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{{Short description|Armenian-American metal band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = System of a Down
| background        = group_or_band
| image             = SOADJONESBEACH.jpg
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = System of a Down performing in [[Wantagh, New York]], in 2012. From left to right: [[Daron Malakian]], [[John Dolmayan]], [[Serj Tankian]], and [[Shavo Odadjian]].
| alias             = <!--Soil is NOT SOAD. Please do NOT add Soil!-->
| origin            = [[Glendale, California]], U.S.
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Alternative metal]]
* [[nu metal]]
* [[hard rock]]
* [[progressive metal]]
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| discography       = [[System of a Down discography]]
| years_active      = <!--The band has stated that they did not form until 1994/1995-->{{flatlist|
* 1994–2006
* 2010–present
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| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[American Recordings (record label)|American]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
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| spinoffs          = [[Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway|Scars on Broadway]]
| website           = {{URL|systemofadown.com}}
| current_members   = <!--The current members are listed in correspondence with Wikipedia Infobox Guidelines. These can be found at the page: "Template:Infobox Musical Artist#current members" for additional reference.-->
* [[Serj Tankian]]
* [[Daron Malakian]]
* [[Shavo Odadjian]]
* [[John Dolmayan]]
| past_members      = [[Andy Khachaturian]]<!--Do not add Domingo Laranio OR Dave Hakopyan--Although they were members of Soil, neither were members of SOAD-->
}}

'''System of a Down''' is an American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band formed in [[Glendale, California]], in 1994.<!-- Soil was formed in 1992/1993, SOAD wasn't formed until circa 1994 --> Since 1997, the band has consisted of founding members [[Serj Tankian]] (lead vocals, keyboards), [[Daron Malakian]] (guitar, vocals), and [[Shavo Odadjian]] (bass, backing vocals); along with [[John Dolmayan]] (drums), who replaced original drummer [[Andy Khachaturian]].<ref>{{cite news|last=McKenna|first=Dave|title=System of a Down: Some Very Heavy Metal|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051201773.html|access-date=November 11, 2013|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=May 13, 2005|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202174922/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051201773.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The band achieved commercial success with the release of five studio albums, three of which debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|US ''Billboard'' 200]]. System of a Down has been nominated for four [[Grammy Awards]], and their song "[[B.Y.O.B. (song)|B.Y.O.B.]]" won a [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance]] in 2006. The band went on hiatus in 2006 and reunited in 2010. Other than two new songs in 2020 ("[[Protect the Land]]" and "[[Genocidal Humanoidz]]"),<ref name="rollingstone2020">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/system-of-a-down-new-songs-protect-the-land-genocidal-humanoidz-1085942/|author=Grow, Kory|title=Hear System of a Down's First New Music in 15 Years, 'Protect the Land' and 'Genocidal Humanoidz'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=November 5, 2020|archive-date=November 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106051040/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/system-of-a-down-new-songs-protect-the-land-genocidal-humanoidz-1085942/|url-status=live}}</ref> System of a Down has not released any new material since the ''[[Mezmerize]]'' and ''[[Hypnotize (album)|Hypnotize]]'' albums in 2005. The band has sold over 12 million records worldwide, while two of their singles, "[[Aerials (song)|Aerials]]" and "[[Hypnotize (System of a Down song)|Hypnotize]]", reached number one on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Alternative Songs]] chart.

All members of System of a Down are of [[Armenians|Armenian]] descent, either born to [[Armenian-American|Armenian immigrants]] or immigrants themselves.