System Of A Down | System of a Down [Explicit Content] | CD

System Of A Down: Serj Tankian (vocals, keyboards, samples); Daron Malakian (guitar, background vocals); Shavo Odadjian (bass); John Dolmayan (drums).Additional personnel: Rick Rubin (piano).Principally recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, California.Personnel: Serj Tankian (vocals, keyboards, sampler); Daron Malakian (guitar, background vocals); Rick Rubin (piano); John Dolmayan (drums).Audio Mixer: Dave Sardy.Recording information: Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research,; Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA.Photographer: Anthony Artiaga.System of a Down sees itself as being an integral part of a new musical revolution of heavy music. On the surface, the band's manifesto seems tangential to Rage Against the Machine's; but musically SOAD is a groove-metal machine, with a sound that incorporates a punk ethic, Panteraesque riffs, and a schizophrenic vocal approach reminiscent of Mike Patton.Like a dose of chicken soup for a disconnected moshing youth, SYSTEM OF A DOWN is unrelen