Fun facts: Kill Rock n' Roll is about a true story where Daron was driving home one night and it was really dark, and accidentally killed a rabbit, so he felt really bad about it and wrote the song. Holy mountains is about how the Ottoman turks committed the Armenian genocide, and took our mountains Masis and Ararat, 1.5 million Armenians we're massacred, I am personally Armenian and means alot Great reviews love them all! Keep it up Molly!
I always thought he accidentally ran over a dog (maybe even his own dog or a dog that belonged to someone who he knew), wonder how I came to that thought. But still, the main message remains.
Serj is a heavy activist for Armenian rights. It's present in his solo music and he often posts on social media and uses his celebrity status to give to the communities
Thank you for the song explanations! This is what I love about System Of A Down: an ode to a dead bunny rabbit and then later on a song addressing something as serious as a mass genocide. That really fits with the sound dynamic on this album too, how some tracks have a playful sound while others take on a more serious tone. I love how they go back and fourth on that.
I'm so glad someone agrees with me! This is one of my favourite songs from them and my partner always says that it's one of the worst ones hahaha I tell him he's wrong :P
I also like how Mesmerize started with version of Soldier Side and Hypnotize ended with Soldier Side. Will you react to the 2 singles SOAD released in 2020?
Yes, I love how they connected the two albums that way. Really cool! And I'll definitely give their two newest singles a listen now. Not sure if I'll do a reaction or not, but I'll consider it :)
Man hypnotize always blows my mind. Everytime I hear a song from that album I'm just blown away and want to re listen to the entire album. So many funny, depressing, aggressive, and deep interesting moments that make me appreciate their art. Daron shines a lot in this album and it's amazing. For any system fan each album has an aspect that's for them and this one features more Daron, amazing harmonies, and unique instrumentals. Thanks for reviewing these! I can't wait for you to rank all 5
You summed this album up really well, funny at moments but also quite deep and melodic with its sound too. I love that it features Daron at times but there's still that great back and fourth dynamic with him and Serj. I'll definitely think about an album ranking now, although that will be very difficult to figure out which one is my favorite!
They really do never get old! They are timeless in my opinion. Still stands up today and still gives me goosebumps ❤ And absolutely love how they can go from super heavy and wild, to super hauntingly beautiful and melodic and make it work so seamlessly. Their transitions always blow me away with how smooth they are.
Hot take but correct take: Dreaming is the best SOAD song, it probs is a bit "much" with how heavy and rich it's intrumentals are but DAMN when relistening it is just so fucking good
Dreaming and Tentative are probably my favourites. I can't explain how much these two songs means to me, it just summons all of my deepest feelings all at once, and it's fucking good.
Yooooo been waiting on this. Hypnotize and mesmerize def had a unique sound vs their first few albums. Really appreciate you listening to all these artist's discovraphies because reactors legit do not listen to most SOAD songs that are not from Toxicity or popular ones such as BYOB. A ton of my fav songs from them are their lesser known ones, many of which are from "Steal this album!"
Yes, I'm SO glad I dove into their entire discography! So many great tracks to discover and I loved every one of their albums. They all had their own unique flair to their sound.
Vicinity of Obscenity is lowkey my favorite SOAD song.. sure they have more serious and thought provoking tracks, but Vicinity of Obscenity is so unique and fun, it makes me smile and chuckle everytime lol..
Molly after "She's Like Heroin": 'I feel like Daron was more of the main vocalist in this song.' "Lonely Day": 'I'm about to ruin this man's whole career.' Also, I'm really glad you've listened to all of the SOAD albums. This is one of the best bands of the modern era, and they deserve the popularity they have. Love 'em so much.
Really? That actually surprises me! I would have guessed Mezmerize, maybe Steal This Album would have been the album with the most vocals from Daron. Thanks for letting me know.
@@Danjoker. it might be, kinda hard to tell between this and mezmerize but I think that’s in intentional since they were recorded within the same sessions
What a great series this has been! System of a Down has another album/compilation called Storaged Melodies that's comprised of some of their unreleased songs and collaborations with other bands. I'd love to see a video on that album at some point in the future!
Oh yeah, I forgot about Storaged Melodies! A few others have mentioned that in past SOAD videos I've done, I'll definitely have to give it a listen now.
I'm glad you liked it. SOAD had a massive impact on me as a young teen back when this albums where released. It's always a pleasure to see someone else discovering their music and enjoying it. Their messages never get old and songs like Tentative or Attack are still relevant today with all that war in the world. To bad serj and daron can't get their shit together anymore when it comes to writing music. There's still so much amazing music out there. I can highly recommend to you the band Mastodon. I think you'd liked them. They also have a total unique sound like SOAD. Anyways, Thx for this great reaction series.
Thank you!! Your comment made me happy to read, I love that fans of the band are enjoying these videos and sort of getting to re-listen to their music for the first time. That's really cool. I'll definitely have to check out Mastodon soon too, thanks for the suggestion.
I’ve been waiting for this one. If you truly want to continue your System of a Down journey, I recommend you listen to Serj Tankians first album “Elect The Dead” and/or Daron Malakians first album Scars On Broadway. They aren’t exactly System of a Down but you can see how they together make System of a Down and how unique they are on their own.
The SOAD journey doesn't end there, they released 2 new songs the end of 2020: Genocidal Humanoidz and Protect The Land. You'll have to react to those too.
Great reaction on this album! Im so glad you got to hear almost all their songs, they released 2 new ones called Genocidal Humanoidz and Protect the Land. And if you loved their songs you’ll love Darons band scars on broadway, their first album was supposed to be the 6th soad album but it’s still an amazing album even without serj
Thanks for letting me know, I'll definitely have to give their two new songs a listen now. And I'm planning on checking out Scars On Broadway too, not sure yet if I'll do a reaction video to it but I'm looking forward to hearing it either way!
Memorize and Hypnotize are musical masterpieces! I'm sad SOAD hasn't done much since... But honestly I can't think of a bad song by them! So even if they never make another album they've already achieved legendary status! Another group you should absolutely check out if you haven't (either in your free time or on video) is Streetlight Manifesto they're pretty f@#$ing dope!
I know, I'm a bit sad that my SOAD journey ends here (at least for their main studio albums). I've enjoyed every minute of it though, they're such a unique band that always delivers on each and every one of their albums. I'll have to check out your suggestion, I don't believe I'm familiar with Streetlight Manifesto.
If you really like SOAD and will still listen to them in your free time I'd recommend listening to their live performances from 2002-5. From my experience - at first they may sound a little bit repulsive but after a few times they just feel like different songs. And the vocals sometimes are even better than studio. What Id also recommend is listening to their covers like snowblind or out of albums songs like metro. You could also check on darons solo career - scars on broadway. It maintained the SOAD soul. And to finish my enumeration there are still 2 more "main" songs to listen to - their newest songs from protect the land released in 2020. Nice reaction video and to everyone who is reading this: have a nice day!
I'm Glad you noticed Darons contributions to SOAD, he's really the soul of the band and that comes clearer when you hear both Serjs and Darons post SOAD solo projects. It would be really awesome if you get to hear Scars On Broadway.
I'll definitely be giving Scars On Broadway a listen now! Not sure if I'll do a reaction video to it or not but I'm definitely excited to hear it regardless.
It's common for SOAD fans to respectfully disagree on favourite albums, all the while respecting anyone's list because there isn't a weak record out of the bunch. It'd be great to see you return to these by doing your take on a SOAD: Worst to Best.
Great choice for your number one, I have no idea how I'd rank their albums at the moment. If I ever do an album ranking for them that would be so difficult!
This band has gotten me through freshman year in high school. All there albums including “Hypnotize” has never disappoints me at all including till this day. Hope to see them live 🤘
I've been waiting for this one for so long!!!Its an amazing album but unfortunately it is very underrated!songs that really stand out are holy mountains, tentative,soldier side and dreaming.
Love System. These two albums take me back to such a great time in my life. My brother and I jammed both albums nonstop. I know what to jam at work today. Awesome review! You have a great way of describing the music.
I completely agree, this album along with its counterpart Mezmerize are both awesome. I loved listening to both of them. Glad you enjoyed the reaction :)
I was in High School when this album came out and imagine one of your first rock experiences ever to be Mesmerize and Hypnotize lol my friends had been converting me from rap/hip-hop to rock, and they started me off with Linkin Park which I really enjoyed, then moved me up to Mesmerize and Hypnotize, which was insanity to me lol But the fact that these albums were so melodic, even jazzy in some, made the transition easy. Specially with how wacky some of these songs were. I knew they were something special, despite me being new to rock. If you want more Serj and Daron, I'd recommend listening to their solo albums. The obvious bummer here being that we can't get more duet songs of their two voices, but they each have 2 solid albums. Serj has seeveral i believe, but I think his first two are the ones worth listening to, "Elect the Dead" and "Harakiri". Daron made his solo band Scars on Broadway which is a self titled album. Then more recently he kind of rebranded it to Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway, with an album from a few years ago called Dictator.
Damn same, first LP and then SOAD. I was 14 when my cousin gave me meteora and live in texas and then one of my friends gave me mezmerize and some months later hypnotize
@@aqsw57 after System they graduated me to Slipknot LOL yeah I was 16 when I got introduced to rock. So many albums from that era were just bangers. Every single track gold type of thing. Taking Back Sunday, All American Rejects, Silverstein, etc. Good times.
Yeah I feel that System Of A Down is a great gateway band for new listeners just getting into metal/nu metal for that very reason, they're very jazzy and melodic at times with their sound and as crazy as their music can be that aspect of it makes it more palatable in a way. And I'll definitely have to check out Daron and Serj's solo stuff now, I'm curious to hear what they sound like separate from each other.
I discovered your channel today and I must say that your reactions are really fun to watch. This album has became one of my all time favourites, so many killer tracks! Especially Holy Mountains, the title track, Kill Rock N Roll and Tentative! No songs are below A-tier, only bangers🤘
Yes, this album is fantastic from start to end, absolutely no skips. Despite the changeups they implement on the genres and sounds it's a super cohesive album too. Everything just works so well together. But glad you found the channel, thanks for watching :)
I love! can you react to "Protect The Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz" please? the 2 new musics of System Of A Down at the end of 2020 (after 15 years without releasing new musics) the two musics were made by the band to denounce Turkey and Azerbaijan in the Artsakh Republic war at the end of 2020, 2 absolutely breathtaking musics!
@@mollyesanborn with pleasure, all the members of the band are Armenians so it was extremely upsetting for them, so they used the music as a weapon against these monsters. I myself have Armenian origins so I'm super proud of it, that's why System Of A Down is my favorite band since I know them! moreover Serj Tankian did his solo journey, as well as Daron Malakian with his group "Scars On Broadway", absolutely fabulous! :)
A little observation: they put the same grunt at the end of both Kill Rock n' Roll and Cigaro. And the "falling bomb" sound effect at the end of Lonely Day is the same one at the end of Soldier Side (Intro). It probably doesn't mean anything special, but I always felt it gave some sort of connectivity to these two albums.
Oh my God we are finally here! Awesome reaction as always, there are two more songs from a double A-side single they had released recently: Genocidal Humanoidz & Protect the Land, and then you'll have covered their (sadly) entire discography! Looking forward for that if you are going to, and also, their side projects, specially Daron's Scars on Broadway!
I know, I can't believe I've finally made it through all of SOAD's albums. Kinda sad that I don't have much more from them to discover but I'll definitely give their two newest singles a listen now, as well as Daron and Serj's side projects.
That's all their discography. Thank you for reacting to System of a downs music. There's only one part of it left, the latest single that they released in 2020 after 15 years of being in hiatus.
Love the transformation of Serj’s voice in this era, he really was perfect here. This one is my fav album of theirs for sure, going from Tentative to U-Fig to Holy Mountains is a crazy good sequence and my 3 favourite songs off it.
System has alot of weird unreleased demos and bonuses that are worth a listen. Johnny, fortress, honey, temper, marmalade, storaged, sugar 1995, pluck 1997, blue ( which I was later rerecorded by serj solo)
YOOOO LET'S GOOO! I've been waiting for this so bad, the absolute banger of a close up to teir discog, I adore this album in particular so much. It mixes up so well all of their previous ideas and sounds with the more unique traits of this one, it being the overall more complexity in their instrumental while mantaining an absolute insane groovyness and melody throughout the record. And let's not forget the aggressiveness, it blends so well with the more quiet and melodic elements. The stand outs of this record for me are probably Holy Mountains, U-Fig, Kill Rock'n Roll, Stealing Society and Soldier Side, wich is honestly one of the best closer tracks I've ever heard.
They really do blend everything together fantastically on this one, don't they? I love how it's such a beautifully melodic album yet it's still full of that fun SOAD quirkiness that makes them shine.
@@mollyesanborn as you pointed out too, I adore the creative liberty they always had, but very emphasized on this one, with all those back and forth between genuinelly serious lyrics and themes, and non-sensical quirk sounds and songs. I always find that part of theirs incredible, but it stands out more on this album and Toxicity.
Really cool that you react to the all album, my favorite from soad. If you like Daron vocals, je have his own band named scars on Broadway, you should take an ear (it have 2 albums that are quite cool)
Absolutely love your reaction to this album. I definitely wasn't expecting it so early so that caught me a little off guard 😂😂😂. I cant help but smile when seeing your facial reactions when they do something quirky that you're not expecting. Can't wait to see your next video!!!
10:26 - I don't even have the vocabulary to describe how much I loved this moment😂 You gotta check out Serj's solo work! (I really recommend the live version of Lie, lie, lie, lie and the songs Empty Walls, Saving us and Sky is Over!) Also there are 2 more songs by SOAD released in 2020 (Protect the Land and Genocidal humanoids)- to raise awareness and funds for a war in Armenia!
Haha, that moment was priceless! Gotta love SOAD's craziness, you just never know what to expect. I'll definitely have to give their two newest singles a listen, I'm planning on getting to Daron and Serj's solo stuff too at some point. Can't wait to hear it!
I know, I'm sad that I've finally reached the end of getting to experience all of their albums for the first time. SOAD was such a fun band to dive into. I'll certainly consider an album ranking video for them, although that would be very difficult to make!
Mesmerize and Hypnotize are my favourites albuns, i don't know why, but for me it's nostalgic, and the songs are more "night songs" if this make any sense, anyway... Great reaction as always!!
I am sure that it has been mentioned before but Serj, Daron, and Shavo's work outside of SOAD, is also top notch song writing. Im particularly a fan of Daron's work with Scars On Broadway, as it is still just as powerful of a message, but some of it is just a little more "Radio Friendly" Which usually i am not a fan of, but hearing Daron's Voice on some of those tracks is amazing. They are all master class musicians, and the fact they were all a part of SOAD, is phenominal.
Another band you should check out is Gentle giant they are also out of this world. Progressive, wacky, serious, very very interesting. I think it is a band you will like and I would love to see a reaction of the octopus album. A sound nobody can replicate, the music's a challenge.
Dreaming is easily my favourite song on this album, Holy Mountains is a close second with the context of the Armenian Genocide and how haunting it is. Now that you're done the SOAD albums, Elect the Dead by Serj is a great album to check. Still heavy but has a lot more piano and experimental themes. There's also the System Of A Down: Realise (EP), a fan made EP recreating two cancelled SOAD songs
Thanks Molly I totally abandoned this record, time to listen to it again in loop for the rest of the month. Was a great reaction to watch, interesting how you went through it expecting more Daron's vocals, and I already knew they would come eventually hehe
I've been waiting for this! I love your reactions to all your videos. SOAD has been my favorite band since like elementary school. So glad people are still getting into them.
Nice reaction, congratulations! You should react on System of a Down´s STORAGED MELODIES. Its kind of a non official SOAD album made by hardcore fans who desesperately collected all hidden tracks that where never included on official albums, even collabs they made with other artists, waiting for a sixth album that never arrived :( Give it a look 🤘
In addition to Serj's solo albums and Daron's band Scars on Broadway, it would be interesting to hear the two songs they released in 2020, Protect The Land and Genocidal Humanoidz.
Você faz uma análise tão perfeita!! Obrigado por ter escutado todos os álbuns da minha banda predileta, foi magnífico te acompanhar escutando todas as músicas. Belíssimo trabalho Molly!!
It was cool seeing you at the show last night! Check out Caskets’ Lost Souls album if you haven’t had the chance yet…and I’d love to see an APC Mer de Noms album reaction someday. Keep going to Metal Shows! See you around.
Shaun!!! (hopefully I'm spelling your name right) I'll always remember you're my first in real life viewer to recognize me, haha. Caskets was really amazing, you were right about their drummer. He's a beast. I've been listening to some of their tracks since the concert, I'll have to give all of Lost Souls a listen. And I'm hoping to get to 10,000 Days by Tool soon, once I've completed Tool I'll get to A Perfect Circle. You've made me very excited to hear Mer de Noms! I'm sure I'll see you at a future show, thanks for checking out the channel :)
Been waiting for this one! Hypnotize is my favourite song from this Album. Lonely day is a great one too. Vicinity of Obscenity is *interesting*, for lack of a better description. Looking at your DVDs, I like that you have The Core right next to Interstellar - definitely on opposite ends of the 'realism' scale for sci-fi. Also, physical copies of PC games? very old-school!
What are you talking about? The Core is one of the most scientifically realistic films ever made (sarcasm, haha). And good eye, you noticed the PC games. Those are so old. Funnily enough I don't even have a PC anymore to play them on XD
Hey really cool reaction ! It's very cool to see someone discover songs I listenned hundreds of time, and your analysis are so interesting. Please could you react to green day's album (and maybe rammstein too !), especially the first ones (1,039 smoothed, Kerplunk, Dookie), that's one of my favorite group and i think you could love their first recordings with a kind of garage song !
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the reaction! Green Day is definitely on my list, a lot of people want me to do some videos for their albums as well. And I actually just did a reaction to Mutter by Rammstein if you're interested in watching that :)
No one is saying this, but you should check out "Storaged Melodies" by SOAD. It's a comp album of all the songs that just didn't end up on the other albums. Good stuff.
Fun facts: Kill Rock n' Roll is about a true story where Daron was driving home one night and it was really dark, and accidentally killed a rabbit, so he felt really bad about it and wrote the song.
Holy mountains is about how the Ottoman turks committed the Armenian genocide, and took our mountains Masis and Ararat, 1.5 million Armenians we're massacred, I am personally Armenian and means alot
Great reviews love them all!
Keep it up Molly!
I always thought he accidentally ran over a dog (maybe even his own dog or a dog that belonged to someone who he knew), wonder how I came to that thought. But still, the main message remains.
Serj is a heavy activist for Armenian rights. It's present in his solo music and he often posts on social media and uses his celebrity status to give to the communities
so, when he sings "eat all the grass that you want", it's about a bunny eating all the grass in bunny heaven, and not an euphemism for drugs?
@@DissedRedEngie yea it's very literal
Thank you for the song explanations! This is what I love about System Of A Down: an ode to a dead bunny rabbit and then later on a song addressing something as serious as a mass genocide. That really fits with the sound dynamic on this album too, how some tracks have a playful sound while others take on a more serious tone. I love how they go back and fourth on that.
tentative is one of their most underrated songs, truly beautiful
Yes, I love that track!
agree absolutely
I'm so glad someone agrees with me! This is one of my favourite songs from them and my partner always says that it's one of the worst ones hahaha I tell him he's wrong :P
my fave by them and i know all their songs! Mesmerize is a better album overall though
One of my top 5 soad songs actually
Holy Mountains has all the SOAD hallmarks. Moody, political, dynamic tempos with classic punk finish
I also like how Mesmerize started with version of Soldier Side and Hypnotize ended with Soldier Side. Will you react to the 2 singles SOAD released in 2020?
Yes, I love how they connected the two albums that way. Really cool! And I'll definitely give their two newest singles a listen now. Not sure if I'll do a reaction or not, but I'll consider it :)
@@mollyesanborn I hope you did a reqction on them both! I wanna know your thoughts on how much they've changed or stayed the same. :P
“System of a Down never gets old.”
I was 16 when I heard them for the first time and now I’m almost 40…..I agree!
Same! They were nuts at summer sanitarium 2000 in Baltimore.
Man hypnotize always blows my mind. Everytime I hear a song from that album I'm just blown away and want to re listen to the entire album. So many funny, depressing, aggressive, and deep interesting moments that make me appreciate their art. Daron shines a lot in this album and it's amazing. For any system fan each album has an aspect that's for them and this one features more Daron, amazing harmonies, and unique instrumentals. Thanks for reviewing these! I can't wait for you to rank all 5
You summed this album up really well, funny at moments but also quite deep and melodic with its sound too. I love that it features Daron at times but there's still that great back and fourth dynamic with him and Serj. I'll definitely think about an album ranking now, although that will be very difficult to figure out which one is my favorite!
Your music reactions are awesome.
Aw thank you, I appreciate that! ❤
They really do never get old! They are timeless in my opinion.
Still stands up today and still gives me goosebumps ❤
And absolutely love how they can go from super heavy and wild, to super hauntingly beautiful and melodic and make it work so seamlessly. Their transitions always blow me away with how smooth they are.
Hot take but correct take: Dreaming is the best SOAD song, it probs is a bit "much" with how heavy and rich it's intrumentals are but DAMN when relistening it is just so fucking good
I think some of their songs are so dense with auditory information that they require a few listens to parse
Dreaming and Tentative are probably my favourites. I can't explain how much these two songs means to me, it just summons all of my deepest feelings all at once, and it's fucking good.
the end has some of their best harmonizing
Attack and Dreaming is the best one two punch to start out of all their albums imo.
Yooooo been waiting on this. Hypnotize and mesmerize def had a unique sound vs their first few albums. Really appreciate you listening to all these artist's discovraphies because reactors legit do not listen to most SOAD songs that are not from Toxicity or popular ones such as BYOB. A ton of my fav songs from them are their lesser known ones, many of which are from "Steal this album!"
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Yes, I'm SO glad I dove into their entire discography! So many great tracks to discover and I loved every one of their albums. They all had their own unique flair to their sound.
Vicinity of Obscenity is lowkey my favorite SOAD song.. sure they have more serious and thought provoking tracks, but Vicinity of Obscenity is so unique and fun, it makes me smile and chuckle everytime lol..
Absolutely, one of my favorites from Hypnotize! Such a fun track.
This is my favorite System song to play on guitar. The fingering patterns of the intro and the verses are so much fun to play.
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Banana terracotta terracotta pie
And that intro riff is so fuckin sick
Stealing Society is one of my favorite SOAD songs. Serj and Daron's vocal dynamics are so fucking good.
and they've NEVER played it live! still waiting
I love that song too, especially the section where Daron starts with "Crack pipes"
YES YES
It’s also possibly the catchiest thing SOAD have ever done
Not a single bad song in their discography.
Molly after "She's Like Heroin": 'I feel like Daron was more of the main vocalist in this song.'
"Lonely Day": 'I'm about to ruin this man's whole career.'
Also, I'm really glad you've listened to all of the SOAD albums. This is one of the best bands of the modern era, and they deserve the popularity they have. Love 'em so much.
This is the SOAD album that Daron sings the most. It's almost 40/60 between him and Serj.
Really? That actually surprises me! I would have guessed Mezmerize, maybe Steal This Album would have been the album with the most vocals from Daron. Thanks for letting me know.
@@mollyesanborn he progressively sang more with each new album. You can hear him sing a lot more with his band Scars on Broadway.
@@Danjoker. it might be, kinda hard to tell between this and mezmerize but I think that’s in intentional since they were recorded within the same sessions
That U-fig reaction was chef's kiss. That part always gets everyone. Got me too first time listening!
You should listen to "Scars on Broadway" Which is Daron's solo project
This album has such a nice polished sound and sounds like they was so insane
Yeah I love how they do that. Polished insanity, haha!
What a great series this has been! System of a Down has another album/compilation called Storaged Melodies that's comprised of some of their unreleased songs and collaborations with other bands. I'd love to see a video on that album at some point in the future!
Oh yeah, I forgot about Storaged Melodies! A few others have mentioned that in past SOAD videos I've done, I'll definitely have to give it a listen now.
I'm glad you liked it. SOAD had a massive impact on me as a young teen back when this albums where released. It's always a pleasure to see someone else discovering their music and enjoying it.
Their messages never get old and songs like Tentative or Attack are still relevant today with all that war in the world.
To bad serj and daron can't get their shit together anymore when it comes to writing music.
There's still so much amazing music out there. I can highly recommend to you the band Mastodon. I think you'd liked them.
They also have a total unique sound like SOAD.
Anyways, Thx for this great reaction series.
Thank you!! Your comment made me happy to read, I love that fans of the band are enjoying these videos and sort of getting to re-listen to their music for the first time. That's really cool. I'll definitely have to check out Mastodon soon too, thanks for the suggestion.
Ahhhhhhh my favorite little budding metalhead!!! Missed ya girl!
Hehe, yep I'm certainly becoming a metalhead!
Haha I love the facial expression in the thumbnail lol!!
I call it my "I don't know what I just heard but I really liked it" face :D
I’ve been waiting for this one. If you truly want to continue your System of a Down journey, I recommend you listen to Serj Tankians first album “Elect The Dead” and/or Daron Malakians first album Scars On Broadway. They aren’t exactly System of a Down but you can see how they together make System of a Down and how unique they are on their own.
Thanks for letting me know, I'll definitely have to give them both a listen!
The SOAD journey doesn't end there, they released 2 new songs the end of 2020: Genocidal Humanoidz and Protect The Land. You'll have to react to those too.
Great reaction on this album! Im so glad you got to hear almost all their songs, they released 2 new ones called Genocidal Humanoidz and Protect the Land. And if you loved their songs you’ll love Darons band scars on broadway, their first album was supposed to be the 6th soad album but it’s still an amazing album even without serj
Thanks for letting me know, I'll definitely have to give their two new songs a listen now. And I'm planning on checking out Scars On Broadway too, not sure yet if I'll do a reaction video to it but I'm looking forward to hearing it either way!
YES I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
Yay!!! Hope you enjoy it :)
Memorize and Hypnotize are musical masterpieces! I'm sad SOAD hasn't done much since... But honestly I can't think of a bad song by them! So even if they never make another album they've already achieved legendary status!
Another group you should absolutely check out if you haven't (either in your free time or on video) is Streetlight Manifesto they're pretty f@#$ing dope!
I know, I'm a bit sad that my SOAD journey ends here (at least for their main studio albums). I've enjoyed every minute of it though, they're such a unique band that always delivers on each and every one of their albums. I'll have to check out your suggestion, I don't believe I'm familiar with Streetlight Manifesto.
If you really like SOAD and will still listen to them in your free time I'd recommend listening to their live performances from 2002-5. From my experience - at first they may sound a little bit repulsive but after a few times they just feel like different songs. And the vocals sometimes are even better than studio. What Id also recommend is listening to their covers like snowblind or out of albums songs like metro. You could also check on darons solo career - scars on broadway. It maintained the SOAD soul. And to finish my enumeration there are still 2 more "main" songs to listen to - their newest songs from protect the land released in 2020. Nice reaction video and to everyone who is reading this: have a nice day!
Thanks for letting me know! Sounds like I've still got some more System Of A Down exploring to do :)
I'm Glad you noticed Darons contributions to SOAD, he's really the soul of the band and that comes clearer when you hear both Serjs and Darons post SOAD solo projects. It would be really awesome if you get to hear Scars On Broadway.
I'll definitely be giving Scars On Broadway a listen now! Not sure if I'll do a reaction video to it or not but I'm definitely excited to hear it regardless.
You should listen to the album Storaged Melodies by SOAD. It's a compilation of rarities, B-sides, and demos.
It's common for SOAD fans to respectfully disagree on favourite albums, all the while respecting anyone's list because there isn't a weak record out of the bunch. It'd be great to see you return to these by doing your take on a SOAD: Worst to Best.
I'll have to keep that idea in mind!
Personally I think this is their best album, toxicity is very high on the list too but this one definitely takes the number one spot
Great choice for your number one, I have no idea how I'd rank their albums at the moment. If I ever do an album ranking for them that would be so difficult!
This band has gotten me through freshman year in high school. All there albums including “Hypnotize” has never disappoints me at all including till this day. Hope to see them live 🤘
My mom bought me this album when i was 6.. she had no idea about SOAD and I absolutely thank her for it.
Finalmente, eu adoro esse álbum, foi muito divertido acompanhar suas reações, estarei esperando as próximas bandas.
Sim, este álbum é fantástico. Que bom que você gostou da minha jornada no System Of A Down. (espero que meu português esteja bem)
@@mollyesanborn Está sim, muito bem
I've been waiting for this one for so long!!!Its an amazing album but unfortunately it is very underrated!songs that really stand out are holy mountains, tentative,soldier side and dreaming.
Love System. These two albums take me back to such a great time in my life. My brother and I jammed both albums nonstop. I know what to jam at work today. Awesome review! You have a great way of describing the music.
I completely agree, this album along with its counterpart Mezmerize are both awesome. I loved listening to both of them. Glad you enjoyed the reaction :)
I was in High School when this album came out and imagine one of your first rock experiences ever to be Mesmerize and Hypnotize lol my friends had been converting me from rap/hip-hop to rock, and they started me off with Linkin Park which I really enjoyed, then moved me up to Mesmerize and Hypnotize, which was insanity to me lol
But the fact that these albums were so melodic, even jazzy in some, made the transition easy. Specially with how wacky some of these songs were. I knew they were something special, despite me being new to rock.
If you want more Serj and Daron, I'd recommend listening to their solo albums. The obvious bummer here being that we can't get more duet songs of their two voices, but they each have 2 solid albums. Serj has seeveral i believe, but I think his first two are the ones worth listening to, "Elect the Dead" and "Harakiri".
Daron made his solo band Scars on Broadway which is a self titled album. Then more recently he kind of rebranded it to Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway, with an album from a few years ago called Dictator.
Damn same, first LP and then SOAD. I was 14 when my cousin gave me meteora and live in texas and then one of my friends gave me mezmerize and some months later hypnotize
@@aqsw57 after System they graduated me to Slipknot LOL yeah I was 16 when I got introduced to rock. So many albums from that era were just bangers. Every single track gold type of thing. Taking Back Sunday, All American Rejects, Silverstein, etc. Good times.
Yeah I feel that System Of A Down is a great gateway band for new listeners just getting into metal/nu metal for that very reason, they're very jazzy and melodic at times with their sound and as crazy as their music can be that aspect of it makes it more palatable in a way. And I'll definitely have to check out Daron and Serj's solo stuff now, I'm curious to hear what they sound like separate from each other.
I discovered your channel today and I must say that your reactions are really fun to watch. This album has became one of my all time favourites, so many killer tracks! Especially Holy Mountains, the title track, Kill Rock N Roll and Tentative! No songs are below A-tier, only bangers🤘
Yes, this album is fantastic from start to end, absolutely no skips. Despite the changeups they implement on the genres and sounds it's a super cohesive album too. Everything just works so well together. But glad you found the channel, thanks for watching :)
I love!
can you react to "Protect The Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz" please?
the 2 new musics of System Of A Down at the end of 2020 (after 15 years without releasing new musics)
the two musics were made by the band to denounce Turkey and Azerbaijan in the Artsakh Republic war at the end of 2020, 2 absolutely breathtaking musics!
Yes, I'll have to check them out! Thanks for letting me know :)
@@mollyesanborn with pleasure, all the members of the band are Armenians so it was extremely upsetting for them, so they used the music as a weapon against these monsters.
I myself have Armenian origins so I'm super proud of it, that's why System Of A Down is my favorite band since I know them!
moreover Serj Tankian did his solo journey, as well as Daron Malakian with his group "Scars On Broadway", absolutely fabulous! :)
You should react to Serj's solo albums. They are definitely worth it :)
A little observation: they put the same grunt at the end of both Kill Rock n' Roll and Cigaro. And the "falling bomb" sound effect at the end of Lonely Day is the same one at the end of Soldier Side (Intro).
It probably doesn't mean anything special, but I always felt it gave some sort of connectivity to these two albums.
holy mountains is my favorite song ever and has imo the best intro of any song i’ve ever heard
Finally I've been waiting for this reaction
Oh my God we are finally here! Awesome reaction as always, there are two more songs from a double A-side single they had released recently: Genocidal Humanoidz & Protect the Land, and then you'll have covered their (sadly) entire discography!
Looking forward for that if you are going to, and also, their side projects, specially Daron's Scars on Broadway!
I know, I can't believe I've finally made it through all of SOAD's albums. Kinda sad that I don't have much more from them to discover but I'll definitely give their two newest singles a listen now, as well as Daron and Serj's side projects.
Attack is such an amazing song that is all. I miss them making albums. Hypnotize mesmerize was stellar
That's all their discography. Thank you for reacting to System of a downs music. There's only one part of it left, the latest single that they released in 2020 after 15 years of being in hiatus.
This channel is great, keep up the good stuff
Thanks! :D
Love the transformation of Serj’s voice in this era, he really was perfect here. This one is my fav album of theirs for sure, going from Tentative to U-Fig to Holy Mountains is a crazy good sequence and my 3 favourite songs off it.
I love you reacting to soad. And yeah even the covers of the álbuns complet themselves
Yeah I'm so glad I took the dive into their music, every album has been fantastic.
@@mollyesanborn they also have 2 New songs. Genocidal Humanoidz and Protect The land. Their first colab after 15 years
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AYYY! I'm so excited to watch this, this is one of my favorite albums of all time! (Along with the others lol) ahhh! So excited!
I'm right there with you, I have NO idea which of their albums is my favorite. Hypnotize was awesome!
@@mollyesanborn honestly, mine probably goes 1: Mesmerize, 2: Steal! This album, 3: Hypnotize, 4: Toxicity, 5: System of a down (ST), all amazing tho
the diversity of the music in this album made for some very entertaining reactions from you Molly, especially during the song U fig
Yes, this is a VERY diverse album in terms of all of the sounds and genres they utilize on it. Glad you enjoyed the reaction!
System has alot of weird unreleased demos and bonuses that are worth a listen. Johnny, fortress, honey, temper, marmalade, storaged, sugar 1995, pluck 1997, blue ( which I was later rerecorded by serj solo)
This album came out the same day as the Xbox 360. I waited in line all day to buy them both at the midnight release. Good times.
YOOOO LET'S GOOO! I've been waiting for this so bad, the absolute banger of a close up to teir discog, I adore this album in particular so much. It mixes up so well all of their previous ideas and sounds with the more unique traits of this one, it being the overall more complexity in their instrumental while mantaining an absolute insane groovyness and melody throughout the record. And let's not forget the aggressiveness, it blends so well with the more quiet and melodic elements.
The stand outs of this record for me are probably Holy Mountains, U-Fig, Kill Rock'n Roll, Stealing Society and Soldier Side, wich is honestly one of the best closer tracks I've ever heard.
Actually, not a close up per se, I forgot they released some singles a while ago with a beneficent campaing. Still, the last LP.
They really do blend everything together fantastically on this one, don't they? I love how it's such a beautifully melodic album yet it's still full of that fun SOAD quirkiness that makes them shine.
@@mollyesanborn as you pointed out too, I adore the creative liberty they always had, but very emphasized on this one, with all those back and forth between genuinelly serious lyrics and themes, and non-sensical quirk sounds and songs. I always find that part of theirs incredible, but it stands out more on this album and Toxicity.
Really cool that you react to the all album, my favorite from soad.
If you like Daron vocals, je have his own band named scars on Broadway, you should take an ear (it have 2 albums that are quite cool)
A lot of people have been suggesting Scars On Broadway, I'll have to check it out!
It probs wont get a lot of views since it's a smaller band but Daron's band "Scars on Broadway" has pretty great songs as well.
I'll definitely check out Scars On Broadway! Not sure yet if I'll do a reaction video for it or not but I can't wait to hear it :)
I laughed hysterically when you mentioned wanting more from Daron, knowing that KR&R was next. Genuinely a perfect moment 👌🏻
I know, right? I couldn't have timed that more perfectly.
The interlude in tentative gives me goosebumps every time i listen
Yes, that interlude is probably my favorite part of this entire album!
Thanks for the reaction. Oh how many memories I have of this album
Hypnotize is the only album in SOAD where Daron is mostly singing and Serj is a back up singer
Now you have to cover their most recent 2 song Single/EP “Protect The Land/Genocidal Humanoidz” (2020)
Great analysis as always! Brings so much vicarious joy to see you reacting for the first time to long loved albums.
This makes me really happy to hear! Glad that you're enjoying the videos :)
Absolutely love your reaction to this album. I definitely wasn't expecting it so early so that caught me a little off guard 😂😂😂. I cant help but smile when seeing your facial reactions when they do something quirky that you're not expecting. Can't wait to see your next video!!!
Glad that you enjoyed the video :)
Ah man, im glad the video is here , but kinda sad now that its over
YESSS!!!!! MORE SOAD REACTIONS!!!!!
10:26 - I don't even have the vocabulary to describe how much I loved this moment😂
You gotta check out Serj's solo work! (I really recommend the live version of Lie, lie, lie, lie and the songs Empty Walls, Saving us and Sky is Over!) Also there are 2 more songs by SOAD released in 2020 (Protect the Land and Genocidal humanoids)- to raise awareness and funds for a war in Armenia!
Haha, that moment was priceless! Gotta love SOAD's craziness, you just never know what to expect. I'll definitely have to give their two newest singles a listen, I'm planning on getting to Daron and Serj's solo stuff too at some point. Can't wait to hear it!
@@mollyesanborn SOAD is definitely my favorite band! I also love their craziness!
And I'm really looking forward to those!😁
New Molly on a Tuesday made my day!!!
Happy to hear that! 😊
Molly, I, I am so happy to see ANOTHER REACTION, and it's Hypnotize!
Yay, glad to hear that! Hope you enjoyed the reaction :)
@@mollyesanborn was another great example of your love for music
End of an era, it was a lot of fun watching you go through this SOAD arc. I hope you do an album ranking. Keep up the great work Molly!
I know, I'm sad that I've finally reached the end of getting to experience all of their albums for the first time. SOAD was such a fun band to dive into. I'll certainly consider an album ranking video for them, although that would be very difficult to make!
@@mollyesanborn I'm assuming the ranking vid fell off 🤣
Mesmerize and Hypnotize are my favourites albuns, i don't know why, but for me it's nostalgic, and the songs are more "night songs" if this make any sense, anyway... Great reaction as always!!
Thanks Molly! They are arguably the most important rock band ever! X
Dreamin a song awake every days
I am sure that it has been mentioned before but Serj, Daron, and Shavo's work outside of SOAD, is also top notch song writing. Im particularly a fan of Daron's work with Scars On Broadway, as it is still just as powerful of a message, but some of it is just a little more "Radio Friendly" Which usually i am not a fan of, but hearing Daron's Voice on some of those tracks is amazing.
They are all master class musicians, and the fact they were all a part of SOAD, is phenominal.
Another band you should check out is Gentle giant they are also out of this world. Progressive, wacky, serious, very very interesting. I think it is a band you will like and I would love to see a reaction of the octopus album. A sound nobody can replicate, the music's a challenge.
I'll be sure to add them to my list, thanks!
Dreaming is easily my favourite song on this album, Holy Mountains is a close second with the context of the Armenian Genocide and how haunting it is.
Now that you're done the SOAD albums, Elect the Dead by Serj is a great album to check. Still heavy but has a lot more piano and experimental themes. There's also the System Of A Down: Realise (EP), a fan made EP recreating two cancelled SOAD songs
Thanks Molly I totally abandoned this record, time to listen to it again in loop for the rest of the month.
Was a great reaction to watch, interesting how you went through it expecting more Daron's vocals, and I already knew they would come eventually hehe
this is my fave soad album!!! glad you enjoyed it too
I've been waiting for this! I love your reactions to all your videos. SOAD has been my favorite band since like elementary school. So glad people are still getting into them.
Glad you've enjoyed the SOAD reactions! :)
Nice reaction, congratulations! You should react on System of a Down´s STORAGED MELODIES. Its kind of a non official SOAD album made by hardcore fans who desesperately collected all hidden tracks that where never included on official albums, even collabs they made with other artists, waiting for a sixth album that never arrived :( Give it a look 🤘
In addition to Serj's solo albums and Daron's band Scars on Broadway, it would be interesting to hear the two songs they released in 2020, Protect The Land and Genocidal Humanoidz.
Você faz uma análise tão perfeita!! Obrigado por ter escutado todos os álbuns da minha banda predileta, foi magnífico te acompanhar escutando todas as músicas. Belíssimo trabalho Molly!!
Obrigado por assistir! ❤️
This is my favorite album if theirs, and I'm glad that you enjoyed it too!
every soad album is awesome, kill rock 'n roll is a super cool song and your videos are the best!!!
It was cool seeing you at the show last night! Check out Caskets’ Lost Souls album if you haven’t had the chance yet…and I’d love to see an APC Mer de Noms album reaction someday. Keep going to Metal Shows! See you around.
Shaun!!! (hopefully I'm spelling your name right) I'll always remember you're my first in real life viewer to recognize me, haha. Caskets was really amazing, you were right about their drummer. He's a beast. I've been listening to some of their tracks since the concert, I'll have to give all of Lost Souls a listen. And I'm hoping to get to 10,000 Days by Tool soon, once I've completed Tool I'll get to A Perfect Circle. You've made me very excited to hear Mer de Noms! I'm sure I'll see you at a future show, thanks for checking out the channel :)
I love this album, congrats on 15k!
Thank you! And yeah, Hypnotize is fantastic. A great album to close out my System Of A Down journey on.
Happy to see this. Sad we've reached the end.
You said it Sister , SOAD never disapointed us , I rememeber I heard them like 15 years ago , I feel haunted .
Been waiting for this one! Hypnotize is my favourite song from this Album. Lonely day is a great one too.
Vicinity of Obscenity is *interesting*, for lack of a better description.
Looking at your DVDs, I like that you have The Core right next to Interstellar - definitely on opposite ends of the 'realism' scale for sci-fi.
Also, physical copies of PC games? very old-school!
What are you talking about? The Core is one of the most scientifically realistic films ever made (sarcasm, haha). And good eye, you noticed the PC games. Those are so old. Funnily enough I don't even have a PC anymore to play them on XD
Hey really cool reaction ! It's very cool to see someone discover songs I listenned hundreds of time, and your analysis are so interesting.
Please could you react to green day's album (and maybe rammstein too !), especially the first ones (1,039 smoothed, Kerplunk, Dookie), that's one of my favorite group and i think you could love their first recordings with a kind of garage song !
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the reaction! Green Day is definitely on my list, a lot of people want me to do some videos for their albums as well. And I actually just did a reaction to Mutter by Rammstein if you're interested in watching that :)
@@mollyesanbornOh great !
I'm going to watch it : )
great reactions. i'm a huge soad fan. good stuff molly. keep up the great work
Thanks! Glad you've been enjoying the SOAD reactions :)
Mezmerize & Hypnotize album are SO good to listen to together. :D
Awesome reaction molly
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :)
No one is saying this, but you should check out "Storaged Melodies" by SOAD. It's a comp album of all the songs that just didn't end up on the other albums. Good stuff.
i think this album may be my fav soad album apart from their self titled one
Stringly recomend to you Zeal and ardor. One of the most exaiting bands out there
Thanks Molly. There are 2 songs from 2020 you could review to see if there can stand their quality 15 years later. ;)
Attack is definitely my favorite song on the album. 👌 Wow you are absolutely stunning Molly. 🌹 😍 👑
Attack is fantastic, one of my favorites as well!
Love how soad can make me feel like I'm at a circus and like burning down buildings in two consecutive tracks
I've said it before, but I'll say it again: check out "Storaged Melodies" album as well! Some hidden gems there!