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It's been 13 years since System of a Down released its latest albums, the "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" combos, which were marketed separately for only a few months in 2005. Since then, The band has been orphaned from new material, although the quartet joins the tours and has even recently gone through Brazil. With accusations exchanged in the press, the lack of a new album has become a big novel. Tired of the theme, the singer Serj Tankian castigated a long text on Facebook, explained what was going on behind the scenes and took some responsibility
"textão" of Serj arrives a few days after the guitarist and singer Daron Malakian press and says that his partner even wanted to record "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize."
"To be honest, Serj did not want to record the records, we had to ask him to record these albums, at that time he felt," Daron told Kerrang in an interview to promote the album. Album of his solo project, Scars on Broadway, which leaves on July 20th.
In response to these new statements by Daron and the inadequacy of information on a new album, Serj went into great detail and said that problems ranging from sound to compositions, to financial problems , discouraged him from recording with the band, although he still thinks it's there
In the text titled "Confessions about SOAD", Serj says the quartet is lucky to have To have fans who are always so eager for new pieces. And he admitted, "It's true that me, and me alone, I'm responsible for the hiatus that SOAD had in 2006. Everyone wanted to keep up the pace of records and tours. reasons, "he said, listing them.
Serj emphasizes that from an artistic point of view he felt the need to play solo projects and to leave the "redundancy" of the dynamics that he felt in the System of a Down. He also says that when the group started, the money was split almost equally. "At the time of the Mezmerize / Hypnotyze, we were diametrically opposed to that, Daron controlling the creative process, gaining the most money, besides that he wanted to do everything that concerned the press. "
The singer has confirmed that you do not feel close to these albums. "I wanted to leave the band before Mezmerize / Hypnotize, for these reasons, which is why I do not feel attached to these albums. (…) Time has passed, everyone has done his thing and my Solo career has given me confidence as a songwriter, then I look more solidly SOAD, first just to tour and enjoy the company of the other, as we we have done and done so far. "
Serj said that he knew of the comrades' willingness to register more material with the system, but that he was hesitant because from what they had lived. "Two years ago, I went after the guys with a proposal for things to happen, I wanted to correct the mistakes of the past to make everything happy."
For that, he listed some conditions. He wanted equality in creation. He and Daron would take six songs each to be approved by the group, which would be supplemented by ideas from Shavo Odadjian (bass). In addition, the main author of the song would have the last word on it. Another point would be equity in finance. Finally, Serj wanted to develop a new concept or theme that went beyond recording a record of loose songs.
The group even changed cards and song ideas, but the process did not advance. "In the end, I realized that I would never be happy if things had returned to what they were in the past of the band." And because we could not agree on these points, we had to decide to put aside the idea of recording something together, "said the singer, ending with an apology. "My only regret is that we have not been able to give you another record of the Down of Down system, and I apologize for that."
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