Civilization and Its Discontents + The Noble Savage + a Dash of Eastern Philosophy + a dose of the Apocalyptic imagination + a few dashes of political consciousness, and a healthy dash of raising awareness regarding the Armenian Genocide x Singing characterized by great tonal range, operatic dynamics, and verbal gymnasitics with bouts of rapping and yelling + sonic and melodic guitar riffs, heavy and funky bass play, and manic and syncopated drum riffs + alternating variations of time, key and modal changes = SOAD, otherwise known as System of a Down.

Why am I blogging this formula, cause I have been listening to these guys quite a bit lately, and as I have listened, this is the formula I have generated to characterize their music. Also, I have been thinking of doing a kind of literary/musical analysis of their two back-to-back concept albums: Hypnotize and Mezmerize,  but we’ll see. In the mean time, I give you the following few videos:

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