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Facebook A few weeks ago, bassist Shavo Odadjian essentially laid blame regarding the delay of a new System of a Down record on frontman Serj Tankian's doorstep via a Facebook rant. The posts were quickly deleted and the drama quelled with a unified band statement about Odadjian's comments being an exercise in poor judgment that was not reflective of the whole...

System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian lends his voice to St. Louis rapper Tech N9ne's new album Something Else, which is due out on June 25. "I had not heard of Tech N9ne when we were sent the track," Serj admitted. "I checked out a bunch of his songs and really got into his flow, intensity and dynamics, and I agreed to sing on it...

Recently, my wife directed MELLODRAMA: The Mellotron Story, a documentary about a California inventor who unveiled an organ in 1956 that could replay the sounds of other instruments using magnetic tape. His idea was lifted by an employee and sold abroad, and soon the Mellotron caught fire and became a rock music staple, championed by everyone from the Beatles (on "Strawberry Fields Forever&qu

Festivals. They are a dime a dozen when it comes to heavy metal, whether they are touring events that pass through town or are stationed in one location over a weekend. There's Warped Tour. There's Mayhem. There's UPROAR. There's Carnival of Madness...

All Axxess Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Jason Hook has revealed that his previous gig with pop star Mandy Moore lead him to his gig with FFDP. Essentially, Hook learned how to behave by working on a professional tour. He got his road legs under, him so to speak...

Back in 2011, when thousands of birds fell from the sky and millions of fish washed up on shore in freak die-offs across North America, most people were happy to accept the media's flimsy scientific explanations. Serj Tankian, the Lebanese-born Armenian-American solo artist and frontman for Grammy-Award winning hard rock band System of a Down, didn't take these events lightly...

"It's a comical political song talking about abusive capitalism and the differences created in economic stature and the reaction to it. CEOs have gotten away with murder, until now," Serj Tankian tells Noisecreep about "Figure It Out," the first single off his forthcoming third solo album, Harakiri...

System of a Down just announced a slate of North American tour dates with Deftones. The trek will kick off at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Philadelphia, Pa. on Aug. 2 and conclude on Aug. 15 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Ill. Serj Tankian, vocalist for System of a Down, will be releasing Harikari, his third solo album, on July 20...

Get your passport in order and prepare for a road trip to Canada for one of two Heavy festivals in Toronto and Montreal, both held the same weekend, Aug. 11 and 12. The two-day Heavy T.O. will take place at Downsview Park and feature Slipknot as headliner on the first day and System of a Down on the second...

This May, Serj Tankian will be rejoining his System Of A Down band mates for one of this year's most anticipated tours. However, before he takes the stage with System, Tankian is conquering a new world: the theater. 'Prometheus Bound,' Tankian's collaboration with acclaimed playwright Steven Sater, is currently in the middle of its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge