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"I look over, and Daron had fallen off the stage and was on the ground. He had completely lost himself." Even a band as huge as System Of A Down had to start somewhere. This is the untold story of Soil

Before System Of A Down, there was Soil. Its former members look back on what would be the birth of a metal legend

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“I remember them telling me, ‘You don’t play angry’”: Bassist in Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian’s 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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"We thought, 'Maybe we've taken death metal as far as it can go.'" Bungled million-dollar deals, getting wasted with Zakk Wylde and a housewrecking music video: how former extreme metal musicians made one of nu metal's biggest anthems

Unimpressed with black metal's headline-grabbing theatrics, Soil embraced their roots to make an all-time classic

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‘The banks thought we were mad’: coral castles and look-at-me loos reinvent New York housing

With building codes strict and land values high, Big Apple apartment blocks tend to be grim. But two firms, SO-IL and Tankhouse, are fighting back with lush courtyards, breezy landings – and glass-walled toilets 15 storeys up

The Guardian - UK

How soil became sexy — yes, really

With a new exhibition at Somerset House, people are starting to re-assess their relationship with soil. About time, says Will Downes

Evening Standard

First look: step inside 144 Vanderbilt, Tankhouse and SO-IL’s new Brooklyn project

The first finished duplex inside Tankhouse and SO-IL’s 144 Vanderbilt in Fort Greene is a hyper-local design gallery curated by Brooklyn studio General Assembly

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Tour this 450 Warren apartment, architect Sebastian Mendez’s Brooklyn home

In 450 Warren, architect Sebastian Mendez, founder of Brooklyn-based developer Tankhouse, takes us on a tour of his modern, family-friendly home

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Founding Staind drummer Jon Wysocki dead at 53

Jon Wysocky played on seven of Staind's eight albums before leaving during recording sessions in 2011

Louder

Former Staind and Soil drummer Jon Wysocki has died, aged 53

Wysocki was a founding member of the Massachusetts post-grunge/nu-metal band

MusicRadar

Bruges Triennial 2024 takes over the city with contemporary art and architecture

Bruges Triennial 2024, themed 'Spaces of Possibility', considers sustainability and liveability within cities, looking towards a greener future

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Soil’s Decentralized Credit Protocol Achieves Over $2M in TVL

Estonia, Tallinn, April 4th, 2024, Chainwire

International Business Times

"Halo was a hit single before we even put out the record": how a million dollar demand, distaste for black metal and bungled record deal helped Soil write a millennial metal anthem

Halo was the song that put Soil on the map, but label interference almost ended their career entirely

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“We inadvertently started an LA riot, and we didn’t even do anything." System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian on fleeing civil war in Lebanon, causing mayhem in Hollywood and becoming an unlikely metal icon

From hearing bombs drop around his childhood home to fronting one of metal's biggest ever bands, this is Serj Tankians unbelievable life story

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"We never felt like we were in anybody's scene". How System Of A Down invaded nu metal, baited Slayer fans and created a classic debut album in 1998

System Of A Down were terrified by Kiss as kids, but by the time they released their self-titled debut they were trolling Slayer fans and invading nu metal

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