Spotify removes System of a Down’s popular album Toxicity

Spotify has reportedly taken down System of a Down’s popular album Toxicity. While the exact cause of the album removal is not known yet, the sudden action has left many fans puzzled and disappointed. The album, Toxicity was released in 2001, and included famous songs like "Chop Suey!" and "Aerials," which helped make the band known around the world. Toxicity is seen as one of the most important albums of the nu-metal era. The album is still available on other platforms like Apple Music and YouTube Music.

As mentioned above, the exact reason behind the album’s removal is not known yet. There could be a few reasons why the album was removed. One reason might be licensing and rights issues. Sometimes, when the agreement between the band or their record label and the streaming platform ends or changes, the music has to be taken down if they can't agree on a new deal.
Another reason could be a change in digital distribution strategy. Artists or record labels sometimes remove music from one platform to encourage fans to use another service, usually for financial or business reasons.
It’s also possible, though less likely, that System of a Down decided to pull Toxicity for creative reasons, maybe to focus on new projects or to make a statement about the music streaming industry.

Many users took to microblogging site X to share their disappointment over the album’s removal.
‘Toxicity, the acclaimed album from System of a Down, has disappeared from Spotify.’

‘WHY IS TOXICITY NOT ON SPOTIFY RN DO NOTTT PLAY WITH ME’

‘serj tankian being on the fbi watchlist rn and getting toxicity taken off of spotify oh 2005 soad we are so back’

‘why did toxicity get removed from spotify 💔’

‘WHERE. THE. FUCK. IS. SYSTEM OF A DOWNS ENTIRE TOXICITY ALBUM ON SPOTIFY….’

‘they took toxicity by system of a down off of spotify i need to sit down’

“bring toxicity back wtf,” wrote one user.