SOAD have not surpassed their self-titled release, IMO.
Toxicity came close but it lacked some elements that S/T had.

And these two new releases are pathetic, if not shjt, compared to previous releases.
Daron Malakian seriously needs to fvck off away from the vocals.
Whiny horseshjt with terrible lyrics.

Serj = pwnage.
Malakian = ...huh? Go away. Play guitar.

If you're going to release two albums simultaneously (or close to) make them as decent as other releases.. ffs.
Opeth did it. (D&D)

Still.. good band.
Just let Serge do his shjt and write the lyrics and all shall be well.

I hope they do better next time around, release-wise.

^ Get a life, fast. How good an album is is a very subjective point. I happen to like Daron's voice in System's context. (I thank God I don't sing like him, though.) I happen to believe Question! is a brilliant song. Not just by SOAD's standards either.

Does anybody have those Fuse and Uranium things? I'd really like to see them. Please.
/ down on his knees beging.

[QUOTE=Mambuto_O'Mally]Does anybody have those Fuse and Uranium things? I'd really like to see them. Please.
/ down on his knees beging.[/QUOTE]
I second that

[QUOTE=penelope weird hands]Daron Malakian seriously needs to fvck off away from the vocals.
Whiny horseshjt with terrible lyrics.

.[/QUOTE]

lol

[quote=Ninja Bass Man]This is a real change of subject here, but ive searched thru most of this forum (at least, as much as i could) and i found that most everyone is talking about thier soph. album and up (from what ive seen, couldve missed some stuff). So what about the album System of a Down? My other (very possibly stupid) question about that is are they anti religion, anti christian, or is that "left up to interpretation" as well?
p.s.- please nobody get mad at me for asking[/quote]
I think they are atheists, because if you read who Daron says thanks to in Toxicity he thanks Allah, buddah, god and lucifer. So i dont really think they belive in any thing.

[QUOTE=penelope weird hands]SOAD have not surpassed their self-titled release, IMO.
Toxicity came close but it lacked some elements that S/T had.

And these two new releases are pathetic, if not shjt, compared to previous releases.
Daron Malakian seriously needs to fvck off away from the vocals.
Whiny horseshjt with terrible lyrics.

Serj = pwnage.
Malakian = ...huh? Go away. Play guitar.

If you're going to release two albums simultaneously (or close to) make them as decent as other releases.. ffs.
Opeth did it. (D&D)

Still.. good band.
Just let Serge do his shjt and write the lyrics and all shall be well.

I hope they do better next time around, release-wise.[/QUOTE]
Mez/Hyp are both great albums. Don't compare them to previous system albums because they're not meant to be or sound the same. And you say the lyrics suck now because Daron writes them? Daron has always written a lot of the lyrics and music for System, now he just sings more.. and he ALSO used to be the lead singer btw.

Actually that was a different band, not System.

No, I know Daron was in another band as the lead singer, but even when he met Serj and formed System out of their other band "Soil".. Daron was the lead singer, and Serj played keyboards.

^ Somehow I highly doubt that System would have had a dedicated keyboard player. Look at how little they used keyboards live pre-Mezmerize.

Gotta love Old School Hollywood though... :p

[QUOTE=mutant!]^ Somehow I highly doubt that System would have had a dedicated keyboard player. Look at how little they used keyboards live pre-Mezmerize.

Gotta love Old School Hollywood though... :p[/QUOTE]
I gotta go with him there. Was there actually keyboards on s/t?
If I remember exactly Daron said in an article once, that he used to be the singer in another band but he never said he dang in System.

New system of a down fansite
 

Hey here is the new system's gre8 fansite
[url]http://system.50webs.com[/url]
really nice work:thumb:

[quote=napster]Hey here is the new system's gre8 fansite
[url]http://system.50webs.com[/url]
really nice work:thumb:[/quote]
No, and what is up with the dog?

Wow that fansite sucks, just stole content from everywhere else and put it on a **** design...

"HYPNOTIZE [B](The highlighted songs are best songs of the album)[/B]"

Says who exactly?

Not many people seem to like darons voice but I do. Obviously Serj is much much better of course but a little of daron is good (not too much tho). i went 2 see them a while back in glasgow, they wer very good! They played most of mezmerize stuff cause that had just come out. That and hypnotize are good but not as good as old stuff, such as soad and toxicity.

[QUOTE=!MuDvAyNiAn!]Not many people seem to like darons voice but I do. Obviously Serj is much much better of course but a little of daron is good (not too much tho). i went 2 see them a while back in glasgow, they wer very good! They played most of mezmerize stuff cause that had just come out. That and hypnotize are good but not as good as old stuff, such as soad and toxicity.[/QUOTE]

Daron should do back up vocals, some of thier best work like chop suey has some great sync vocals. If they did that and daron didn't sing lead the vocals would be much better. Also shavo should get off his *** and write some decent alternate basslines.

SOAD was my favorite band when toxicity came out. but then when mezmorized came out they became all big and mainstream and i hate it when that happens. all the bands i liked when i was in 4th and 5th grade are now big today and all of a sudden my friends start liking them. system of a down was over played on the radio as well as many other bands. thats why i dont like them anymore. radio kills music.

thank god metal is not mainstream and not overplayed

^^^
That sucks when that happens but at least you can say that you were there before it was cool eh?

Also the last two albums I think are genius, may not be what their earlier albums were like, but still in general it was great.

Dude SOAD have been mainstream since toxicity...

[QUOTE=Mr Amsterdam]Daron should do back up vocals, some of thier best work like chop suey has some great sync vocals. If they did that and daron didn't sing lead the vocals would be much better. Also shavo should get off his *** and write some decent alternate basslines.[/QUOTE]

very true, there are songs which he only does a bit of singin and it sounds great, but 2 much isnt great. ino shavo probably can do better and have no idea why he doesnt:confused: but.. i will always love soad either way

[QUOTE=HAIL TRUE METAL]SOAD was my favorite band when toxicity came out. but then when mezmorized came out they became all big and mainstream and i hate it when that happens. all the bands i liked when i was in 4th and 5th grade are now big today and all of a sudden my friends start liking them. system of a down was over played on the radio as well as many other bands. thats why i dont like them anymore. radio kills music.

thank god metal is not mainstream and not overplayed[/QUOTE]


Does that make it bad?

If a band is cool and all, why would you care if it was played on the radio, or if the band was on TV? Does it affect the music itself? No.

If a band gets some success its a good thingg right better them on t' radion than some ****ty new age R&B or gangsta' c'rap

[QUOTE=!MuDvAyNiAn!]very true, there are songs which he only does a bit of singin and it sounds great, but 2 much isnt great. ino shavo probably can do better and have no idea why he doesnt:confused: but.. i will always love soad either way[/QUOTE]

No he can't do much better, he's not that good.

He's like lars of metallica, for system of a down. A manager type who plays in a band just because it's his band and he wants to fill that position. :smoke:

[QUOTE=HAIL TRUE METAL]SOAD was my favorite band when toxicity came out. but then when mezmorized came out they became all big and mainstream and i hate it when that happens. all the bands i liked when i was in 4th and 5th grade are now big today and all of a sudden my friends start liking them. system of a down was over played on the radio as well as many other bands. thats why i dont like them anymore. radio kills music.[/QUOTE]

So you're saying you listen to music because no one knows about it and if they get big you stop listening because they gain more younger fans, and all of a sudden, because of their younger audience, even their old music that you loved starts sucking?

[QUOTE=Mr Amsterdam]If a band gets some success its a good thingg right better them on t' radion than some ****ty new age R&B or gangsta' c'rap[/QUOTE]
absolutely. that guy felt jealous when other people started likin his music? i think so. i know a few ppl like that.

[QUOTE=PepsiMetal]No he can't do much better, he's not that good.

He's like lars of metallica, for system of a down. A manager type who plays in a band just because it's his band and he wants to fill that position. :smoke:[/QUOTE]


Ye ino he couldnt do "much" better but he can do better than he does. anyway..they are a great band and i like most of their albums and hope they dont go down hill even tho there new stuff isnt quite as good as old

[QUOTE=!MuDvAyNiAn!]Ye ino he couldnt do "much" better but he can do better than he does. anyway..they are a great band and i like most of their albums and hope they dont go down hill even tho there new stuff isnt quite as good as old[/QUOTE]
not quite as good ??
ok mezmerize wasn't that bad but hypnotize was just a dissapointment
soad was always one of my favorite bands but if they gonna release anything like the 2 recent albums....
i just hope that daron takes a step back on the singing and concentrates more on the riffs and let serj do the singiing

i love Hypnotize. i think it kicks a*s. sure, its different, and nothing beats their self named, but songs like lonely day, killing r&r, vicinity of obscenity etc are gr8:thumb:

i dont really listen to hypnotize cause it doesnt really do much for me, mezmerize is a pretty good album and there old stuff (toxicity being my favourite) is the best. Daron should take a bit of a step back but still do some back up vocals

yea, Daron isn't nearly as good as Serj, and i agree that when Daron started sings system lost their iconic sound to a certain extent. the music is great but for example, when Daron sings in Stealing Society, he sounds really shi*ty and punky. this puts me off. but i still listen to the album, i really enjoy it.

good point. well we'll see, hopefully they find this out themselves and sort it out for their next album. Serj is one of the best vocalists i know of IMO, he has such an original and unique voice. why do u think they decided for daron to start singin more anyway?