9. The System Has Failed
The System Has Failed is arguably most notable for featuring a song that appeared alongside the band in an episode of the animated TV series Duck Dodgers. Whether that's true or not is up for debate, but the record is absolutely the moment when the band truly perfected the ability to combine their metal roots with hard rock mainstream appeal. Songs like Die Dead Enough, Blackmail The Universe and Back In The Day might be catchy and have radio potential, but they're also technical, aggressive and plenty loud. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLlfej7bbAE After a string of records that were either so radio friendly as to be boring or in-authentically metal, The System Has Failed is the culmination of everything the band learned during this process, as heavy as songs get before appealing only to metal fans.
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