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System of a Down

Armenian-American heavy metal band
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Summary

System of a Down is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,071 views/month, #38 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance[3]
  • Influenced by: Armenian Genocide[4]
  • Genre: alternative metal[5], nu metal[6], heavy metal music[7]
  • Record label: Sony Music[8], Columbia Records[9], American Recordings[10]
  • Discography: System of a Down discography[11]
  • Commons category: System of a Down[12]
  • Country of origin: United States[13]
  • Has part(s): Serj Tankian[14], Daron Malakian[15], Shavo Odadjian[16], John Dolmayan[17]
  • Inception: 1994[18]
  • Location of formation: Glendale[19]
  • Official website: https://systemofadown.com/[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:System of a Down[21]
  • Nominated for: Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance[22], Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance[23]
  • Topic has template: Template:System of a Down[24]
  • Start of work period: 1994[25]
  • Name: System of a Down[26]
  • Member category: Category:System of a Down members[27]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1995-02-01[30]

  • Genre(s): alternative metal, alternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, nu metal[31]

  • Community tags: alternative metal, alternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, nu metal[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cc0b7089-c08d-4c10-b6b0-873582c17fd6[33]

Why It Matters

System of a Down has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

It has been cited as an influence by Linkin Park[36], a musical group[37], founded in 1996[38] and 30 Seconds to Mars[39], a musical group[40], founded in 1998[41].

FAQs

What awards did System of a Down receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance[3].

Who did System of a Down influence?

System of a Down has been cited as an influence by Linkin Park[36] and 30 Seconds to Mars[39].

Related Entities

30 Seconds to Mars Columbia Records Daron Malakian John Dolmayan Linkin Park Serj Tankian Shavo Odadjian Toxicity United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . allmusic.com. Retrieved . allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . grammy.com. Retrieved . grammy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . latimes.com. Retrieved . latimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . latimes.com. Retrieved . latimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . grammy.com. Retrieved . grammy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . grammy.com. Retrieved . grammy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · FuzzAndFog · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → alternative metal, nu metal, heavy metal music
    Inception → +1994-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Nominated for → Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance, Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Genre: heavy metal music"
  2. 20d ago · FuzzAndFog · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'az', 'azb', 'bar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'bs', 'ca',
    Award received → Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Award received: Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance"
  3. 18w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Radio france person id → system-of-a-down
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Radio france person id: system-of-a-down, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/253397877|System Of A Down (#253397877)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7013|Ra"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0238597-System-of-a-Down-hudebni-skupina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0238597-System-of-a-Down-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  5. 23w ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → musical group
    Has part(s) → Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian +2
    Record label → Sony Music, Columbia Records, American Recordings
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tabakalera id: 106400, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257367|batch #257367]]"
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