Sugar

System of a Down’s “Sugar” arrives via American Recordings with the band’s signature collision of nu metal aggression and Armenian folk inflections—a track that showcases their ability to marry speed metal riffing with unconventional melodic sensibilities. The song’s propulsive energy and rhythmic complexity exemplify why the band remains central to alternative rock’s heavier territories, blending heavy metal brutality with the genre-bending experimentalism that defined their approach throughout the 2000s.