System Of A Down＜限定盤＞

構成数 : 2枚
合計収録時間 : 00:54:25
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. Disc 2 is a bonus Enhanced CD which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Serj Tankian (vocals, keyboards, sampler); Daron Malakian (guitar, background vocals); John Dolmayan (drums); Eric "Statik" Anest (sound effects). Audio Mixers: Dave Sardy; David Schiffman; Greg Gordon . Recording information: Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research, (01/19/1999); Irving Plaza, New Zealand (01/19/1999); Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA (01/19/1999). Photographer: Glen E. Friedman. 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 unrelenting. "Sugar" segues from neo-jazz verses into pounding thrash-core choruses. "Spiders" shows more depth, dynamics, and even poetic, melodic vocals. The production of the album is raw and very close to that of a live album, surely a deliberate stroke by producer Rick Rubin (who has put many metal bands on the map under his guidance). On "Soil," vocalist Serj Tankian questions the ideology of democracy. With possibly more conspiracy theories than an episode of THE X-FILES, System of a Down explores the concept of mass influence through technology in "War?" The essence of SYSTEM OF A DOWN can be found in "P.L.U.C.K"; the song's title says it all, an acronym for "politically lying, unholy, cowardly killers."
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)