Review: System of a Down
System of a Down
(American Recordings / Columbia Records)
This particular release was planned for the future, in part to get previously recorded material going back as far as 1995 out to the public, along with songs that missed the cut on “Toxicity,” but a leak to the internet of those “Toxicity” songs pushed the group into changing the timetable. “We don’t consider any of these songs B-sides or outtakes,” says vocalist Serj Tankian. “The songs that didn’t make it onto ‘Toxicity’ are as good as, if not better than, the songs that did. They weren’t originally included because they didn’t fit the overall continuity of the album and we’re happy that our fans will be able to hear them in their completed form.”