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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman To Film 'Praise The Lord, Pass The Ammunition' Video

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian will film a video for his solo track "Praise The Lord, Pass The Ammunition" on Monday, August 27 in Hollywood, California with director Greg Watermann (MUDVAYNE, LAMB OF GOD). According to a MySpace bulletin from Watermann, "The story is a wacky art-performance...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Songwriter Launches SCARS ON BROADWAY

SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Daron Malakian (guitars, vocals, songwriter) and John Dolmayan (drums) have joined forces to form a new band, SCARS ON BROADWAY. "Accompanied by some great musicians, we are preparing to go into the studio really soon to record our debut album," Malakian writes on the group's MySp...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman: 'This Album Has No Barriers Between The Listener And Me'

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian recently spoke to Kerrang! magazine about his forthcoming solo album, "Elect the Dead", due out October 23 via Serjical Strike/Reprise Records. Serj: "It's definitely a rock record," explained Tankian. "It's a moving album with lots of up's and down, starts and...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Releases 'The Unthinking Majority' Video

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has released the video for his new song "The Unthinking Majority" via his official web site. The Tawd Dorenfeld-directed clip can be viewed below. Commented Tankian: "'The Unthinking Majority' is a song that I needed to release now, before my record or single c...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Selects First Single From Solo Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has set "Empty Walls" as the first rock radio single from his debut solo album, "Elect The Dead". The track will make its way to stations on September 10. Another song, called "The Unthinking Majority", will surface a little earli...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Concentrating On Doing His Own Thing

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has told MTV.com that while he is currently concentrating on a solo career, he doesn't rule out a return to SOAD. "We're all doing our own things right now and just taking time off," he said. "SYSTEM's always been there. We've been a band for 11 ...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN's TANKIAN: Track Listing, Release Date For Solo Debut Announced

Serj Tankian, the visionary frontman for multi-platinum rock band SYSTEM OF A DOWN, will release his debut solo album, entitled "Elect the Dead", on October 23 via Serjical Strike/Reprise Records this fall. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Empty Walls 02. The Unthinking Majority 0...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Alive And Well, Says Bassist

Launch Radio Networks reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN has been on hiatus since last year, with its members working on various side projects. This has naturally led to rumors that the band was breaking up permanently. But bassist Shavo Odadjian told Launch that SYSTEM OF A DOWN is far from over. "SYSTEM is...

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SERJ TANKIAN, TOM MORELLO To Guest On Tonight's 'Henry Rollins Show'; AMEN To Perform

An exclusive AMEN performance of "Another Planet" and a web-only 11-minute interview with the group's lead singer Casey Chaos on the set of "The Henry Rollins Show" has been posted at IFC.com. AMEN's appearance on "The Henry Rollins Show" will air on the Independent Film Channel (IFC) tonight (Frida...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Mixing Debut Solo Album

Serj Tankian, the visionary frontman for multi-platinum rock band SYSTEM OF A DOWN, is currently in the studio mixing his debut solo album, entitled "Elect The Dead", which will be released on Serjical Strike/Reprise Records this fall. Known for his work with hard-rock agitators SOAD, Tankian says h...

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FAIR TO MIDLAND Confirmed For Poland's METAL HAMMER FESTIVAL

Genre-bending Dallas progressive rock band FAIR TO MIDLAND has been confirmed for the Metal Hammer Festival, set to take place August 12 at Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: TOOL CHRIS CORNELL DIR EN GREY FAIR TO MIDLAND COMA DELIGHT Doors open at 15.00....

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THE 69 EYES, WEDNESDAY 13, FAIR TO MIDLAND: More U.S. Dates Announced

Finnish goth metal band THE 69 EYES will team up with former MURDERDOLLS frontman WEDNESDAY 13, FAIR TO MIDLAND (the latest signing to SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian's record label, Serjical Strike) and NIGHT KILLS THE DAY for a U.S. tour beginning mid-June. Confirmed dates so far are as fol...

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PARADISE LOST Documentary 'Over The Madness' To Premiere At CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Diran Noubar's powerful new documentary "Over The Madness" about U.K. band PARADISE LOST provides unique insights on a rock band and the emergence of the "gothic metal" movement. The documentary referred by SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Serj Tankian as "THE film showing the inception and progression of PARADIS...

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THE 69 EYES, WEDNESDAY 13, FAIR TO MIDLAND To Team Up For U.S. Tour

Former MURDERDOLLS frontman WEDNESDAY 13 will support the Finnish goth metal band THE 69 EYES on their U.S. tour this summer. WEDNESDAY 13 and THE 69 EYES just played a dozen or so shows together in Germany and had such a good time they have decided to bring the rock 'n' roll show to the ...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Not Returning Any Time Soon

Launch Radio Networks reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian plans to release his first solo album this fall, while the rest of his bandmates are also working on individual projects. But as for when SYSTEM itself will get back together, Tankian says it's not really on anyone's radar. "I don't...