ADMIT IT, YOUR brain filled in the rest. Few bands to make it big in metal have done so through playing to convention, but in a music scene built on curios and one-offs, even fewer artists remain as unique, as compelling and as utterly fascinating as System Of A Down. Their unprecedented and unmistakable take on heavy metal still, to this day, places them in a genre of one, and 20 years after Toxicity took them stratospheric, it remains one of the most vital, enthralling and batshit bonkers metal records of all time. It’s why we’ve dedicated this month’s cover to it, courtesy of Dave Everley’s excellent and eye-opening feature.