

Reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. You can also send an e-mail to with pertinent details. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint ofĭoes not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. Story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. "I've written out the storyline, and I've got a couple of surprises that I'm gonna be putting ," Odadjian told geopolitical analyst Richard Èlmoyan in a recent interview. SYSTEM OF A DOWN is planning to film a music video for "Genocidal Humanoidz" in December. streams and 5,000 downloads sold in the week ending November 12, while "Humanoidz" garnered 1.8 million streams and 5,000 downloads. "Land" topped the chart with 2.7 million U.S. 2, respectively, on Billboard's Hot Hard Rock Songs chart. Within a week of their release, "Protect The Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz" landed at positions No. "Protect The Land" a was originally written by Malakian for the next album by his other group, SCARS ON BROADWAY, while "Genocidal Humanoidz" was penned three or four years ago when Odadjian, Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan convened for a jam session that produced several songs, only to abandon them when Tankian wouldn't commit to an album. As he did for all previous SYSTEM OF A DOWN releases, bassist Shavo Odadjian executive-produced the music video and curated the cover and brand art for the project. The music video for "Protect The Land" incorporates recent footage of the protests and on-the-ground fighting in Artsakh, but in a very personal and aesthetic way. We're not concerned right now about music or anything else."

Right now we're still dealing with the fallout of what happened with the war, refugees, displaced people, humanitarian aid. It's not something that we're thinking about right now. We have not talked about the future of the band. Pressed about the possibility of SYSTEM OF A DOWN recording a follow-up to its "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" LPs, which came out in 2005, Serj said: "We got together for the cause. So we did it as an act of activism more so than a musical decision." It was more about because Azerbaijan and Turkey had attacked the peaceful, civilized people of Artsakh on September 27th. Let's have fun making music together.' It was nothing like that. It was not so much an artistic decision or a decision of, 'Hey, let's make music together. He said (see video below): "It was great. In a new interview with Belgium's Studio Brussel, SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian was asked what it was like recording music with his bandmates again. Produced by guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian, who also wrote the music and lyrics, both songs are streaming now on all DSPs and are available for purchase on Bandcamp with band royalties earmarked for the Armenia Fund. The tracks were motivated by the recently erupted conflict between Artsakh and Azerbaijan, the latter aided by Turkey and accountable for the greatest violence the region has endured in 26 years. A month ago, SYSTEM OF A DOWN released "Protect The Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz", the band's first new songs in 15 years.
