System of a Down followers named what they assume are the band’s most underrated songs in a submit on Reddit.

The rockers launched a complete of 5 studio albums between 1998 and 2005, however they have not launched any new materials for the reason that two standalone tracks “Genocidal Humanoidz” and “Protect the Land” got here out in November of 2020.

An particular person requested fellow System of a Down followers on Reddit which tune they assume is essentially the most underrated, so we shared the 5 most upvoted responses under.

“Shimmy”

“Shimmy” is the eleventh observe on the album Toxicity, and has solely been carried out dwell by the band a complete of 5 occasions, in response to Setlist.fm. The remark suggesting this tune obtained essentially the most upvotes out of every other on the thread.

One humorous remark from a fellow fan reads, “A personal story about this song that nobody asked me about: A few days ago I discovered that i can set my cell phone alarm to be a random song from a playlist on Spotify. Until one day I woke up to the song ‘Shimmy’ and I swore it was Serj [Tankian] in person saying to me, ‘Don’t be late for school again, boy.'”

System of a Down, “Shimmy”

“Streamline”

“Streamline” obtained a important quantity of upvotes too, in comparison with the remainder of the tune ideas on the submit. It’s from 2002’s Steal This Album!, and has been performed dwell a complete of 12 occasions.

“One of my favs,” one other fan responded.

System of a Down, “Streamline”

“A.D.D. (American Dream Denial)”

Another choice from Steal This Album! that made the thread was “A.D.D. (American Dream Denial),” which Setlist.fm notes has made it into the band’s setlist 20 occasions.

The one who recommended this observe additionally famous that they assume all of Steal This Album! is underrated in comparison with the remainder of their discography, and one other fan repeated the sentiment in a separate remark additional down within the thread.

System of a Down, “A.D.D. (American Dream Denial)”

“Dreaming”

The most upvoted choose from the album Hypnotize that was recommended was the tune “Dreaming,” and the Reddit person who wrote the submit cited it as one of their favourite SOAD songs.

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Several different individuals talked about “Dreaming” as nicely.

System of a Down, “Dreaming”

“Ego Brain’

“Ego Brain” is also from the record Steal This Album!. Seven other individuals on the thread chose it, and they seemed to have more to say about this track than some of the others.

“That tune will not be solely stunning and sort of distinctive for them, however very difficult musically and the harmonies of Serj and Daron [Malakian] are masterclass. I simply heard the remoted vocals the opposite day and holy shit was that a deal with,” one person wrote.

Someone else, however, admitted that they don’t like the song’s spot on Steal This Album!. 

“I feel the rationale ‘Ego Brain’ is one of my least favourite SOAD songs is its placement within the album (possibly even the album it is on). When I’m jamming to StA, it simply cracks the groove for me. In a vacuum the tune is nice. In the totality of the album and a listening session, it’s a velocity bump to my easy mind,” they explained.

System of a Down, “Ego Brain”

Other Songs Mentioned

Some of the other tracks fans mentioned were “U-Fig,” “P.L.U.C.Ok.,” “Forest,” “Peephole,” “Mr. Jack” and “Attack.” Check out the Reddit thread linked at the top of the story to see more of the discussion.