Serj Tankian, the guide singer of Program of a Down, stated he will be releasing his EP Elasticity subsequent year. The EP was originally going to be unveiled this October, but Tankian place the undertaking on maintain when the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh War broke out in Armenia.
The EP will have 5 songs that he started crafting several yrs in the past, supposed to be for System of a Down. Tankian claimed the band was “unable to see eye-to-eye on continuing the future recordings,” so he resolved to end the tracks and launch them himself.
They are “really intriguing and beautiful songs — likely from seriously heavy form of Technique-esque sort of audio to genuinely beautiful, ballady — such as pianos and string arrangements and things like that,” Tankian advised Rolling Stone.
He said the songs are thematically numerous, with a person remaining about terrorism, one about protests in Armenia that took spot several years back and a person about his son, Rumi. He mentioned he has filmed a music video for “Rumi,” which is predicted to be the first one.
Tankian had originally introduced ideas to launch an “EP of rock songs” in the beginning supposed for Technique of a Down in May perhaps. In April, he launched a classically-influenced song called “Hayastane,” with lyrics published by the Armenian Key Minister. All proceeds went toward the My Stage Basis, an group that supports community wellness, schooling, society, social welfare and environmental causes in Armenia.
In September, the Nova Rock music pageant produced its 2021 lineup, which attributes System of a Down alongside with Deliver Me the Horizon, Korn, Muse and extra. In November, the band lifted in excess of $600,000 for the persons of Artsakh in the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh War just after releasing two new tracks called “Protect The Land” and “Genocidal Humanoidz” by means of Bandcamp. All proceeds from the tracks went to the Armenia Fund. The music have been the band’s initial new songs in 15 many years. They also introduced a music video for “Protect The Land,” directed by Ara Soudjian and the group’s bassist Shavo Odadjian.
Earlier this thirty day period, Tankian executed on an upcoming handles album, The Dilemma of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four, which is established to be introduced May well 14, 2021, to honor submit-punk outfit Gang of 4 and their late guitarist Andy Gill.
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