Prison Song / X

by System of a Down

Prison Song / X cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: American
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 5:31
  • Community rating: 3.94/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Acting as the ferocious opening statement of 'Toxicity', 'Prison Song' pairs crushing, drop-tuned staccato riffs with explicit, spoken-word critiques of the American prison-industrial complex. It perfectly showcased the band's unique ability to blend chaotic avant-garde metal with potent political activism.

Genres

Descriptors: political, educational, protest, prison, conscious

Tracklist

  1. Prison Song (3:30)
  2. X (2:01)

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