It’s the most ‘horrorible' time of the year! That’s right Halloween is upon us again and here at Maniacs we’re super stoked for the spooky season and all of the spooky season shenanigans. One like-minded human, Tom BetGeorge, has gone and done the dark lord's work early, turning his house into one massive System Of a Down soundtracked Halloween light show.
Watch BetGeorge's Toxicity themed display below.
This huge display throws down the gauntlet to fellow metal fan and Halloween enthusiast Charlie Ray who blew our minds with this Avenged Sevenfold display in 2021.
It's not the first time Toxicity has been involved in a viral moment this year. In April, 100 Gecs debuted a hyper-pop remix of the timeless anthem. The 100 Gecs version sees them cut up the song, rearranging multiple parts to create a unique take on the track. You can watch video footage, provided by the Twitter account crazy moments in nu metal history, below.
You can watch the full 100 Gecs set below.
System Of A Down's second studio album, Toxicity turned 22 this year. Yes, my fellow elder Millenial Maniacs, we really are that old! A genuinely game-changing record, featuring a fusion of metal and alternative sounds with folk, progressive rock, jazz, traditional Armenian and greek musical stylings, Toxicity blasted the American-Armenian alt/nu-metal band to unforeseeable mainstream prominence. A commercial and critical success, the album peaked at #1 on the Billboard Charts and has sold over 12 million units worldwide. It remains one of the most unique and immediately identifiable metal albums of all time.
Toxicity's politicized lyrics focussing on mass incarceration, environmental terrorism, police brutality, scientific reductionism, drug addiction and questionable actions of the CIA, inspired a new generation of activists in the metal scene, educating a generation of metalheads while simultaneously creating controversy that helped keep the album at the forefront of the alternative music press.
Much of Toxicity's initial success came courtesy of the breakthrough first single Chop Suey, so to celebrate and illustrate the impact of this transformative metal masterpiece, we've compiled six sick covers of Chop Suey that showcase the wide-ranging impact and influence of this landmark System Of A Down release.
If you're looking for more Halloween-themed Maniacs content, you could do worse than checking out our list of the 13 scariest metal videos of all time.
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