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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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System of a Down review – perverted pop and anti-war anger mixed into a metal melee

The veteran band may not have much new material to show for the past decade or so but this brutal, melodious mayhem still inspires catharsis

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"Metal is a better place for having a happy, healthy System Of A Down in it." System Of A Down's UK return was electric, euphoric and one of the best rock stadium shows in recent memory

"Are System Of A Down back?!" one fan on our row remarked. Yes, yes they absolutely are

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“Using our history, our genocide, our pain to their political advantage”: System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian lambasts Israel for recognising Armenian genocide amidst Palestinian conflict

The singer slams the perceived hypocrisy, days after a United Nations commission accused the Israeli military of targetting children in the Gaza Strip

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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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“Are you trying to get us killed?” The explosive story behind System Of A Down’s Toxicity album

System Of A Down’s second album Toxicity gave nu metal’s most political band a platform to be heard . But some people wanted to shut them up –permanently

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Tom Morello teams up with Serj Tankian, A Perfect Circle release their first single in 8 years and we dive into Chinese deathcore in this week's best new metal song round-up

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“We’ve played each other songs, but we still haven’t come eye-to-eye on how things should be done”: 15 years after their comeback, will there ever be a sixth System Of A Down album?

Since reuniting in 2011, System Of A Down have headlined festivals, packed arenas and released two songs. What’s the situation with their long-anticipated follow-up to Mezmerize and Hypnotize? Well, don’t hold your breath.

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“Genocide still occurs today. We have not learned our lesson of people over profits”: Watch System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian sing heartfelt prayer for genocide victims at Sick New World festival last weekend

The frontman sang the traditional prayer Der Voghormia, one day after Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day was recognised on April 24

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“People were saying that the style we were playing would mean we never got signed”: Sounding nothing like anyone else, how System Of A Down overcame the odds and started their climb to dominance

1998 single Sugar brought the future nu metal superstars to the dance – and they were weird as hell

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"I thought this album was going to be the biggest of my career." The crazy forgotten music project featuring Ozzy Osbourne, System Of A Down, Wu-Tang Clan, Xzibit and more than was meant to be legendary, but was a total disaster

This could have been incredible, but it was an absolute flop

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"Speaking to your own child about that is very personal, vulnerable and emotional." System Of A Down's Serj Tankian reveals why he covered a Chris De Burgh classic - and teamed up with an EDM legend

Serj Tankian made some surprising musical choices for his new solo album

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Sick New World Music Festival Boasts Insanely Stacked Lineup for 2026 Return

Sick New World is coming back in a big way for two shows of nu metal celebration set in two separate locations

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System Of A Down add second UK date to European tour with Queens Of The Stone Age and Acid Bath

The alt-metal band will play a second show at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 15

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System Of A Down announce European stadium tour with support from Queens Of The Stone Age and Acid Bath

The nu metal-era four-piece will bring a star-studded lineup to seven stadiums in the UK and Europe next summer

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Are System Of A Down teasing their first European tour since 2017?

The Armenian-American band projected their logo onto multiple buildings across London on Monday night, and teasers have reportedly also been sighted in Italy and Germany

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"Nobody wanted to sign us, because we didn’t sound like Korn or Limp Bizkit." How Daron Malakian went from nu metal misfit to international metal star with System Of A Down and Scars On Broadway

System Of A Down might not've fit in, but they helped reshape metal for generations to come

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Watch System Of A Down cover Black Sabbath’s Snowblind for the first time since 2002 in tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

The nu metal band brought their cover out of the vault at a co-headline show with Korn on Wednesday

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“I had a lot of issues”: Serj Tankian details how back surgery impacted System Of A Down touring schedule

The vocalist explains how a 2021 procedure played into the band’s decision to stick to standalone shows rather than full-scale touring

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"Korn got ripped off a lot." Shavo Odadjian on nu metal vs deathcore, weird lyrics and whether a new System Of A Down album can live up to their legacy

Shavo Odadjian is back in the metal world after 20 years with Seven Hours After Violet - but how will he fare against reader questions?

Guitar World

“I don’t know how he got my address. He sent me a videotape of him jamming his head off. I was like, ‘Who is this guy?’” Buckethead gives rare ‘interview’ to Bootsy Collins – but speaks through his Les Paul

Collins talks and Buckethead riffs in the strangest guitar interview of 2025

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"What the **** are you saying, bro?!" System Of A Down's Shavo Odadjian on the Serj Tankian lyrics that confused him the most

Even System Of A Down's own bassist has raised his eyebrows at some of Serj's unusual lyrics

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“A huge shake-up in the amp modeler market”: These are the gear releases that have caught my eye this week – and the ones you might have missed

An amp modeler update that players have been waiting months for, a sustainable build from Martin and a premium collaboration between Gibson and Serj Tankian headline this week's action

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“It’s radical. It’s like magic. I get chills”: How Rick Rubin’s philosophy of chance led System of a Down to the first metal masterpiece of the 21st century

It’s one of the biggest streamed metal songs of all time, but what role did the hand of fate play in its origin?

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“It is ingrained with my artwork, an art piece that I had done years ago called Sunburst”: Serj Tankian and the Gibson Custom Shop team up for limited edition signature Foundations Les Paul Modern

They're only making 25 of these, each of them signed, and they come with a signed LP, signed art print, a copy of Tankian's memoir, plus VIP tickets to an upcoming System Of A Down show

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