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Only available from Best Buy stores before the album Hypnotize was released. Retailed for $1.99 and contained a coupon for $1.99 off the price of the album when it was released on November 22, 2005. [61] System Of A Down (2011): The box set that was released on June 10, 2011 via American Recordings. Contains all five of their studio albums.
System of a Down is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994.Since 1997, the band has consisted of founding members Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards); Daron Malakian (guitar, vocals); Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals); along with John Dolmayan (drums), who replaced original drummer Andy Khachaturian in 1997.
Serj Tankian was born in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 21, 1967 to Armenian parents Khachadour and Alice Tankian. [5] [6] [7] He traces his ancestry to the cities of Dörtyol, Kayseri, Tokat, and Urfa, all of which are in modern-day Turkey. [8]
Malakian co-produced System of a Down's albums with Rick Rubin, [9] as well as albums by the Ambulance and Bad Acid Trip (a band on fellow member Serj Tankian's Serjical Strike Records). [6] In 2003, Malakian started his own label, EatUrMusic, on which Amen was the first signed band. [6] The label is now inactive and its current status is unknown.
System of a Down received acclaim from music critics. [15] Q called it "an excellent starting point for this most curious band". [13] The album is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [16] Loudwire included the album in its list of The Best Metal Debut Albums, at number 22. [17]
Mezmerize is the fourth studio album by the American heavy metal band System of a Down, released on May 17, 2005, by American Recordings and Columbia Records. Upon its release, the album received acclaim from critics. The album sold over 450,000 copies in its first week (over 200,000 more than Toxicity did), and immediately topped the Billboard ...
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