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Few acts in history have made brilliantly contrarian music with a multitude of outspoken opinions on everything from social justice to spiritualism with the kind of against-the-odds commercial success as System Of A Down. SOAD frontman Serj Tankian’s solo efforts like Harakiri and Elect The Dead continued that tradition, with the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist exploring […]

Music videos from System Of A Down, Weezer and Queen have all been added to the GHTV playable music video network in Guitar Hero Live. Read more: Watch Vic Fuentes play Pierce The Veil songs on Guitar Hero “We’ve been a part of the Guitar Hero franchise since day one,” commented Weezer. “It’s always awesome to […]

The 60th annual Grammy Awards nominations were announced today, with Nothing More earning three nominations in the rock categories and Avenged Sevenfold earning its first Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song for “The Stage.” And in the past, Grammy nominees boasted a few scene favorites such as twenty one pilots and the Killers, but music’s […]

While uploaded to YouTube in the first half of 2015, Eduarda Henklein’s drum cover of System Of A Down’s “Chop Suey” is just now beginning to go viral. While she has since turned 6, she was only 5 years old at the time of filming. Watch below as she tears through the entire track. Video: Watch […]

The night before their Rock In Rio performance, members of System Of A Down played a surprise set to roughly 80 people at a hotel bar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (It doesn’t look as though frontman Serj Tankian joined them.) You can watch a brief clip of the incredibly rare happening below. Read more: System […]

As presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gains popularity with each passing week, musicians from all over the country are pledging their support and feeling the Bern. Sanders' campaign has posted a list of over 70 musicians who have endorsed the candidate, which includes System Of A Down's Serj Tankian, Cobra Starship's Gabe Saporta, The Wonder Years' […]

Over the weekend, System Of A Down performed an eclectic set of fan-favorites to a massive crowd at Riot Fest Chicago. The immense mass of people, however, proved detrimental to a select few. The band stopped playing multiple times in order for injured fans to be removed from danger and receive medical attention. Read more: Why […]

Songs from Fall Out Boy, System Of A Down, Disturbed and more have been added to Rock Band 4, which is scheduled for release October 6. They join 1,500 other tracks that will be available via download on the Rock Band music store.  Read more: Paramore, Foo Fighters, more announced for Rock Band comeback “With Rock Band […]

System Of A Down bassist Shavo Odadjian and Wu-Tang Clan's RZA have resurrected their collaborative project Achozen with an eight-track album. The effort features seven new tracks and appearances from Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante, P-Funk legend George Clinton and others. You can listen to the previously released “Salute Sacrifice” below. Watch: System Of A Down song featured in adorable new children’s […]

System Of A Down, the Prodigy, 88 Fingers Louie and Chef’Special have all been added to this year's Riot Fest Chicago. They will be performing alongside names such as the Academy Is… (playing Almost Here in full), Alexisonfire, Thrice, Alkaline Trio, Taking Back Sunday, the Devil Wears Prada and many others. A fully updated lineup can be found […]

By some miracle of God, System Of A Down's “Bounce” made its way into the new children's movie, The Secret Life Of Pets, which comes from the creative team behind Despicable Me. Comedians Louis C.K. and Kevin Hart will be among the flick's voice actors. Watch a hilarious trailer below, which features some serious metal towards the end. […]

UPDATE: 3:38 p.m. EST While the show has ended, you can watch it in full via the video below. ORIGINAL POST: 12:31 p.m. EST System Of A Down are playing in their homeland of Armenia for the first time ever right now. Live stream the show below! This past November, the band announced that they […]

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studio will debut the latest installment of the Mortal Kombat series on April 14. Check out the launch trailer for Mortal Kombat X below, which features System Of A Down's classic track, “Chop Suey!” Be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! Video: Here’s the first official look at the ‘Attack […]

System Of A Down have announced that they will embark on a world tour in memory of the Armenian Genocide's 100-year anniversary in April. Dubbed the Wake Up The Souls Tour, the run begins at London's Wembley Arena and will culminate with the band’s first-ever performance in Yerevan’s Republic Square. “As a band, it’s been one of our dreams to […]

Last night, recent AP cover stars 5 Seconds Of Summer made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and performed brief fall-themed parodies of songs from groups such as Blink-182, System Of A Down and various others. You can watch the hilarious renditions below. Be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! Additionally, 5SOS recently […]

After having some drama with Sublime and releasing a new song, “Wastelands,” Linkin Park have released another new single, “Rebellion,” which features System Of A Down guitarist Daron Malakian. The song is taken from LP’s upcoming sixth full-length album, The Hunting Party, which will be released on June 17 via Warner Bros. Check out the lyric […]

Oh, circular temptress. One slice of you can take up a third of our caloric intake for a day, but we keep coming back for the punishment and gut protrusion. Always. Why aren’t there more musical odes to pizza Love songs, in fact. Where are all the pizza love songs? Are all love songs secretly […]

Below you can listen to a lyric video of Born of Osiris covering System of a Down's “Science.”