Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| E! Online | A− |
| Allmusic | |
| Q | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| Alternative Press | 9/10 Oct 2001, p.102 |
| Blabbermouth.net | 10/10 |
| Kerrang! | |
| Robert Christgau | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.0/5 |
On review aggregator website Metacritic, Toxicity attained a score of 73 out of 100, based on reviews from nine critics, which indicates "generally favourable reviews". Don Kaye of Blabbermouth.net gave the album ten out of ten, one of only 21 albums to achieve a perfect rating from the site.
Keith Harris of Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Both manic and schizoid, Tankian veers easily from sing-rap rhythm to Korn-ish hysterics to demonic baritone growl to doomily ruminative....the music insists on forward motion without trapping itself in a thrashy lock-step rut" (Sept 27 2001, p.70).
Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B- and wrote, "Strange and engaging....It all adds up to bizarro type of metal that has a warped majesty and strength" (Sept 7 2001, pp. 161–162). Q gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Matches Slipknot for manic intensity while employing a freeform approach to songcraft which invites comparison to the lunatic-fringe rock of the '60s" (Sept 2001, p. 121).
Spin wrote, "System have an undeniable nerd-prog charm" (February 2005, p. 89). Robert Christgau gave the album 1-star honorable mention and said, "Overarrangements no prob for we who avoid art rock like the plague this means to cure."
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