Although Daron being a co-lead singer is a case of LaterInstallmentWeirdness for Music/MezmerizeHypnotize, his backing vocals only appear on about a third of songs at most and are really only prominent on about two of them ("Sugar" and "P.L.U.C.K.").
* EpicRocking: "Mind" (6:16) is the only straight example of this on a System of a Down album[[note]]not counting "Aerials" from ''Music/{{Toxicity}}'', which only exceeds six minutes when including the hidden track at the end[[/note]].
* FunWithAcronyms: "P.L.U.C.K." stands for "Politically Lying, Unholy, Cowardly Killers".
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Almost every track has a OneWordTitle.
* HorribleHistoryMetal:
** "Mind" is based on Project [=MKUltra-], a CIA mind-control research program from 1953-73.
** "P.L.U.C.K." is about the Armenian genocide from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, which the band members (especially Serj) have campaigned to have recognized by the Turkish government.
* MinimalisticCoverArt: Just a hand with it fingers extended.
* MinisculeRocking: "[=DDevil-]" (1:43) and "[=CUBErt=]" (1:50).
* MotorMouth: Serj has moments of this, most notably in the chorus of "Soil".
* ProtestSong: Several:
** "Suite-Pee" is a ReligionRantSong against the Catholic Church.
** As the name suggests, "War?" is an anti-war song.
** "Mind" is about government mind-control.
** "P.L.U.C.K." blasts the Turkish government over the Armenian genocide.
* TextlessAlbumCover: The text is put on a sticker for the CD and the vinyl reissue.
* WordSaladLyrics: The songs that are not {{Protest Song}}s tend to have these, such as with "Peephole".
--> "Don't ever get stuck in the sky, when you're high"
