System Of A Down returned to the stage for the first time since May 2019 on Friday, hitting Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena with Korn (who replaced Faith No More) and Russian Circles.
And the nu-metal legends more than made up for lost time with a massive career-spanning set, giving live debuts to 2020 singles Protect The Land and Genocidal Humanoidz (their first new music in 15 years), while also throwing things back 20 years and celebrating the milestone anniversary of Toxicity – in fact, SOAD only left out three songs from that record in the setlist: Jet Pilot, Forest and Shimmy.
Elsewhere Serj Tankian and co. also surprised fans in attendance with some discography rarities, and of course all the usual bangers on other albums like B.Y.O.B. and Sugar.