• Is System of a Down Preparing to Release a New Album?

    Last week, members of the heavy metal band System of a Down posted rehearsal pictures on their Instagram accounts. Although the band has not yet issued a statement to clarify the meaning of these pictures, a lot of the group's fans believe that System of a Down is in the process of releasing a follow-up album to 2005's Mezmerize.

  • System of A Down Plays First Armenian Show to Mark 100th Anniversary of Genocide [WATCH]

    System of A Down has preached about plenty of political issues over the years but one has always been close to their hearts: The band, comprised entirely of Armenian-American members, has always pushed for the recognition of the injustices against Armenians in Turkey during 1915 to be labelled as genocide. The band finally played its first show in Armenia as the nation prepares to mark the hundredth anniversary of the tragedy on April 24.

  • System of a Down Reunion: Band Might Record New Music Following Wake Up the Souls Tour

    The members of System of a Down look to be staging a reunion. The group announced a handful of dates last month, teasing the possibility of hitting the studio. Now, bassist Shavo Odadjian is saying the group wrote new music and that there's a good chance they'll record it soon. Any new album will be the band's follow-up to 2005's 'Mezmerize/Hypnotize.'

  • Tom Morello, Serj Tankian Pay Tribute to Randy Rhoads with 'Crazy Train' Cover [LISTEN]

    Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello and System of a Down's Serj Tankian joined forces to pay tribute to deceased Ozzy Osbourne axeman Randy Rhoads. The pair decided to lay down "Crazy Train," the anthemic single from Osbourne's debut solo effort "Blizzard of Ozz." The cover will be included on the new compilation "Immortal Randy Rhoads: The Ultimate Tribute" and features Rudy Sarzo, another Rhoads bandmate, and Vinny Appice, "Rolling Stone" notes.

  • System of a Down May Be Working on New Album: Serj Tankian Talks Solo Work, Upcoming Tour

    It has been 10 years since System of a Down dropped "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize." The group went on hiatus in 2006, but it got back together five years later, much to the delight of fans. Now, in an interview with "Rolling Stone," frontman Serj Tankian is giving System followers some hope of a new album. The group is gearing up for their international Wake Up the Souls tour. Once that wraps in April, the boys might be hitting the studio. "There has been talk, and we are going to play this tour, come back and we're going to see where we are. If we have songs that work for System, if I have them and [guitarist] Daron [Malakian] has them. The openness is there to work together, but we haven't made any particular plans that we can announce," Tankian said. As per usual, the band is hitting the road to spread awareness of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide that occurred in 1915. Every member of the group comes from survivors of the genocide, and they will play Armenia for the first time to close out April. It turns out Tankian's solo efforts also involve the massacre.

  • System of a Down US Show: Group Announces 1st American Gig of '15

    When System of a Down released their Wake Up the Souls Tour schedule this fall, it was monumental given their first-ever Armenian show — on the 100th anniversary of the country's most horrific event, no less. There was one issue with the landmark tour, though: It did not include any U.S. dates. Now, Serj Tankian and Co. are rectifying the omission with a newly scheduled show for April 6 at the Los Angeles Forum that will kick off the stretch of international gigs. "We said we should celebrate the fact that we're here on stage, on the radio telling you about [the Armenian genocide]," bassist Shavo Odadjian told KROQ, via radio.com. "We got to that level. Let's not mourn 100 years what has already happened. By educating, you raise awareness. By raising awareness, you grow people's minds."

  • System of a Down Announce Int'l Tour, Armenian Show [SCHEDULE]

    System of a Down will honor the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide with their Wake Up the Souls Tour. The seven-show run will come to a close with the group's first Armenian performance when SOAD plays a free show in Yerevan's Republic Square, via Gigwise. "For years we have commemorated it by doing a solo show, so we've decided to call this tour the Wake Up the Souls Tour," singer Serj Tankian said in a video preview — see below. "We're playing in Armenia for the first time, the day before the commemoration of 100th anniversary. "The important thing is also justice. If someone killed my family, and burned my house down, and I'm running after them for 100 years for them to turn around and say, 'Sorry,' what does that mean? I think you have to have incrimination. I think you have to have justice." Tankian is Armenian and explained his background to KCET a couple years ago.

  • Avicii Teases New EP 'The Days / Night' On Instagram

    Avicii may not be touring on the road anymore due to persistent health problems, but that does not mean he has stopped working. His manager took to instagram and posted a picture that is presumably the cover art for his next EP, The Days / Night (via "Dancing Astronaut"). Both songs have already been unveiled to the public for some time, with "The Days" getting an official release on October 3 on all portals. "Night" was already previewed as part of the FIFA, the soccer video game '15 soundtrack.
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