Anthony Vincent is back doing the dark lord's work for Metalhead parents. The latest edition of his Metal Nursery Rhymes series transforms childhood staple Itsy Bitsy Spider into a Toxicity-era System Of A Down track.
Vincent, the man behind the infamous 10-Second Songs series does such a good job of mimicking the stylistic quirks of System Of A Down here, that it almost feels like this is a creepy B-side from the Toxicity sessions. System Of A Down's second studio album, Toxicity was 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 the 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 these six sick covers of Chop Suey that showcase the wide-ranging impact and influence of this landmark System Of A Down release.
Buy 20th Anniversary Toxicity Merchandise Now In The Maniacs Store.
If you're looking for more metal nursery rhymes, Vincent did a similarly brilliant job of turning The ABC Song into a raging Slipknot anthem.
Of course, this isn't Vincent's first time transforming an unlikely song into a Slipknot banger. Last year he transformed Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion's megahit WAP and Falling In Reverse's controversial Watch The World Burn into menacing Slipknot jams. He also went the other way, turning Slipknot's Pyschosocial into 25 different styles of music, that video can be seen below.
Psychosocial appears on Slipknot's 2008 record All Hope Is Gone.
All Hope Is Gone is available for purchase on vinyl alongside a range of official Slipknot merchandise in the Maniacs store.
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