Reception
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Q magazine (10/01, p. 152) - 4 stars out of 5 - "This remains an excellent starting point for this most curious bands".
The album is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Music critic Piero Scaruffi includes System of a Down at number 43, just after Iron Maiden's self-titled album and before Satyricon's Dark Medieval Times, in his classification of the best metal albums of all time.
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