On November 29, 2010, following several weeks of internet rumors, System of a Down officially announced that they would play shows in Europe during Festivals and in North America, mostly in the U.S., embarking on a tour for the following three years.
In 2009, Tankian collaborated with the band Viza (previously known as Visa) for their track “Viktor”.
Tankian’s second solo album was originally due in 2009. It is said to be more of a jazz and orchestral based sound. Tankian said of the second album:
Tankian is also politically involved. Together with Tom Morello , he founded the organization Axis of Justice and often speaks publicly against violence and injustice in the world. Tankian released a new song “Fears” in November 2008 exclusively in support of Amnesty International ‘s Global Write-A-Thon.
Three different promo versions of the album have surfaced to the public. The instrumental promotional version, issued by Serjical Strike/Reprise Records and intended for the music and movie industry, contains instrumental versions of the twelve album tracks. Another promotional version, issued by Reprise Records and made only for individual reviewers,…
Read More
The official tour for Elect the Dead commenced on October 12, 2007, with a show at Chicago’s Vic Theatre . Roughly one thousand people attended the first concert. Although Tankian had stated he would not be performing any material by System of a Down, he performed “Charades” and “Blue”, songs…
Read More
The band achieved commercial success with the release of five studio albums, three of which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 . System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards , and their song ” B.Y.O.B. ” won the Best Hard Rock Performance of 2006.…
Read More
After the split, Tankian, Odadjian and Malakian formed System of a Down, named after a poem Malakian wrote called Victims of a Down (which was later featured on the back-side of the band-to-be’s self-titled debut ). The band recruited drummer Ontronik “Andy” Khachaturian, an old school friend of Malakian, and…
Read More