Toxicity

2001 studio album by System of a Down

AlbumalbumQ218971

Performer: System of a Down
Released: September 4, 2001
Label: American Recordings
, Columbia Records
Genre: alternative metal
Producer: Rick Rubin

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Toxicity is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band System of a Down, released on September 4, 2001, by American Recordings and Columbia Records. Expanding on their 1998 eponymous debut album, Toxicity incorporates more melody, harmonies, and singing than the band's first album. Categorized primarily as alternative metal and nu metal, the album features elements of multiple genres, including folk, progressive rock, jazz, and Armenian and Greek music, including prominent use of instruments like the sitar, banjo, keyboards, and piano. It contains a wide array of political and non-political themes, such as mass incarceration, the CIA, the environment, police brutality, drug addiction, scientific reductionism, and groupies.

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Members / parts: Chop Suey!
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Language: English
Coordinates of the point of view: 34.1274°N, 118.3248°W applies to part: album cover
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1.Stated in Musical Mapsmusicalmaps.blogspot.com.au/search/label/toxicitysystemofadownRetrieved 2019-12-22
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Distribution format: music streaming
music download
Form of creative work: studio album
Place of publication: United States
Part of: System of a Down's albums in chronological order follows: System of a Down · followed by: Steal This Album!
Title: Toxicity

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