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Toxicity

by System Of A Down

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of 455,776

7,803
2000's

of 266,014

896
2001

of 35,059

111

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Overall Rating: 2.8244 Toxicity is ranked overall as 2.8244 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.8655 Toxicity has an avg. critic score of 2.8655 out of 4 stars

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No getting around it - "all research and successful drug policy shows/That treatment should be increased/And law enforcement decreased/While abolishing mandatory-minimum sentences" is one unmanageable mouthful of a lyric. ...more

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E! Online

Where the debut sometimes resembled a psycho-ward jam session, System serve up some surprising melodies on "Chop Suey!" "Forest" and the haunting...read the complete review at E! Online

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Q Magazine

Matches Slipknot for manic intensity while employing a freeform approach to songcraft which invites comparison to the lunatic-fringe rock of the late...read the complete review at Q Magazine

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Sonicnet

When System's at their best, the Los Angeles four-piece evokes most vividly punk politicos the Dead Kennedys.... Yet the band sputters out when the lyrics are awash in vagueness....read the complete review at Sonicnet

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Uncut

Toxicity is virtually unlistenable: thrash metal splintered into a million pieces by unnecessary time changes, topped off with excruciatingly theatrical...read the complete review at Uncut

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