News : Fans react as System Of A Down’s ‘Toxicity’ album is pulled from Spotify

Fans have been reacting after discovering that the System Of A Down album ‘Toxicity’ was temporarily removed from Spotify.

The iconic 2001 album was first noticed to be missing from the streaming platform last night and, at time of writing, it looks like the issue has been resolved.

Strangely enough, the top three singles from the record – ‘Chop Suey!’, ‘Toxicity’ and ‘Aerials’ –were still displayed accurately on the list of SOAD’s top songs, although none of them were listed as part of the actual album. The first two were displayed in a compilation rock album called ‘Rock Classico’, while ‘Toxicity’ was shown as part of an album titled ‘Nice 2000s’.

As for the remainder of the songs from the 2001 album, there was no sight of them on Spotify at all, other than various live versions and covers of the songs by other artists.

Unsurprisingly, the album being pulled from Spotify got System Of A Down fans talking, with many taking to social media to share their thoughts – with responses ranging from lighthearted to devastation.

“WHY IS TOXICITY BY SYSTEM OF A DOWN GONE FROM SPOTIFY THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER,” one X/Twitter user wrote, while another added: “they took Toxicity by system of a down off of spotify i need to sit down.”

“Forget about the election!! We have an international crisis!!!,” a third wrote, and someone else made a quip about the situation, implying that the decision was made by the government due to the frontman sharing his political outlook. “Serj Tankian being on the fbi watchlist rn and getting toxicity taken off of spotify oh 2005 soad we are so back,” they wrote. Check out more responses below.

At time of writing, the issue has now been resolved and the album is back on the streaming platform, although it still remains unknown why it was removed in the first place. NME has reached out to System Of A Down for comment.

The issue regarding the album comes just days after the band kicked off their highly anticipated South American tour with a number of rarities.

Shows for 2025 began in Colombia last week and were followed by a second show three days later in Peru. Both gigs got fans talking due to their “drastically” different setlists from usual, which included them breaking out some songs for the first time in decades. This was something bassist Shavo Odadjian hinted at in an interview in February.

After the run of South American tour dates, SOAD will continue the tour with shows across North America in August and September. The dates come amid lots of speculation that the band may be working on a new album – their first since 2005’s ‘Mezmerize’ and ‘Hypnotize’.

Last October, Tankian said that a new System album would be a “fresh start in a brand new way”, but later revealed he “became very passive” during the writing and recording process for their last two albums.

Then, Speaking to NME in December Odadjian revealed that although the members are “always talking” and will “never break up”, he thinks the hopes of new music are still slim.