System of a Down
Ozzfest Ireland revisited and why we need more alternative music festivals

Ozzfest Ireland revisited and why we need more alternative music festivals

An absent headliner. A day of distortion. A paradise of noise. 20 years on from Ozzfest’s one-and-done Irish leg, please sir, can we have some more? Last days of May 2002 and I’m on a bus hurtling from Drogheda to Punchestown, surrounded by a cohort of like-minded souls all clad in black, the rare burst […]

4 years ago

REWIND: System of a Down’s Toxicity is 20 years old and still as vital as ever

REWIND: System of a Down’s Toxicity is 20 years old and still as vital as ever

When the world is on fire, listen to this. And it is so often on fire. Luckily, there are bands like System of a Down and albums like Toxicity that can provide an extremely unique form of cathartic escapism. Just how unique, you ask? every System of a Down song is like— i’m the mushroom man, i’m […]

4 years ago

System of a Down release new music for the first time in 15 years

System of a Down release new music for the first time in 15 years

‘Protect The Land’ and ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’ are the band’s first releases since 2005. System of a Down have released new music for the first time in 15 years. Two new songs, ‘Protect The Land’ and ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’, dropped on System’s Bandcamp page early on Friday morning. The band, all of whom are of Armenian descent, […]

5 years ago

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