SYSTEM OF A DOWN Albums Ranked BEST to WORST (Tier List)

[@MetalTrenches]

What's YOUR favorite SOAD album? Make your own SOAD Tier List here: tiermaker.com/create/system-o... Check out my Nu Metal band tier list: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE8yf...

[@matthewfreiley645]

Mezmerize is my fav!! Too short of an album for sure, but I just love the experimental side of S.O.A.D with songs like Lost in Hollywood, and Revenga!! And Sad Statue.... OMG!!! Definitely one of their most underatted songs!! Holy Mountains from Hypnotize is probably my fav Soad song. Man I wish they could have a follow-up!!

[@JoeR-op2qf]

Hypnotize is mine. Holy Mountains is also my favorite song by them as well!

[@matthewfreiley645]

@@JoeR-op2qf yes!! Hypnotize ain't my fav but Holy Mountains is my favorite song as well!!💪💪

[@KumoHs]

probably Mezmorize

[@kianr2200]

self titled is my favorite

[@Zubatticus]

Nothing below a B Tier for me. I enjoy all SOAD's albums. I always considered Hypnotize and Mesmerize two halves of a double album. Fun fact: the physical CD cases would also allow you to combine them.

[@MetalTrenches]

Oh that's awesome. I love stuff like that.

[@erikschwartz1214]

I think they technically are two halves of one big album

[@WYouTuber]

Hypnotize and Mesmerize are the two worst Soad albums

[@drivedonniedrive]

@@WKZbinr the only thing that's actually worse here is the atrocious ass take you just made

[@HEYitzED]

@@WKZbinrNah. They’re both better than STA.

[@medicineballers2396]

System of a Down has a pretty much flawless catalogue. S: Hypnotize, Mesmerize, and Toxicity A: Self-Titled, Steal This Album

[@roots14808]

naaah

[@TopchetoEU]

*Mezmerize

[@AIexKilin]

SOAD and STA should also be in S tier. And move toxicity up to S+ tier.

[@mostafa7732]

@@roots14808 yeahh

[@grammajam3682]

imo : SSS: self-titled, S: toxicity, mesmerize A: hypnotize, STA

[@JoshieMadhatt]

So glad to see another person who loves the self-titled better than Toxicity

[@grammajam3682]

i think they go yin and yang the same way mesmerize and hypnotize do. so much meat and so much potato on both albums

[@yerika071]

SOAD is the only band that I like every album

[@pedromelolouzada2003]

My Ranking: 5. Steal This Album! 4. Hypnotize 3. Mezmerize 2. System Of A Down 1. Toxicity

[@victrok5090]

I don't think toxicity is that bad, it just gets a little too comertial.

[@bosyogurtlight]

​@@victrok5090 edit: I get what you mean now, kinda disagree

[@victrok5090]

@@bosyogurtlight I know, I'm talking about what I think of Toxicity

[@sadekx5251]

I just LOVE the first album, reminds me of something Mr Bungle would do. The rest of them have some great tracks to make a kickass best of.

[@MetalTrenches]

Good comparison

[@Focat1693]

5. Steal This Album! 4. Mezmerize 3. Toxicity 2. Hypnotize 1. System of a Down Honestly, I think all of them are equally great, but The Self Titled is just so unique, dark, gritty and really weird, I love it

[@JustJx_]

steal this album! needs more love

[@Focat1693]

@@JustJx_ I like it, it's really good, I just like the other ones better in comparison

[@DeathTragedy666]

I recently revisited their entire discography and I can't stop listening to them. Definitely one of my throwback teenage-years bands for sure. They are still great in my book. Black humor, harmonics, catchy song structures accompanied with an important sociopolitical message (this band actually got me interested in politics, hard to believe). Here's my personal ranking: S-Tier: Toxicity A-Tier: S/T B-Tier: Steal This Album!, Mesmerize/Hypnotize (even though it took me a long time to appreciate Hypnotize, it was a slow-burner for me)

[@erikschwartz1214]

S tier: SOAD, Toxicity, Steal This Album! A tier: Hypnotize B tier: Mezmerize

[@paulphoenix1669]

Self titled SOAD album is absolutely incredible. So so so much fun

[@MetalTrenches]

The best

[@kianr2200]

love self titled

[@soc919]

Self-titled and Toxicity in S tier. You can argue about the rest.

[@pinkfloydmeddle6692]

Mesmerized is also S

[@wojosquad4680]

Self titled >Mezmire>Steal this album yeah i said it Toxicity aint even top 3

[@pineconethegreat2333]

@@wojosquad4680 sad hypnotize noises

[@tose5566]

@@wojosquad4680 I respect your opinion.

[@wojosquad4680]

@@tose5566 thank Toxicity just sounds like The Most Sane System Has ever sounded

[@Mr.SoggyShoes]

5: Hypnotize 4: Mezmerize 3: Toxicity 2. Steal This Album 1: System Of A Down

[@eddidrums]

My list: 5. SOAD 4. Steal this album 3. Hypnotize 2. Toxicity 1. Mezmerize (the best by far)

[@Sag3g]

based

[@_CPP_]

1: Toxicity 2: Steal This Album! 3: Self Titled 4: Mesmerize 5: Hypnotize

[@samuelmcgovern]

Thank you. In what universe is Hypnotize better than Steal?!

[@eattoast6378]

@@samuelmcgovern all of them.

[@WYouTuber]

Swap self-titled and toxicity and you have the most based opinion on all of everything

[@marathonxman]

I would actually argue that given the eccentric/sporadic nature of this band, Steal This Album feels like a more complete picture of the bands sound then you give it credit for. I get it being inconsistent, but I feel it makes a lot of the songs stand out. Conversely, it’s for this reason that Mezmerize has long been my least favorite (still love it to death) as it’s much more concise in scope and direction for the most part. Toxicity > Steal This Album > Hypnotize > ST > Mezmerize Thanks for the vid as always

[@qussaihindi1603]

Dude , TOXICITY is a masterpiece ... not in SOAD wod , but in the whole universe of Metal. Toxicity/Atwa/Chopsuey ..

[@wojosquad4680]

Man sorry i dont feel the album like you

[@grammajam3682]

i love all of them for suresies, but if i had to i'd rank them: 1: self-titled 2: toxicity 3: hypnotize 4: mesmerize 5: STA as a sidenote, i think some tracks on STA are really brilliant. nuguns and ego brain def capture their unique instrumentation and choruses. i just think highway song is brilliant. roulette and streamline go together blissfully

[@Desh727]

Ego brain is amazing.

[@reggeamanclan8547]

To me, self titled is the heaviest stuff they put out, toxicity was a little softer but still had some of that self titled energy. Steal this Album was the bridge between the old stuff and the “new” stuff (RELEASE MORE MUSIC) and mezmerize and hypnotize are a little more grounded, but I love all the soad albums, and there’s not a single bad song they came out with.

[@jakesklodowski9321]

Was watching a video of SOAD playing live when I got the notification for this video, what a coincidence! Neat list, listening through the discography again, all of the albums are awesome as hell, it’s hard to to rank them!

[@MetalTrenches]

Definitely took me back to my high school days

[@jakesklodowski9321]

Metal Trenches I bet! 🤘

[@joshalan5125]

My Ranking: 1. Toxicity 2. Mesmerize 3. System of a Down 4. Steal This Album 5. Hypnotize

[@peoplelegend8476]

1. Steal This Album! 2. Self-Titled 3. Hypnotize 4. Mezmerize 5. Toxicity *(YEAH THAT'S RIGHT MY LEAST FAVORITE SYSTEM ALBUM IS TOXICITY FIGHT ME!)*

[@isaacmorrow7077]

1. Toxicity 10/10 2. Mezmerize 9.75/10 3. Hypnotize 9.5/10 4. Steal this album 9.25/10 5. Self titled 9/10

[@peoplelegend8476]

@D'Mitri White I just feel like it doesn't hit the same highs as any of the albums, plus it has X which is my all time least favorite System of a Down song.

[@elsendaniel2301]

Now this is the content I want to see, good work Trenches!

[@TERMINATOR-0002]

I almost want to say in my eyes they have a near flawless discography. Though your opinions are FOR SURE valid. S tier - Mesmerize, self titled, Toxicity A tier - Hypnotize, Steel this album One thing I'll note is Soldier side from mezmorize is so criminally underated just in hall of system of a downs discography it's probably their most mature, dark yet beautiful songs they've ever made. Also in lyrical themes Mezmorize and hypnotize is by far their most ambitious and some of the stuff they say in both albums holds up scarily well, especially for the time they both came out. I love this band so much, they don't have a single bad album PERIOD I wouldn't say all of it is perfection of course but it sure is one hell of a feat for what the achieved.

[@mat2093]

Here is my ranking 5. Hypnotize 4. Memorize 3. Toxicity 2. Self titled 1. Steal this album

[@eddidrums]

Mezmerize first place

[@yeetfeet1878]

Never really got to the point where I could name their albums but my favorite songs are toxicity ,chop suey, and B.Y.O.B. Great video as always.

[@richardmetalfan94]

1. Toxicity 2. Mezmerize 3. Hypnotize 4. System of a Down 5. Steal This Album

[@wojosquad4680]

My ranking 1. System of a down 2. Memzerize 3. Steal this album 4. Toxicity 5. Hypnotize

[@krinkles147]

5. steal this album 4. hypnotize 3. self titled 2. mezmerize 1. toxicity

[@eddidrums]

My list: 5. SOAD 4. Steal this album 3. Hypnotize 2. Toxicity 1. Mezmerize (the best by far)

[@krinkles147]

@@eddidrums no shot soad is last

[@eddidrums]

@@krinkles147 it's not bad, but I feel like it's the worst of their albums

[@fourseasons4105]

1. Toxicity 2. Mezmerize 3. Self titled 4. Steal this album 5. Hypnotize

[@jake975]

Yep, system's first album is definitely their best. I think their whole catalogue is great but there's something really special about their debut record that i just keep coming back to

[@ghostintheshell21]

1. Self- titled and Toxicity. End of story

[@edwardplain4688]

I respect you putting self titled over toxicity such a banger album

[@KidneyFailureGaming]

I love all the albums so I cannot bring myself to make a tier list. Thanks for making this video cheers.

[@geshcu]

warning: stupid opinions self titled: b tier, i need to listen to it more to really appreciate it toxicity: s tier, yeah its the popular opinion ik but it fucking slaps steal this album!: there are quite a few songs i like, but its maybe a low c tier, its underrated tho mezmerize: has like 3 songs i love, the rest are kinda forgettable, but maybe a b tier hypnotize: a tier, seems more professional and agressive then their self-titled, has several underrated songs (along with steal this album!)

[@airdren4592]

Im pretty sure my list is the least agreed oppon 5. Hypnotize 4. Mezmarise 3. Toxicity 2. Steal this album 1. Self titled Just because hypnotize is last it doesnt mean its bad I actually love the album

[@Mars-]

THAT is my list too. ☑

[@eddidrums]

My list: 5. SOAD 4. Steal this album 3. Hypnotize 2. Toxicity 1. Mezmerize (the best by far)

[@Sag3g]

based

[@blackwaterrust476]

Honestly for a “Mainstream” band you gotta give them credit for being original. Self Titled is kinda Avant Garde/experimental. But honestly, Steal this album is honestly my favorite. 5 Hypnotize 4 Mezmerize 3 Self Titled 2 Toxicity 1 Steal this album.

[@MetalTrenches]

Yeah in a way it’s almost crazy that they blew up the way they did.

[@jollygrapefruit786]

My mom had great taste in music. I remember listening to Mezmerise daily from when I was like 10 to 13 and getting sad when the disk started skipping 😂

[@knockout3630]

Can’t forget about cigaro lol those lyrics after that intro may be cringe but it’s catchy as fuck

[@MetalTrenches]

True

[@peteronosu4123]

for me its: 1. mezmerize 2. self titled 3. toxicity 4. hypnotize 5. steal this album!

[@eddidrums]

My list: 5. SOAD 4. Steal this album 3. Hypnotize 2. Toxicity 1. Mezmerize (the best by far)

[@cccCCCccc123ccc]

Every single song on Toxicity is a banger. 10/10 Maybe the best metal album of the 21st century 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Jar292]

My Ranking: 1. System Of A Down 2. Toxicity 3. Steal This Album

[@sanadcanmahmoud]

5. Steal This Album! 4.Toxicity 3. Hypnotize 2. System of a Down 1. Mezmerize I know I underrated Toxicity, but there is no such thing as a bad SOAD album. I love Steal this album too, they are all masterpieces. It's just that there was so much better, that I had to keep Toxicity that low.

[@accountbraindeaddoomupcomi4177]

My list (all are s tier) Soad / Toxicity (starting to like toxi a bit more) STA Mesmerize Hypnotize

[@zedricquick6793]

They came back and are working on a new album. It's called Protect the Land

[@MetalTrenches]

To my knowledge that’s just a song and they are not actively working on an album atm

[@martinwhite3559]

It's not an album just 2 songs

[@cashken8474]

Everyone whos saying toxicity is not 1 is lying to themselves cause that is not only SOAD best album but best rock album of all time in general and this is not an opinion this is straight up FACTS

[@TheBoomBoxGuru]

What software do you use to record your videos like this? I mean, as far as having your screen minimized and it displaying what your doing on the computer while recording.

[@MetalTrenches]

I record regular video on my phone and then my screen with a free capture software. Then I edit it all together in post.

[@TheBoomBoxGuru]

@@MetalTrenches Okay, thanks for the info. I've been wrecking my brain wondering how content creators are doing this.

[@MetalTrenches]

@@TheBoomBoxGuru No problem. Lots of decent free software out there to do it pretty easily.

[@tayriniatsu3933]

the instant I saw this guy put the self titled album in S tier i INSTANTLY gave a like and subscribe

[@DeeneYT]

8:00 saying abt the 'steal this album!' It was unfinished songs from soad that fans had found so i belive thats why it was all over the place, im only after finding this out recently so you may have known

[@yerika071]

1: HYPNOTIZE IS MY FAVVVV 2:Self titled: GREAT ALBUM Mezmerize: GREAT ALBUM TOO 4:Toxicity: ITS GOOOOOOOOOOOD, not my fav, but def better than steal this album 5: Steal this album: Not bad, there are pretty good songs in the album like thetawaves, pictures, bubbles, etc,

[@jayign7064]

Self titled is S tier, everyone Who disagrees is wrong

[@notimportant3686]

correct... their first album (it's just like deftones with adrenaline) is somehow forgotten but is their best, angriest, hungriest, raw, BEST RIFFS fucking awesome... it's S tier stuff... (both of these albums)

[@unknownbeta0946]

1. Toxicity (10/10) 2. Self-Titled (9/10) 3. Mezmerize (8/10) 4. Hypnotize (8/10) 5. Steal This Album! (7/10)

[@matthewfreeman9392]

I love the guitars so much that i learned all their stuff on guitar before moving on to anything else. Probably top 5 bands for me

[@Cole2OO5]

My list might be interesting 1. Mezmerize 2. Toxicity 3. Steal This Album! 4. Self entitled (not by much) 5. Hypnotize

[@eddidrums]

My list: 5. SOAD 4. Steal this album 3. Hypnotize 2. Toxicity 1. Mezmerize (the best by far)

[@tebander956]

1. Soad 2. Toxicity 3. Hypnotize 4. Mesmerize 5. Steal This Album 6. Storaged Melodies Besides Storaged ( I give a 7) none of the albums rank below a 85/100

[@marc2000z]

S: System of a Down A: Mezmerize, Toxicity B: Steal This Album!, Hypnotize

[@skkito1612]

steal this album is crazy fuck, how you say that the first half is filler

[@MetalTrenches]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[@DeathByZombieGames]

this might just be me but I honestly think that Steal This Album is just as good as toxicity theyre both S tier albums IMO

[@brandondickerson8831]

1. Hypnotize 2. Steal this album 3. Toxicity 4. Memorize 5. Self titled

[@adam54650]

SOAD…besides slipknot and Metallica one of my favorite albums to listen to by far so many memorable moments,hooks musicality and just fun to listen too!

[@andreipsen7028]

My favs in order Self titled Toxicity Hypnotized Mesmerized Steal this album

[@UgandanGiant88]

Steal this album IS b sides from toxicity

[@MetalTrenches]

Well there you go

[@Zsombor_666.]

I agree with you on this one

[@ronlake7699]

I plead guilty to criminally ignoring their self titled album, I love toxicity but the guitar tone on it is crap (looking at you Rick Ruben) reminds me of Limp Bizkit or something..

[@eddidrums]

My list: 5. SOAD 4. Steal this album 3. Hypnotize 2. Toxicity 1. Mezmerize (the best by far)

[@johnadevan3942]

I knew you were a big follower of SOAD when you sang the "R" like Serj does in those parts. Hahaha

[@hoomerchevy5351]

I do agree self titled is better but I would put toxicity in S tier also personally

[@philchang4996]

My favorites to least: Mesmerize, Toxicity, S/T, Hypnotize, STA

[@detectivecox]

Best to worst for me would be: Toxicity Steal This Album Hypnotize Self Titled Mezmerize

[@professionallyamateur5991]

The Zappa influences are all over their first album and STA, imo.

[@brandonschneider3993]

As someone who remembers getting toxicity when it released, I feel the Self Tilted is better. Toxicity might be one of their most padded albums and lower than most might put it.

[@ovfilho]

1 - Mesmerize (o melhor) 2 - hypnotize (irmao gêmeo do melhor) 3 - Toxicity 4 - fist album 5 - steal this album

[@rgat5150]

Decent band. But, I never really considered them metal.

[@MetalTrenches]

That self titled album definitely is, and Toxicity has quite a few heavy moments as well

[@sizarix]

I don't understand all the love for Mezmerize. Sure, there are a few great songs (BYOB, Cigaro), but most of the songs are just unimpressive and not their best work. Or not the most memorable. I also think some songs just sounded a little too "same-y." Consistent, yes, but it makes some of the kinda blend together. Hypnotize I think is a better record, it has more songs and a lot more memorable and good tracks. And it has so many moments of songs bleeding into each other. Mezmerize is my least favorite, but I still love it!

[@erikschwartz1214]

first half has some okay songs, but the second half takes off

[@duro3666]

Sad statue, question! are some of my fav soad songs.

[@touch0826]

if your highlights are byob and cigaro you really need to listen to that album again

[@sizarix]

@@touch0826 Those weren't my "highlights," those were just examples of songs where I acknowledge how good they are. I wouldn't say there are any bad songs on Mezmerize, I just don't get anything from this record like I do the others. It doesn't do as much for me. Almost 2 years later, I don't remember making that original comment but I still stand by it.

[@Sag3g]

Self Titled S Tier Toxicity B Tier Steal this Album S tier Mesmerized C tier Hypnotized D tear

[@justinmarsh69]

I thought the Kennedys reunited and put out a hardcore album when I heard the first record. It was so new, different, but familiar. A+ on the first album, A on the 2nd.

[@BungleGrindClown]

All of their albums are S tier even Steal This Album.

[@dolongowoods4274]

I think their 1st 2 are God tier. And the rest are awesome tier.

[@TheEternalHellwalker]

S tier: Self-titled, Toxicity, Toxicity II (aka steal this album/ Toxicity's literal B-sides) F Tier: Mesmerize, Hypnotize (aka when they had problems, sold out, and broke up) There is no in-between.

[@generalrygy4532]

their first album is above s tier, and the rest are on the same level

[@MetalTrenches]

But that’s booooooring

[@generalrygy4532]

@@MetalTrenches i mean, yeah. But your right i got nothing

[@NotShilKa]

imo, STA is the best album, followed by the ST, then Toxicity, Hypnotize and Mesmerize

[@georgebrice8329]

They never had a bad album but the first album was definelity their most heaviest toxicity was the second album steal their album was their most underrated

[@Absorbant]

Completely disagree. S: SOAD, Toxicity, Mezmerize A: Hypnotize B: Steal this Album! Mezmerize is easily their most consistent album, with every track being great in some way (besides Cocaine imo). Hypnotize is not AS memorable as Mezmerize, but it still has mostly great stuff. And even though Steal this Album! is their worst, I feel like you discredited it a bit. Highway Song is one of their best songs, plus we can't forget Ego Brain, Innervision, Roulette, and Streamline.

[@twistedrust8657]

whole heartedly agree

[@Shuhlyiautist]

My ranking. 5 Self - titled. 4 Toxicity. 3 Steal this album! 2 Mezmerize. 1 Hypnotize.

[@nichande]

Steal this album was the first i had and i didnt like it as much aside from a few songs.

[@nichande]

ADD is my favorite track on there

[@bluecomet1109]

Just rank all soad in the S tier man, metallica is my favorite band wver but even they have some bad songs, where soad literally have NO bad songs

[@ijustlovemetal]

Self Titled Album Toxicity Steal this Album

[@yyou3123]

Some hot takes

[@MetalTrenches]

I don’t think they’re that hot, but honestly it’s boring when every list is the same

[@kittykat13ization]

You should mudvayne tier list

[@kittykat13ization]

Do

[@Tashiro64]

another person who force himself to "hate" on STA, where are the fillers beside 36 ? Why is it not consistent ? variety is good in music I dont want to hear the same song 16 times. It might be a collection of b-side but all these songs were not less good than toxicity. Half of soad members favorite album is STA. Highway Song is S tier song.

[@MetalTrenches]

I love people that, when faced with someone who simply has a different taste or opinion, has to cope by saying they intentionally “forced” themselves to hate something… which I never even said I did. Been listening to these albums since they came out… I’ve had plenty of time to decide what I personally do and do not enjoy as much. I don’t care what anyone else says. That’s why this is MY list and not yours. Chill. It’s music.

[@cinnamonbunwithoutthebun4781]

wrong, all of them are S tier hehe

[@jake-pw2wm]

5. Mezmerize 4. Toxicity 3. Steal this album 2. Self titled 1. Hypnotize

[@eddidrums]

My list: 5. SOAD 4. Steal this album 3. Hypnotize 2. Toxicity 1. Mezmerize (the best by far)

[@frankgamer408real2]

1: Mezmerize 2: Toxicity 3: Self Titled 4: Hypnotize 5: Steal This Album