SYSTEM OF A DOWN

Steal This Album, a collection of never-before-released original tracks from the vaults of multi-platinum recording artist SYSTEM OF A DOWN.

Produced by Rick Rubin and System's guitarist Daron Malakian, and mixed by Andy Wallace (who mixed the Toxicity album). While the band had intended to release previously recorded material at some point, the leaking onto the Internet earlier this year of some of the tracks recorded for Toxicity played a part in the timing of this release.

"We don't consider any of these songs B-sides or outtakes," said System vocalist Serj Tankian. "The songs that didn't make it onto 'Toxicity' are as good as, if not better than the songs that did they weren't originally included because they didn't fit the overall continuity of the album, and we're happy that our fans will be able to hear them in their completed form."

"This record is like a bridge between 'Toxicity' and our next studio record," explained Malakian. "It may give our fans a clue at the direction we're headed in musically. "

The Steal This Album packaging will resemble a home-made CD as it will be housed in a clear jewel case with no cover art, no booklet, and no standard J-card. The title will be scrawled across the face of the CD, and complete credits and other information can be accessed by inserting the CD into a computer and logging onto a special Internet site.

System of a Down has experienced phenomenal success since the September 2001 release of Toxicity, their sophomore album. Toxicity which has now sold in excess of 4-million copies worldwide - was named one of the Best Albums of the Year (2001) in publications such as Rolling Stone, Time, Spin, and Alternative Press. Reviews have illustrated that System of a Down, as well as Toxicity, are far more than just "another metal band" -- Rolling Stone called the CD ".a bouquet of smart rock and ardent social argument," while the New York Times wrote, "System of a Down is light years removed from the going trend in metal."

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