Toxicity (album)
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| Studio album by System of a Down | ||||
| Released | September 4, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | February – July 2001 | |||
| Studio | Cello Studios Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Length | 44:01 57:26 (special edition) |
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| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100 |
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| AllMusic |  |
| Alternative Press | 9/10 |
| Blabbermouth.net | 10/10 |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| Kerrang! | 5/5 |
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Toxicity is the second studio album by the Armenian-American heavy metal band System of a Down. The album was released on September 4, 2001, by Columbia Records and peaked at number one on both the Billboard 200 and the Canadian Albums Chart. Certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, the album sold at least 2,700,000 copies in the United States.
All of Toxicity's singles were on the Billboard Hot 100 and one of those singles, "Aerials", went to number one on both the Mainstream Rock Songs chart and on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Toxicity received mainly positive ratings and reviews from critics, getting a 5 out of 5 star rating from AllMusic and a 10/10 rating from Blabbermouth.net. Many critics praised the album's sound and innovation. Categorized as alternative metal, thrash metal, art metal, hard rock, heavy metal, and nu metal, Toxicity features elements of multiple genres of music: folk, progressive metal, progressive rock, jazz, thrash metal, Middle Eastern music, and Greek music.
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