Reviews (page 8 of 9)
Couldn’t do it. I like Chop Suey but their stuff is just too aggro
SoaD gives me bad memories
Album 27 of 1001 System of a Down - System of a Down Favorite Track : Soil Rating : 2 / 5 Why so angry? Not really my thing but I see who those who like it would like it. Had flashbacks of Sam Kinison. Lots of yelling. Just never got off on this stuff.
Niestety nie dla mnie, ale rozumiem wpływ
nah again does this not give you a headache. it gives me a headache.
It’s more enjoyable to listen to than most metal, for whatever that’s worth. But that’s like saying this spoiled chicken is well seasoned. Just not my taste at all.
Not really my style of music.
Ik vond Toxicity toch een stuk interessanter en catchier. Dit voelt voor mij toch meer als een wedstrijdje 'hoe prop ik zoveel mogelijk woorden in een nummer'
Ik vind het ergens wel fascinerend, en ook knap dat ze het zo lomp en strak kunnen spelen. Maar er is behalve toen ik 18 was op de dansvloer van de Boulevard, geen enkel moment te bedenken waarop ik dit kan en wil luisteren.
The production is superb - every instrument has its place in the soundstage and Serj Tankian's vocals are as all over the place as they could be. Unfortunately, I'm not an angsty teenager, and I was a long way past teenage angst when this even first came out, so it is actually pretty much lost on me. I love the drumming. I even quite enjoy the bass. But the overall picture is one that doesn't appeal a jot, which is a shame, because the people who profess love for NuMetal seem to care very deeply indeed for it. I find that with my middle-aged ears, the most striking thing about this album is how fucking fatiguing it is. The odd thing about it is that despite clear care and attention that's gone into the production - it is compressed like nobody's business. Thanks, the loudness wars. I guess, in a historical context, the vast majority of people listening to this would have been either American teenagers in shitbox American starter cars, those with a Discman or a minidisc player or - and I somehow think this is the most likely - hearing it played off downloaded or ripped MP3s through beige plastic Cambridge Soundworks 2.1 computer speakers. Everybody seemed to have those, back in the day, but they simply couldn't cope with anything that wasn't a very narrow band of bass or midrange. Anyway. This isn't for me. If it is got you - great.
iiwii
I tried to listen to this, but it's just not my thing. I listened to the first song and was like, "Oh, okay, here we go! =)" And then I got less and less enthused. In small doses, I like System of a Down okay. A whole album is a lot for me. It probably has merit, but I am not the right person.
Best: Sugar Worst: CUBErt I would have enjoyed it more in the gym
I didn't really get into this album. There is a lot of screaming. I am familiar with some System of ta Down but I don't think I knew any of the songs. I don't think i will revisit.
Never wanna hear this shit again. Just not for me.
From what I read I would be on the same page as the lyrics but I just can't listen to them.
Most songs not for me.
Sorry if this makes me basic but I prefer their fun stuff
A OK metal album. Bit mad in places! I always quite liked the singer's Armenian accent mixed with the metal music.
Tis not for me
I can respect it but really not my sound at all
Heavy indeed. Effective if you feel frustrated and in need of help for steam exhaust. Otherwise annoying
Never going to like this. I like old school heavy metal but not this, is it thrash metal? To be fair there is a bit of variation in one or two tracks, but otherwise this is wasted on me
ja dit is niet mijn ding
Right off the bat, there are a lot of lyrics that are pretty gross and hateful toward my personal religious beliefs, so I feel like I'm starting off on the wrong foot with this album. That being said, the instrumentation on this is great. Guitar, drums, and bass are all top-tier and really enjoyable to listen to. Serj's voice on the other hand... I think he has a great screaming voice, and even his singing voice is unique and I could get into. But all of the theatrics are cringy and feel very forced. Favorite track - Spiders Least favorite tracks - Suite-Pee, Sugar
I feel like I would need an 8ball and a felony conviction to fully enjoy this album. I love SOAD’s later albums like Mesmerize and Toxicity (classic), but this album was a bit much. I also listened to it while I was super tired and driving home at night. I’ll listen again soon and I might be a bit more into it. I’ve been a SOAD fan for years though.
not my typa music but is alreet
Nope
This isn't great - I've listened to their slightly later stuff and it's a fair bit more tuneful than this. Full of energy, which is a positive, and you can actually hear the lyrics, which is unusual for this type of music and another positive, but ultimately it's just not a pleasant or particularly interesting listen. 2/5.
Awful
Jeez. 40 minutes of nu-metal prog rock. I guess if you think Tool and Limp Biscuit would be a great combination, enjoy this one. I only sat through the whole thing is so that I could actually said I listened to it. Are these guys talented? Sure. Is it well produced? Sure. Could I stand it? No.
i’m sorry man, i just can never get there. i respect serj as a frontman and songwriter but, eh
Not my cup of tea, sorry
Catchy, and some good songs but just too heavy for me
I wouldn't say this is for me but it was less worse than I thought. In the end I was able to make it through the whole album, but barely.
Not for me
Didn't really do it for me.
Not my type
Some nice vocal trickery by Serj Tankian. I like Rage Against the Machine, but this band just doesn't have the same groove as Rage does. If I was young and angsty, maybe this would do it for me, but I'm not.
Absolutely not for me, but I understand the value
1/13, 8%
Well I will say I enjoyed it more then I thought I would, but I'm just not a metal person. I think whether or not you will enjoy this album comes down to the simple question of "Are you a metal fan?". If the answer is yes, then I would think you would really enjoy this album. If not, I wouldn't bother. One can surely appreciate the musicianship from the musicians on display in this band. As well as this, I appreciate the way they weave alternate genres into the songs along with the metal. I probably sound like a 60 year old man with this review, but its just overall not for me. 2/5
I dug soil. The rest was shite.
Poor album
30th September 2022 Listened in the day while picking Gareth up from Cheltenham and getting things ready for people coming this weekend. Not really my thing, too metal.
Hmm It's pretty full on. I didn't hate it, but I don't think I'd listen again
So not my lane
Not for me
Not my thing
Bleah alt metal
I can see people liking this. Good debut album for the band, but I hated it through and through.
A front cover that always reminds me of the introduction to 'The Tomorrow People', a 1970s sci-fi for children, that tried to be ITV's equivalent to Doctor Who but with even less budget and even worse special effects. I can't get this band. It's the weird mix of being angry men but also possibly trying to add in some humour but just ending up sounding manic and a bit deranged 2.5 stars if I could give it.
Very sorry to system of a down but i just couldn’t have had something further from my vibe monday morning
I can understand why or how some people like this but I just don't get it. 4/10.
Tää on vähän tällästä numetal-haparointia. Mun mielestä tätä Seuraava levy Toxicity ansaitsee paikan tällä listalla, tämä taas ei. 2/5
Not my favorite SOAD album, but very unique sound when you want to get some anger out
Down, down, deeper and down.
nu nu nu shazbot
Extremely raw. The double album is still king.
Doesn't do it for me at all. I even like hard rock but this is awful.
Hér eru flott og hress lög, sérstaklega þegar Tankian syngur, en inn á milli eru þetta bara læti. Skil að fólk fíli heildarpakkann, en þetta er ekki fyrir mig nema stöku sinnum.
Hm. Not my music, but I know this is musically not awful. A couple of punk-like moments on Soil (yay), and the opera-like moments are interesting (but a lot of the vocal theatrics—like in Mind—are not). I will never choose to listen to this, but two stars feels harsh. 2.5 stars but rounding down—a tolerable two?
4/10. What's with that song where he yells about the Kombucha? This was like bland metal meets the Talking Heads, and that wasn't a combo I enjoyed, certainly not for an hour.
Dunno what he has against kombucha. 3/10
In DDevil, the lyrics say "loud and noisy". Yep, loud and noisy. Listening to SOAD gives me an anxious feeling in the upper right quadrant of my torso and I feel quite relieved when it is over. I get that people love them. The energy is real and raw. I just can't be one of those people I'm afraid.
That's a System Of A Down I don't know. I love them more complicated and diversed. 2 for this one
Turkey is a lovely place to go on holiday. System of a Down do not support this view
Probably a 2.5. Influential, but not a style of metal I tend to love
I know a lot of people who were into this band. I wasn't, but at the time this record came out, I don't think I even knew about System of a Down. It wasn't until Toxicity that I heard their music. 1998 was a year when I took a different "fork" in the musical road than the SoaD path. I liked some heavy bands, and my favorite band at the time (Smashing Pumpkins) were getting heavier (with the exception of the Adore record), so my mind was open. But also, Radiohead's "OK Computer" made me realize this tough guy bullshit was unsustainable. If you don't believe me, watch the documentary on Woodstock '99. I want to give this a 1/5 because I'm feeling saucy, but then I have to remind myself how much better this record was than what, say, Cold, or Staind, or Korn, or Limp Bizkit, or Creed was doing at the same time. So, it's punching above its weight at 2/5.
Highly frenetic album on a day when my soul cried for soothing. Yea I get it. The guy can tweak the strings impressively fast. Oy!
I appreciate the musicianship and the unique sounds presented by SoaD. But metal/nu-metal isn't really my jam. I owned their follow up album (Toxicity) but never was able to listen to that one completely. 1.5/5
I kind of get it. At times I like their style, it's very iconic and individual unlike some of the other heavy metal albums we've had, I just don't particularly like it in my ears.
Not really my cup of tea. Not bad as such but it didn't really engage me.
Can definitely do worse than System of a Down in terms of nu metal but it still isn’t the greatest. Not horrible by any means
2 stars for the passion and dexterity, but otherwise it sounds horrible
Most definitely not my thing. Might be more tolerable if the vocals were a little less....aggressive? I think there were 2 songs that I could possibly enjoy in another context, but in this context 2.5 🌟
some bangers but mostly not to my taste
le mec est vénère
Not for me, but I can see the appeal
O was there when this was trending, I remember and like many of these songs but 24 years later I just don’t get any joy from this… I heard once that metal (in its many forms) is a teenage phase, and that men who don’t grow out of it don’t grow out of teenage either, maybe it’s true
I am so. Tired. Of this long stretch of man-rock. I can't even care. This is right on the edge of my tolerance
Not my cup of tea yo
I'll give it 2 stars for the production. It's very slickly produced but not my thing at all.
Nothing against them, just not my style
Yeah what I imagined. Ok I guess
La verdad que cansa. O sea no me pareció una mierda pero me pareció un gran tema largo. Pasa mucho con el metal que suele ser bastante lineal. Le pongo 2 pero me gustaría ponerle 5/10.
System of a Down by System of a Down (1998) Four young American men of Armenian extraction have some serious beefs with religion, politics, social constructs, interpersonal relationships, and historical indignities. Some of these beefs are entirely justified (e.g., the Armenian Genocide in “P.L.U.C.K.”). They choose heavy metal, an appropriate métier, to express their ire, and on some levels, it works. While it cannot be denied that System of a Down takes metal to another level, their work is tainted by Serj Tankian’s limited (and elvish) vocal delivery, and an anti-melodic savagery that distracts from the art. Apart from that it’s pretty good, and it has its moving moments. But then they move on. A listener struggles to laugh and rage simultaneously. 2/5
I will give them credit for a unique sound. But though songs like spiders are dark and aggressive, too many songs are handicapped by a singing style i don't particularly like... a novelty crooning metal opera. It becomes tiring after a while. The music is better than the vocal delivery.
This album lacked all the Armenian/classical training vibes that, to me, are the strengths of System of a Down. Rarely, he lets his voice shine and you see glimpses of the songs they became famous for, harmonic, beautiful and melancholic. This album seems to fall into the many pitfalls of hard rock from the era, it feels immature, like music for teenage boys. I was expecting at least one of their classics to float this album up, but it never came. 2.
Va ser força reconegut quan va sortir, una mica d'aire fresc enmig de tot el gruix del nu metal que dominava l'època. Ara, però, es fa difícil d'escoltar. Molt del moment i tot i la seva originalitat els temes no destaquen i molts d'ells són directament mediocres. Una banda que va anar de menys a més, indiscutiblement
They yell a lot, it's a bit exhausting.
Erm, not really my thing. I'm sure it's a good album for those who enjoy System of a Down, but I didn't find it the most enjoyable.
I am angry, laakee music, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH, OOOOoooOOOOOooooOOOOO,
Vocalist has a cool voice, but otherwise not much here for me
Not my type of music, but it was pretty decent. I would give it 2.5 / 5 if possible.
Cool song transitions. So incredibly loud.... really heavy too heavy
Not even as good as toxicity
Fun guitar work. Otherwise, not really my thing
Yeah I'd have liked this 20 years ago. But now it's just edgy crap. Some weird portmanteau of punk, metal and alternative that really doesn't make the mark anymore.
Not my style
Wild & Crazy !!! Not a fan but makes for interesting listening.....Spiders was my favorite
Meh. Wea esquizofrenica si
It's Nu Metal. It didn't age well. There are much worse examples of it though.
Nah.
It’s not for me Clive
Really average listinening , some tunes pop up
heavylongo, siniestro, voces de loco.
not taken by this
Not really my thang
1998, heavy Metal, gar nicht mein Ding, nur halb gehört, schwache 2
not my favorite
Eh, not for me. Too angry. But, I can appreciate the energy and the provocative lyrics. I also really like the musical quirks contributed by their Armenian heritage. Also, I prefer Toxicity.
olisin ehkä teininä tykännyt.
While I can understand the appeal, just not my thing. A few of the songs are sort of listenable.
Not my thing
I've always been Impressed by the technical composition and tightness of their music, but just don't like the musical style of SoaD.
Nope! Maybe on another day but not really my thing.
kinda seems like the songs I like are the ones with the least amount of shouting ...
i like a tiny bit of it
I really like System Of A Down, but this album has lots of songs I really do not like :p
CANT DO IT Painful, did 1.5 songs
eh
Lots of interesting things going on with time signatures and I think it might have a good sense of humour to it but TOO SHOUTY FOR ME
not for me
i dont remember much from it but it was ok i guess 2.5
A generous two for having elements of unusualness.
Just some noisy crap
This was not for me
System of a Down is the self-titled debut from System of a Down, and having never really connected with this style of music, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect going in. Unfortunately, this was absolutely not for me. I found the whole album incredibly noisy and chaotic, often feeling like it's being loud simply for the sake of being loud. There's constant shouting, sudden changes in pace and direction, and very little in the way of melody or harmony for me to grab onto. The lyrics didn't connect with me either. I know there's political and social commentary behind many of the songs, but the frantic delivery meant that much of it just sounded like shouted nonsense to me. I struggled to find the storytelling, melody or emotion that I usually look for in music. Favourite track: "Sugar" was really the only track that grabbed me at all. It's still completely chaotic, but at least there's something memorable and catchy about it. Least favourite tracks: Pretty much everything else. I would be perfectly happy never hearing another track from this album again! Album artwork: I actually quite like the cover. Simple, striking and much more enjoyable than the music inside.
noooo I couldn’t wait for it to be over
How do you say in Armenian "I'd rather stick nails into my eardruma than listen to this album again"?
Just going to say this is not for me.
did not enjoy
System of a DOWN
Screaming, wailing and thrashing! Ugh!
No no no no no. Hard pass.
If you're looking for nu-metal, you can do a lot worse. If you're looking for any other type of music, you can do a lot better. Didn't pass the headache test, so giving this 1 star. Not the worst 1 star on this list for me.
Not for me. Nope. No sir.
If you like really really shitty music then this is just the album you've been looking for.
premiere fois jfini pas un album best: aucun worst: toute
system of a down syndrome ws: Suite-pee
I get the influence and importance, but this genre is just not for me.
Not for me
Ich mach Krach, ich schrei herum, ich brülle laut! Schrott! Weg damit!
Most people will hate this and also fail to see the value in it, so I can't rank this highly. Honestly, Toxicity should have got the nod instead. A lot of this is just bullshit noise and foul language.
I've always thought the religious commentary and the shouty, crustier material the weakest aspects of this group. That's pretty much the vast majority of this record. I will echo thousands of others and say Toxicity should have been the representative album for SOAD. The sound gets stale early, the production has aged poorly, the edginess is not offset like on their later records (or even on Serj's underrated solo projects). Bad record. Why do people like "Sugar" so much? God that song is annoying as fuck
Even listening to the “clean version” was torture. Definitely not my style. Zero stars.
Every now and then they sound like Tool but mostly they sound like shit. Again with the laughable Cookie Monster vocals. And these are the people who will tell you disco sucks. Hot chicks are into disco. Meth chicks are into this drivel.
no lo termine, de hecho apenas lo arranque, pero me molesta esta musica, es ruido mas q otra cosa. no me gusta. 2/10
well...crap, another angry, foul-mouthed, heavy drumbeat, screaming, slurring of words, repeating sequences of refrains, not only in the lyrics, but in the music itself...ugh! Just noise.....if you ask me. The best thing was that most of the songs were around 3 minutes long, except the one that was 6:17. After listening to this album, I couldn't help but wonder if one of the reasons teenagers are so angry is because they listen to this type of music as I know the longer I listened, the more irritated I became. Thank heavens that is finally over....
I like nothing about this. Could only tolerate a few seconds of each song.
Ridiculous - if this was a mp3 on my 90's PC hard disc, I'd delete to fit a few more cat memes on....extra 1/2 star rating as some of the drum/guitar work is quite tight = total of 1.5stars Angry bloke on vocals please report to your careers advisor though.
non mi sono ancora sviluppata abbastanza per ascoltare anche questo, lo farò mai? è davvero necessario? chissà
I listened to System of a Down when Toxicity came out and Chop Suey was a huge song on Alt Rock radio. I never really enjoyed all of it, but a few of their popular songs were fun and I was into harder stuff back then. Now, not so much. So I’m curious how I will feel about this album. Surprised to see this here and not Toxicity. Yeah this isn’t for me. But this guy is nuts he just screams sometimes out of nowhere and does a growl. Then he’s just randomly fast talk singing. It’s kinda funny. This doesn’t have the more alt rock radio friendly sound of some of their later singles that made them popular. I like some of the guitars when they’re soloing a little, but hate the angry sound. This is really not for me. I think this is going to be a 1, but I wish it was Toxicity on this list because think I would have more enjoyed that album revisiting it today. My guess is that would’ve been a 3 just for the familiarity of some of the songs. I was hoping I liked this more, but it just isn’t there.
Unlistenable
Not my type of music and this guy's voice annoys the fuck outta me
Absolute ass.
this is ahh bruh
Noise
Nope
nope
Not what I needed.
I didn't care much for this album. It just didn't strike me that there was all to much to the album besides being loud. I also wasn't a fan of how almost every track kind of sounded the same - some kind of interesting melodic parts that just get drowned out by noise and yelling at the end. I guess it all feels just a little muddy to me. I thought "Spiders" and "Peephole" were pretty decent, though.
I know it’s an unpopular opinion, but I have never liked System of a Down. The man voices drives me nuts. Bass player is a baddie, tho
nope cant do it
Can’t say I really enjoyed any of this. I can appreciate metal as much as the next guy, but to me this was just loud and heavy for the sake of being loud and heavy
There is a Venn diagram of justifiably angry but rarely at the right things, acne-riddled, C-student, anime/horror-fan, pretentious, over-dramatic, teenage boys and metal/nu-metal fans and other than age, that shit is just a single circle. And I am WAY outside of that circle.
Nah
Nop
Not for me
"Nu metal" may be the worst thing to ever happen to Western Civilization. More singing and less growling, please. Made it 45 seconds into this before reaching this conclusion. Makes Limp Bizkit sound like Mozart.
Oh dear, they may speak English, but these Americans are not the same as us... not one bit. What was this? A serious attempt at sounding like aggressive adults? The only song which caught my attention was 'Spiders' as it was mainly free of pretentious bollocks.
Shite, simply, Shite
Noise - normal rage music for that time.
1+ Stars (3/15)
First three tracks awful, next two ok. Downhill after that. 1.5 rounded down.
This…is not an album for me. I'm sure metalheads really enjoy this debut of SOAD, but I cannot get into the screaming and heavy rock instruments. No thank you.
It's difficult to express how much I dislike this album. Fuck me its so bad. I saw the cult following this had in the reviews, and I wanted to like it, but it just sounds like they just grabbed some crackhead off the street and forced him to "sing" over some great rock. If Serj Tankian wasn't born this would be a great album. Ruined my day
My son used to listen to to these a lot when eh was a teenager, always blasting out of his bedroom at ridiculous levels. I'm still traumatised, giving it a go but I don't think I can stick it out... Update - I gave up after two songs
I’m sorry - my internal systems just broke down listening to this.
Ohh cause that just assaulted my ears
Not my cup of tea
Can’t do it. I detest this music. I tried but I just can’t. 01-10-2026
Nej, bara nej
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Jag försöker verkligen. Men det bara går inte. Det blir så jävla töntigt med självmords- och våldsreferenserna kombinerat med lite antikrist som ska låta tufft. Det går helt enkelt inte att ta på allvar. Tror att dessutom försöker lajva något som ska likna medeltida/vikingatida epos. Det gör så klart inte saken bättre. Musikaliskt är det aningen bättre än andra album inom numetallspektrat från samma tidsperiod som vi haft. Trots detta en bra bit kvar för att klättra upp till en tvåa.
Om grabbarna hade varit 10 år gamla så kanske det hade varit en förmildrande omständighet. Att vuxna människor spelat in detta och dessutom gett ut det är inte försvarbart.
This is just not my type of music. Wanted to quit listening from song 1.
This one's just not for me
People seem to like this a lot, I found it unbearable.
Too monotonous and uninteresting.
I only know their 2001 album. Is this more important than the album with Chop Suey on it???
Nope
Go Azerbaijan!
It's one big "fuck off" from me. Maybe the timing didn't help, I put this on at about 7am to listen to in the background as I started my work day. I found myself sending emails that were more and more angry and insulting. Thankfully I turned it off before I got sacked.
Terrible. Had to stop after track 2
Not as bad as other metal albums is about the only positive thing I can say.
More like System of a Clown. This is what Rage Against the Machine would sound like if they did comedy... poorly...
I really never understood the hype with this band. A lot of inaudible shouting. Nope.
A bit too heavy for me, and not melodic enough. The whole "screaming into the mic" thing isn't really my jam. 1,5/5
Terrible.
Oh God no! wow.
I feel confident I’ll never listen to that again
pretty bad.
You definitely do not need to listen to this album before you die. There are similar local bands who hit the drums just as hard scream meaningless rants just as incomprehensibly and do guitar gymnastics and percussive bar chords just as incessantly ( with stops for effect). Try a track or two if you must.
I understand why it's on here but, pretty painful on the ole ears nonetheless. Many skips.
Not for me
this is just desperately unchic. i hate the corny yowl that metal singers always do. if you’re going to sing about beating women at least do it in a way that sounds good.
I’d genuinely love to know how some of the albums make the cut for this project, I really would.
Just not for me - I managed to get through the first disk - but I didn't enjoy it
Ah…I see what Noel Gallagher meant when he said System Of A Down is “the shittiest band of all time”.
Definetely not for me. Too much everything. Too noisy. Too aggressive. I almost started having an headache… Maybe it’s my fault for not understanding how deep this music is, but to my ears this is just a random dude screaming random words.
Not a fan
Pros: The tempo and style changes within each song are interesting. Cons: The screaming into the mic is painfully awful. Who wants to listen to that? It overshadows some of the more interesting music that’s happening. 2 out of 10. 1 out of 5.
Its okay
War is the best song on here. The vibe is something that I can’t imagine ever being in the mood to want to hear. It’s like boring metal circus music. I guess I just don’t get it.
Not even going to bother with this one
The greatest assemblage of Armenians from Los Angeles this side of the Kardashians. I'm glad this isn't the album with Chop Suey! That song sucks. The goofy voice on Suggestions is not a pleasant listening experience. I like all the standard length heavy metal songs though. From song to song I can't tell if I like the lead singer more than most heavy metal vocalists or worse. I'm getting some nu metal vibes on Soil...not a good turn. It all sounds like Nu Metal now...maybe I need to relisten to this with a more critical ear. Now a song about Armenian Genocide...I knew these guys were way into making that more widely known thing. I guess calling Turks heathens is ok when they were genociding your people. And now some Cookie Monster voice. Some carnival-type music added into Peephole...these guys were trolling all of us before that was a thing. Another genorcide song.
Loving the voice, hating everything else
This is all sorts of arse. Lead singer Serj Tankian's vocals are especially whiny and annoying throughout. There are brief moments where it’s almost OK, but for the most part I can’t stand this. My question is what the fuck were people smoking in the late 90s and the early 2000s that made them think these guys were good? It’s baffling to me that System Of A Down were as popular as they were.
Suck my fat one
Not for me, sorry.
More music to drive parents of teenagers insane.
Shite
not my music style
Exactly as puerile and unsophisticated as the title of the opening track Suite Pee suggests. One of the few albums that's so devoid of merit and variation that I considered giving up on it only 2 tracks in.
Utter crap
Strange music. No hits. Alternative/ rock.
Irritante kinderachtige grafherrie, een boel gescheld en dan nog theatraal ook? Mag ik u vriendelijk verzoeken u weer naar de uitgang te begeven?
Oh man, how I hate this staccato chanting, or the screaming. This guitar blaring and this 'hammering' drumming. You can forget about me listening to this record all the way through. That sort of thing ends up in the musical trash can for me.
Ok metal you go sit over there in the corner with all of your friends thrashing and bashing and I'm going to be all the way over here listening to literally anything else.
Worried it might be terrible and it didn't disappoint.
Some good tunes but, unfortunately, overall unlistenable due to the occasional vocal choice.
So fucking boring. If you heard one song off this album you’ve heard them all. They have the range of emotion of an upset toddler.
0.5
Thus album is fucking garbage... In fact, I'd rather be fucking garbage. (2.2) ★
I really didn't like a second of this. I guess the one compliment I can give it is that Serj Tankian is sort of an interesting vocalist for this type of music. Kind of similar to Mike Patton of Faith No More, he has a big range of stuff he can do. So, I get why this might be interesting to the metalheads. But, I didn't really like any of these songs and found them pretty torturous to listen to. Maybe the mad circus music of "Peephole" was the closest to something I didn't hate. 1 star.
altern. metal, 1998 -> 1
I don't know why--just a visceral reaction--but it sounded like a" mash up" between Devo and B 52's at 10x speed.
As with every album in this project, I listened all the way through. I don't connect with this on any level - the rage, the deep dark frenzy, the music (or lack thereof). It's an assault. Hard pass, never again.
Music for sexually repressed, violence seeking, undereducated white boys. Always looking to blame the weaker sex or darker skinned, this is their marching music. Regardless of the music’s message, angry impotent boys get their hard-on for hate.
This is the 76th album I’m rating. I haven’t listened to anything by them but I want to like metal. Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. Not Adding to my Playlist - Suite-Pee, Know, Sugar, Suggestions, Spiders, DDevil, Soil, War?, Mind, Peephole, CUBErt, Darts, and P.L.U.C.K.. Suite-Pee - I really don’t like those vocals. All in all I liked 0/13 songs. I don’t know if I don’t like metal or if I don’t like nu metal either way I don’t like this.
Too aggressive, loud, in-your-face, and tiresome music for my taste. I have never really liked nu metal / alternative metal from the 90s/00s. The production is good and perhaps it isn't sound as dated as many other albums from this era, but I still really didn't like this album at all. 1.5 at best.
Ei ihan niin perseilyä kuin alun perusteella vaikuttaisi, mutta vaikeaa kuunneltavaa, jos "soft spotia" ei ole muodostunut teini-iässä.
Gar nicht meins
Veels te ruig voor mij het is wel "vet" maar dit is wel echt precies de muziek die ik niet leuk vind
No. I never could do heavy metal. If they didn’t scream like that, I think I could enjoy some of the music. There’s some good driving music, but overall it’s just not for me. But I can’t stand the vocals. I would probably give it a 1.5 if I could because there is some good driving music.
If I could zero….
I'm a metal and heavy rock fan but I just don't get this noise. Plenty of other bands were making a racket like this at that time Nothing ground breaking.
Inarticulate anger. I get it. I’m a woman in Trump’s America. I’m angry, but not this angry. It’s just raw energy and no outlet. I don’t get the catharsis that should come with angry music, I just get angry that I’m listening to this.
Absolute dogshit STOP GIVING ME METAL
Gotta say I instantly feel worse after listening to music like this
Angry metal not my thing
a lot of popular music is just nihilistic claptrap
If you like death metal this is all you
Not for me
I gave this a fair go, but it is close to intolerable for me I’m afraid.
Nu metal is lame and this didn't change my mind. Just awful
nope. not my bag (baby)
Not as bad as other metal albums is about the only positive thing I can say. I was going to give it a 2 - but then I keep scoring the various jazz albums that i don't get a 2 - and would much rather listen to jazz so I guess this is a 1.
The entire album sounds how unstable feels. Maybe they should try meditation or goat yoga. The goofy voices were annoying but the screaming then sweetly singing over rage guitars sealed the deal.
In my humble opinion, this music is shit.
I often think that I was born a bit too early to like this really heavy thrash metal stuff. When I was in my mid teens I couldn’t get enough of the heavy rock groups who were around then. Deep Purple in particular. But I cannot think of any bands around then who played rock at this speed and intensity and who would have made Purple look like pussy cats. If there had been I’m sure that I would’ve gone for them wholeheartedly and the hearing loss I now suffer as a result of placing my head between two speakers, on at full pelt and headphone style, would have been a whole lot worse. As it is, when I did eventually get to hear stuff like this album my musical tastes had gone off in another direction and I discounted it like I do now has horrible noise. I struggle to think of any circumstances when, where, how and why it would be a joyful experience to listen to this album. But then I’m probably forgetting my time as a spotty faced teenager in my bedroom with my mum at the bottom of the stairs shouting at me to turn my music down. That was then but this is now and today’s listen wasn’t a very pleasant one at all. 1/5 29/10/24
Grow up.
Unlistenable. Polish, turd, Mr Sheen, etc.
Really abrasive and in your face. If you like that, good for you. I don’t.
One bad album after a worse album. This is awful.
I do like some metal music, but this just isn't my thing
Wow definitely not for me but if you like this kind of thing then I’m sure it’s fine.
Heavy Metal. No thanks
How can I rate something like this? It's obviously very popular and enjoyable to some people but I made it exactly 42 seconds into this album. I think for that reason I have to give it a 2/10 (1/5)
not for me at all feel like they're screaming at me
What an absolute piece of shit record! Cringey in its shallow edginess, awkward tempo changes, horribly off-key singing (and clearly not trying to be). There is nothing avant-garde about this. The barked, faux-theatrical vocals "Sugar" is a real low point. This is the first time I've ever heard this band, but I've known the name of the band for a long time, and I've always just assumed it was a band of down syndrome members. Fuck. Please stop squeaking. "Shake your spear at Shakespeare." What an idiotic lyric! This is beta metal. Really awkward phrasings and lyrics throughout. IIRC, this band headlined Cringefest 1998.
this is not music 1/5
Harsh, both vocals and music
Feels like heavy metal musical theater - hated it
Awful shouty rock
Banal, boring, samey music that people who were blinded by their nostalgia are in love with. I did not enjoy it 26 years ago when it came out and I dislike it even more know. Clearly has influences from thrash (Suicidal Tendencies), punk (Stormtroopers of Death (the real SOD), and metal bands (Sepultra, Death, Slayer )that are far more interesting and memorable than they are. Even their Middle Eastern vibe just feels like revisited Dick Dale. Which is fine, but not necessarily groundbreaking.
0 stars
Very aggressive, and it all sounds the same to me. If this is on the 1001 best, I can’t imagine what’s on the 1001 worst
I guess I’m not angry enough for metal. I try so often with this project. Sometimes I like softer metal if it is more nuanced (I’m sure people are like “fuck you this is full of nuance”, but I don’t enjoy the cacophony). This just makes me angry. Probably the only genre I can’t do. I don’t like someone screaming DIE MOTHERFUCKER in my ear. I guess that makes me a real square. But I wanna vibe. This ain’t my vibe.
About what we expected, which = not our thing. Didn't make it through all of this, despite the occasional glimmers of enjoyment we gained from the background beats. His voice is quite unpleasant at times.
Bloody awful. - why am I getting such shitty albums?
Trash. Driving beats, but trash lyrics. Only made it through the first 3 tracks.
ho ascoltato due canzoni e ho buttato dentro. scusate per la poca collaborazione ma ho una soglia molto bassa di sopportazione per i suoni che sono aggressivi e cacofonici allo stesso tempo.
Yuck!
A common reaction to this experiment for me is: “holy shit, people listen to this music” followed by “holy shit, people who would undertake an experiment like this list actually revere this!” This album just sounds like alternating between power chords, cartoonish falsetto, cartoonish noises, all packaged into nu-metal. Nahhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I was excited to hear the intelligent, insightful, and incisive lyrics everyone assured me Serj Tankian delivered. I’m still waiting.
the start of the last track sounds like the start of welcome to the jungle by GNR. That's really all I have to say.
NO!
Stupid fucking kiddie metal. Garbage
Not my favourite genre and nothing i found enjoyable or good, for me it was just screaming.
SUPER aggressive, not good study music lol
this album is quite obviously anti-turkish propaganda thinly veiled as music. no doubt thought up by a greek.
Did not like it at all.
I can't think of a single human feeling or emotion that would put me in the mood to listen to this crap. A very hard no.
Nope.
Not for me... I prefer solemn and bluesy heavy music... not cartoony energy like this
Voice is okay even with the growling/roaring, but lyrics are horrible and language is a bit much. Guitar is actually not bad.
It’s so loud that you can’t even hear the words. For people who like to stereotype, this is your classic thrash metal band.