{"id":9346,"date":"2025-04-11T00:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T00:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/9346\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T00:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T00:03:09","slug":"have-system-of-a-down-made-a-new-album-is-there-any-point-the-band-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/9346\/","title":{"rendered":"Have System Of A Down made a new album? Is there any point? The band respond"},"content":{"rendered":"

System Of A Down<\/a> have addressed speculation that a new album might be on the way.<\/p>\n

The legendary metal band\u2019s last albums were their two 2005 full-lengths \u2018Mezmerize\u2019 and \u2018Hypnotize\u2019.<\/p>\n

Though they haven\u2019t released an album since then, later this year, they\u2019ll play their longest stretch of tour dates in years as they take over South America in April and May<\/a>, and\u00a0North America in August and September<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The dates \u2013 all of which are sold out \u2013 will mark the first time since 2017 that the band are performing back-to-back shows for an extended period of time, having only played one or two shows a year in recent times.<\/p>\n

In January, bassist Shavo Odadjian said the shows could be a chance to \u201ctest the waters\u201d<\/a> but it didn\u2019t necessarily signal a new album. \u201cWe always will talk about it here and there, but I don\u2019t know if this will happen or not. I mean, if it does, beautiful. But if it does, it needs to be amazing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can\u2019t just be us riffing. \u2018Cause we\u2019ve got a lot to live up to, bro. It\u2019s a little nerve racking, a part of it. 20 years [ago], the last thing we did, won a Grammy. It needs to really be the greatest it could be. And I\u2019m not saying it can\u2019t be or we\u2019re not up to it \u2014 we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"System Of A Down\u2019s Serj Tankian. Credit: Carlos Tischler\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

In recent years, speculation has been building as to whether they\u2019ll record a follow-up or not. In October, frontman Serj Tankian previously shared that a new System record would be a \u201cfresh start in a brand new way\u201d<\/a>, but later\u00a0revealed he \u201cbecame very passive\u201d during the writing and recording process<\/a> for their last two albums.<\/p>\n

Speaking to NME in December<\/a>, however, Odadjian opened up about how the legendary band were \u201calways talking\u201d and would likely \u201cnever break up\u201d. and added that he was unsure what the singer meant by the comments, though the hopes of new music are still slim<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In January, guitarist Daron Malakian also admitted that he\u2019s not a fan of the prospect of a new album<\/a>. Speaking to Rick Rubin, who produced the two albums 20 years ago, Malakian said: \u201cIt would have been nice to see where the band would have evolved if we kept putting music out. If we put out an album now, it\u2019s just so far away from [\u2018Mezmerize\u2019 and \u2018Hypnotize\u2019] it doesn\u2019t continue the story to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, adding that starting a \u201cnew story\u201d with the band\u00a0\u201cmight have been something I wanted\u201d in the past, but now, \u201cI\u2019m not sure how much I want that anymore \u2013 I\u2019m sure people won\u2019t be too happy to hear that from me. I\u2019m not at the same place I was maybe 10 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SerjSerj Tankian, of System of a Down, in concert at Firenze Rocks Festival. Florence, Italy. 25th June 2017 (Photo by Francesco Castaldo\/Archivio Francesco Castaldo\/Mondadori via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Tankian recently revealed that there is no material waiting to be released, telling interviewer Sona Oganesyan<\/a>: \u201cI would say there is no album that is written.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, it seems that drummer John Dolmayan concurs. Speaking last month with Lilian Tahmasian<\/a>, Dolmayann said he wasn\u2019t sure if he wanted the band to head back to the studio. \u201cNo. I don\u2019t know if I want it at this point,\u201d he said when asked if a new album was on the horizon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s just too much drama involved. And I like going out and having a good time with my friends and playing shows, and I don\u2019t want that to disappear,\u201d Dolmayan continued. \u201cThere would have to be very strict guidelines for me to make another record with System again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The drummer went on to address rumours that a feud between him and Tankian was holding things up, following the two publicly clashing numerous times over their political beliefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we had problems with that because Serj is very outspoken,\u201d Dolmayan explained. \u201cHe has one way of thinking, some things we agree with \u2013 the rest of the band \u2013 and some things we don\u2019t. Some things we\u2019re exactly on par with. My belief system is a little different and I\u2019ll get into that with you in a little bit. But, with Serj, we don\u2019t want that to be the only thing, because we don\u2019t feel like that\u2019s the only element of System Of A Down. It\u2019s a big part of the band.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cWe don\u2019t just sing about, you know lyrically, politics. We sing about love, death, hate, stupid things, inane things, artistic things, insane things. It\u2019s all these things that make System Of A Down so unique. We didn\u2019t want the focal point to be politics, but that\u2019s kinda what Serj wanted to talk about at the time. So, we\u2019re in a weird situation where I don\u2019t want to limit what he has to say, but I don\u2019t want to limit what people think of me either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though they\u2019ve toured intermittently since 2005, in terms of new music they\u2019ve only released two singles: 2020\u2019s \u2018Protect the Land\u2019 and \u2018Genocidal Humanoidz\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

System\u2019s members have since gone on to establish new projects outside of the band. In October, Odadjian\u2019s band Seven Hours After Violet<\/a> released their self-titled debut LP.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Tankian recently released his memoir Down With The System. Discussing the book with NME<\/a>, he said: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of interesting lessons in my own life, and I hope it sparks something in young creators or would-be creators.\u201d Elsewhere, Tankian announced a new solo EP, \u2018Foundations\u2019<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"System Of A Down have addressed speculation that a new album might be on the way. The legendary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,3981,269,453,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-9346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-metal","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-rock","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114316405059349703","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}