Followers react as System Of A Down’s ‘Toxicity’ album is pulled from Spotify
Followers have been reacting after discovering that the System Of A Down album ‘Toxicity’ has been faraway from Spotify.
The long-lasting 2001 album was first seen to be lacking from the streaming platform final night time and, at time of writing, it appears like the difficulty continues to be at hand.
Unusually sufficient, the highest three singles from the report – ‘Chop Suey!’, ‘Toxicity’ and ‘Aerials’ –are nonetheless displayed precisely on the checklist of SOAD’s high songs, though none of them are listed as half of the particular album. The primary two are displayed in a compilation rock album referred to as ‘Rock Classico’, whereas ‘Toxicity’ is proven as a part of an album referred to as ‘Good 2000s’.
As for the rest of the songs from the 2001 album, there appears to be no sight of them on Spotify in any respect, apart from varied stay variations and covers of the songs by different artists.
Unsurprisingly, the album being pulled from Spotify has received System Of A Down followers speaking, with many taking to social media to share their ideas – with responses starting from lighthearted to devastation.
“WHY IS TOXICITY BY SYSTEM OF A DOWN GONE FROM SPOTIFY THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER,” one X/Twitter consumer wrote, whereas one other added: “they took Toxicity by system of a down off of spotify i want to take a seat down.”
“Neglect in regards to the election!! We have now a world disaster!!!,” a 3rd wrote, and another person made a quip in regards to the scenario, implying that the choice was made by the federal government because of the frontman sharing his political outlook. “Serj Tankian being on the fbi watchlist rn and getting toxicity taken off of spotify oh 2005 soad we’re so again,” they wrote. Take a look at extra responses under.
WHY IS TOXICITY BY SYSTEM OF A DOWN GONE FROM SPOTIFY THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER
— NF8 (@NF8Official) April 30, 2025
they took toxicity by system of a down off of spotify i want to take a seat down pic.twitter.com/jQooDDsham
— BAM 𖤐 (@purpmoseley) April 30, 2025
Neglect in regards to the election!!
We have now a world disaster!!! When on earth has System Of A Down’s masterpiece TOXICITY gone on the streamings ?!?!? #Spotify #SOAD pic.twitter.com/2eUPRUFiT7
— BEERBOY 💙 (@beerboy182) April 30, 2025
serj tankian being on the fbi watchlist rn and getting toxicity taken off of spotify oh 2005 soad we’re so again
— get together animal (@SawtrapWolfgirl) April 30, 2025
HOW TF IS SPOTIFY GONNA REMOVE TOXICITY?????
— Anthony (@SNSTEAMSS) May 1, 2025
Toxicity is gone from Spotify and the one information I can discover is Serj Tankian has began a espresso firm
— Dalton Pruitt 🇨🇳 (@daltonleepruitt) April 30, 2025
Give me toxicity again spotify i swear to god
— Contemptuous Creature (@pearunknown) May 1, 2025
Well, at least I’ve still got the trusty CD while Toxicity is gone
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NME has reached out to System Of A Down for remark in regards to the album being faraway from Spotify. A fan on the band’s Reddit page has seemingly received an replace from a fan account on Instagram, who mentioned that each the band and Sony have been seeking to repair the difficulty.
The problem relating to the album comes simply days after the band kicked off their extremely anticipated South American tour with a lot of rarities.
Reveals for 2025 started in Colombia final week and have been adopted by a second present three days later in Peru. Each gigs received followers speaking because of their “drastically” totally different setlists from regular, which included them breaking out some songs for the primary time in a long time. This was one thing bassist Shavo Odadjian hinted at in an interview in February.
After the run of South American tour dates, SOAD will proceed the tour with exhibits throughout North America in August and September. The dates come amid plenty of hypothesis that the band could also be engaged on a brand new album – their first since 2005’s ‘Mezmerize’ and ‘Hypnotize’.
Final October, Tankian mentioned {that a} new System album could be a “recent begin in a model new method”, however later revealed he “turned very passive” in the course of the writing and recording course of for his or her final two albums.
Then, Chatting with NME in December Odadjian revealed that though the members are “at all times speaking” and can “by no means break up”, he thinks the hopes of latest music are nonetheless slim.