I wish this was as popular as Chop Suey. Newcomers need to know that this is the real backbone of System Of A Down

Anti-war songs are always fire

for those who want their guitar to sound like this: set your guitar's tone knob to like 75%, and switch to the neck pickup (if its a humbucker in the neck). amp settings should be around 2 o clock for the bass, 11oclock for the mids, 10 o clock for the treble

Serj always stood out vocally. When singing harsher his voice didn't just sound like every other metal frontmans

0:38 that dance is so amazing

Fun fact this is the demo version of the song being played. I kinda prefer it over the official release tbh.

i get chills every time the "we don't speak anymore of war" comes in. This has to be one of their greatest songs ever

Every fucking song they wrote still applies today

THIS BAND NEED ONE MORE ALBUM!

"Praise the lord, pass the ammunition, God wants you to go to war." -The Plot of every Call of Duty game

I listen to a lot of extreme metal, but it doesn’t get madder than this. They’re genuinely mad with righteous anger in this song, it’s more powerful than any “flesh-churning” deathmetal.

I was 14 years old when i hear this song for the first time, today 28.03.2024 still listening to it. What a band, what an era man. Killing nostalgia

0:38 Serj the best dancer in the world

0:37 dank moves Serj

2:52 Oh dam,that last growl gets me everytime!!The whole song is lit 🔥 🔥!!

For those who’d like to follow along: Dark is the light The man you fight With all your prayers, incantations Running away, a trivial day Of judgment and deliverance To whom was sold, this bounty soul A gentile or a priest? Who victored over, the Seljuks When the holy land was taken We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens Was it the riches, of the land Powers of bright darkness That lead the noble, to the East To fight the heathens We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens No, we will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens No, we will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens We must call upon our bright darkness Beliefs, they're the bullets of the wicked For you must enter a room to destroy it No international security No call of the righteous man Needs a reason to kill man History teaches us so The reason he must attain Must be approved by his God His child, partisan brother of war Of war, we don't speak any more of war We don't speak any more of war We don't speak any more of war We don't speak anymore We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens No, we will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens No, we will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens (All credit goes to SOAD)

0:37, Let's do : the Serj!

My parents played this song for me when I was in my mom's womb. I'm so lucky to have metal head parents

"Praise the lord! Pass the ammunition!" That line is so powerful, even in his solo song which is "lighter" in comparison to War

Showed this music video to my grandpa i didn't know he was such a big soad fan he started moshing on the floor as soon as he saw it!

why is this song not more popular?

Am i the only one who likes this guitar tone more than the original guitar tone on the album?

i hope for a time whereby this amazing song is irrelevant to humanity

If you are here listening to this there is still hope for you bro!

2:19. NUTELAAAA!!!!!!

i love EVERYTHING about this band

The energy of this song is INSANE.

I remember being around 10-12 yo, playing PS1 game called Apocalypse, staring Bruce Willis in it and this song playing in like 5th lvl in some futuristic city on huge screens. I loved system of a down since then!

Their most raw and powerful era.

This is so fucking weird. Usually music videos that feature live performances just dub the studio version over the live footage, but this is raw live audio. Just shows how authentic these guys are. I really wish they'd get back together...

WE WILL FIGHT THE HEATHENS🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

The demo version sounds like it has a grunge effect, really cool.

Dark is the light, The man you fight, With all your prayers, incantations, Running away, a trivial day, Of judgment and deliverance, To whom was sold, this bounty soul, A gentile or a priest ? Who victored over, the seljuks, When the holy land was taken We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens Was it the riches, of the land, Powers of bright darkness, That lead the noble, to the east, To fight the heathens We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens We must call upon our bright darkness, Beliefs, they're the bullets of the wicked, One was written on the sword, For you must enter a room to destroy it, International security, Call of the righteous man, Needs a reason to kill man, History teaches us so, The reason he must attain, Must be approved by his god, His child, partisan brother of war, Of war, we don't speak anymore, Of war, we don't speak anymore, Of war, we don't speak anymore, Of war, we don't speak anymore, We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens

0:38 DO THE SERJ

I love daron in it, and serj`s dances are always amazing

Serj's voice is so full of righteous anger. That's why I love SOAD so much. It transcends sound and reaches the very depths of your being. (This song and their first album are an experience on Acid or Speed)

If Serj wasn't on stage he'd just be one of those guys jacked up on shrooms flailing their arms around in a psychedelic dance...

I love how every soad album has it's own feel but the same unbridled anger and technical fury is present in all of them.

dude if this is the live version of this song, holy shit it sounds so much better than the original track!

Stand strong 🇦🇲 from 🇬🇷

thats why i love this band, they dont need to headbang a shit to blast your ass. they dance and laugh at this genre.

No, it's not war, it's surprise democracy

What version is this? This isn't the album version. Also incredible song. Perfect in every way. Better than the album version.

I love this version so much more then the album version

Serj's vocals just vibrate at 2:25, fucking brutal compared to the studio one

fuck thats one meaty guitar tone

still relevant, look at the chaos happening today.

SOAD is such a special band in my eyes there will never be such a nostalgic band as SOAD

0:38 - Everybody do the Serj! *Everybody instantly spasms like Serj*

Wow what a live performance! This is true music when you can out perform the studio copy!

Listening to this again now cuz yea

I like this version more than the album one

Serj should open up dance classes lol

the beggining gave me goosebumps, so powerful and creepy.

What an amazing band back in the day. Saw them live three times back in the late nineties and early two thousands. Such powerful energy to witness live. I took Darren's shoe in denver. 🙂🙃

I would like my generation be fans of SOAD 😪

This is real hardcore rock music. Fuck all the other shit that they put on TV.

did he fight the heathens yet?

This and Holy Wars by Megadeth came to my mind as the Israel conflict broke out. Truly sad situation

That snare sound is just soooo good. 👌

The message is really strong here. I love this song.

Рекомендации ютуба - вещь очень непредсказуемая..... А песня в 2022, неожиданно, актуальна.....

love the sound of this demo! much better than the album version

Twenty One Pilots: All my friends are heathens take it slow... S.O.A.D. : WE WILL FIGHT THE HEATHENS, WE WILL FIGHT THE HEATHENS

"Praise the Lord! Pass the ammunition!!" That line always cracks me up

Essa Música é simplesmente espetacular, sonzeira pura !!! uma obra-prima, absoluta !!! Melhor Música do SOAD, pode até discordar mais pra mim é o Melhor 🤘🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Sera "War?" es una canción de la banda de nu metal System of a Down. Se encuentra en su álbum debut al que le dan título, System of a Down. En el EP Sugar (1999) aparece una versión en vivo de la misma. La temática de la canción es que la humanidad hace guerras por riquezas y otros beneficios materiales a través de los siglos e inventa razones para ello; una de las primeras razones es que Dios los mandó a la guerra. La lírica del tema da a entender que la guerra contra el comunismo y el terrorismo solo tiene como fin la dominación del mundo. En el folleto del álbum, se observa aparentemente a la banda diciendo: «Nosotros primero combatimos a los paganos en nombre de la religión, luego al comunismo, y ahora en nombre de las drogas y el terrorismo» y que «nuestras excusas para la dominación global siempre cambian.» El video musical de War? muestra a la banda tocando en vivo. El sonido del vídeo es el de un demo que la banda grabó. Antes de que la banda empiece a tocar, se muestra a Serj diciendo: «¡Alabado sea el Señor! ¡Pasa las municiones! ¡Dios quiere que vayas a la guerra!» Esta canción sirvió además de gran inspiración para la canción "Zetsubou Billy" del grupo japonés Maximum the Hormone desde la letra hasta el mismo intro.

Esta versión esta increíble por el sonido de la guitarra mas pesada.

0:16 my cat at 3AM xD

Absolutely in love with these guys and their music ! My all time favourite band !!!

A classic from SOAD. Not so popular, but freaking awesome.

Back here again are we all ?

The song that made me love this band. Still relevant even today.

2:32 ...in the late 90s when you had to spend a considerable amount of time downloading a 30 second video clip. I saw this track from 2:32 and was convinced, went out and bought the album, I was hooked on SOAD immediately. Fantastic album.

Essa Musica nesse momento ...........

Round and round we go.

My dad would roll up with me in the front seat with this just blasting, I'd be head banging getting out in like 5th grade and I was super made fun of. Now though I be belting out some system lyrics from their more obscure songs and people I work worth surprisingly often know the songs and we jam for a sec, not as often as I'd like but it happens and it's awesome. A point of pain is now a source of connection. Life is funny that way

The very first concert I went to as a teenager was to see System of a Down, still hands down one of the best shows I have been to. SOAD's and Serj's music changed my way of thinking. Woke me up to how the world really is.

This one is better than the studio version on spotify. If only it was better quality

This a really underrated track, most of their songs from this album were very forgotten.

Relevant as fuck today.

Greetings from Poland, Oct. 27th 2020.

Serj has some sweet moves lol

We don’t speak any more of war…

Serj appearance is so badasss 🔥🔥🔥

this is much cooler than the album version

Сегодняшний день начинается именно с этой песни... Прости Украина, прости весь мир

Who is here before ww3? Edit: Yeah no ww3 luckily Edit 2.0: Bruh survived 2020 2022 pls stop

I always find myself running around my yard after this song! Poor neighbors.😂

Me listening to this music during the WW3

I like this tone better for this song, it complements the drums really well and makes the song more raw and heavy. Also the screams are a nice addition, again making the song more raw sounding.

Listening this in Armenia while actually started war here. #ArstakhStrong

Não importa quantas vezes escute, essa sempre vai ser a melhor música do System of down para mim🙌

Praise the lord and pass the ammunition actually goes outrageously hard

shit i fucking love this song, this epic metal riff together with this unpallable chorus is incredible

This song ROCKS!!!!

The BEST song

Shit just got real

I Miss old System ..

This is a version more loud and more metal of System of a down... And i love it !