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System of a Down's Serj Tankian on his memoir, why a new album hasn't come since 2005

The sound of protest music used to be the gentle plucking of Bob Dylan's guitar or the smooth grooves of Marvin Gaye. But at the end of the 1990s, there was a more insistent voice, screaming through a ...
loudwire

There Are Only 5 Songs System of a Down Have Never Played Live

System of a Down have been a band for just under three decades now, so they've played a lot of shows over the years. Surprisingly, though, there are only five songs in their catalog that they've never ...
Los Angeles Times

System of a Down singer Serj Tankian’s new book details band’s up and downs, and what fuels his activism

Serj Tankian is a man of many talents. Aside from being the lead singer of rock band System of a Down, he’s also a solo artist, composer, filmmaker and painter. This month he can add author to that ...
loudwire

System of a Down Book Second Dates at All Three 2025 Stadium Shows

UPDATE: System of a Down have now added a second night for all three of their 2025 stadium stops. The band will also play with Korn Aug. 27 at East Rutherford's MetLife Stadium, with Avenged Sevenfold ...
Los Angeles Times

System of a Down’s Daron Malakian strikes familiar, violent chords on new Scars on Broadway album

Fans of System of a Down desperately hoping the Armenian American alt-metal band will one day release a full-length follow-up to their chart-topping 2005 companion albums “Mezmerize” and “Hypnotize” ...
Louder on MSN

System of a Down’s Serj Tankian lambasts Israel for recognising Armenian genocide

The singer slams the perceived hypocrisy, less than a year after a United Nations commission described Israel’s ongoing ...
Louder on MSN

Bassist in pre-System of a Down band was fired for not being angry enough

David Hakopyan was a member of Hollywood rockers Soil before they re-named themselves and dominated the nu metal era ...
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System of a Down's last album, ' Hypnotize ,' turns 20

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Hypnotize' album artwork. (Sony Music Entertainment/American Recordings) If you're just sitting in your car and waiting for a new ...
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System Of A Down and Korn were both towering & undeniable at MetLife Stadium: Night 2 review

No matter how long I’ve known it to be true, it never ceases to amaze me that a band as deeply strange and abrasive as System Of A Down ever infiltrated the mainstream as much as they did in the early ...
MetalSucks

System of a Down’s Debut Record Was a Nu-Metal Milestone

I may be biased due to my love for System of a Down, but their 1998, self-titled album was a major milestone for the evolution of extreme metal. And with the album’s 25th anniversary taking place last ...
Rolling Stone

System of a Down’s Daron Malakian on the Power of Ozzfest: ‘It Was Such a Big Push’

Ozzy Osbourne has been a constant force in System of a Down guitarist and vocalist Daron Malakian‘s life since he was around four years old, when he became fascinated with the art for Osbourne’s live ...
American Songwriter

The Institutional Problems that Inspired System of a Down’s “Prison Song”

System of a Down have never shied away from dealing with serious topics and on their second album Toxicity, which came out just one week prior to September 11, 2001, the group tackled many different ...