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Canwest News Service, Canada
May 6, 2011 Friday 03:59 PM EST
System of a Down ends five-year hiatus with Rexall gig
BY: Sandra Sperounes, edmontonjournal.com
You wouldn't want to challenge Serj Tankian to a tongue-twister contest.
The System of a Down frontman can rip through words faster than most
rappers as he sings about pizza, cigars, Hollywood, or the futility of
war.
His vocal gymnastics, not to mention the band's songs, are about as
flexible as the subject matter on System's five studio albums.
He can reach operatic heights, whisper like a feverish Rasputin, then
bark out some devilish growls while a tempest of metal riffs, dance
grooves, explosive percussion and bittersweet melodies swirl around
him like a circle of shape-shifters.
It's a potent, love-it-or-hate-it combination and, after a near
five-year hiatus, the Los Angeles musicians are firing up their System
again.
Lucky for us, Tankian and his bandmates - guitarist/vocalist Daron
Malakian, bassist Shavo Odadjian and drummer John Dolmayan - are
kicking off their world tour at Rexall Place.
Tuesday's show will be their first since 2006, when the
Armenian-American musicians decided to try side projects. "We're not
breaking up," Malakian said at the time.
Tankian released two solo efforts, while Malakian and Dolmayan
recorded one album as Scars on Broadway - but they lacked the same
spark of System of a Down's output.
To celebrate their reunion, return or whatever you want to call it, we
asked fans to tell us about their favourite SOAD songs. Five lucky
readers, selected at random, won a pair of tickets to Tuesday's
concert - Kimberley Ackney, Allison Chin, Darin King, Marc Kirouac,
and Kaelyn Marchant.
From: A. Papazian
May 6, 2011 Friday 03:59 PM EST
System of a Down ends five-year hiatus with Rexall gig
BY: Sandra Sperounes, edmontonjournal.com
You wouldn't want to challenge Serj Tankian to a tongue-twister contest.
The System of a Down frontman can rip through words faster than most
rappers as he sings about pizza, cigars, Hollywood, or the futility of
war.
His vocal gymnastics, not to mention the band's songs, are about as
flexible as the subject matter on System's five studio albums.
He can reach operatic heights, whisper like a feverish Rasputin, then
bark out some devilish growls while a tempest of metal riffs, dance
grooves, explosive percussion and bittersweet melodies swirl around
him like a circle of shape-shifters.
It's a potent, love-it-or-hate-it combination and, after a near
five-year hiatus, the Los Angeles musicians are firing up their System
again.
Lucky for us, Tankian and his bandmates - guitarist/vocalist Daron
Malakian, bassist Shavo Odadjian and drummer John Dolmayan - are
kicking off their world tour at Rexall Place.
Tuesday's show will be their first since 2006, when the
Armenian-American musicians decided to try side projects. "We're not
breaking up," Malakian said at the time.
Tankian released two solo efforts, while Malakian and Dolmayan
recorded one album as Scars on Broadway - but they lacked the same
spark of System of a Down's output.
To celebrate their reunion, return or whatever you want to call it, we
asked fans to tell us about their favourite SOAD songs. Five lucky
readers, selected at random, won a pair of tickets to Tuesday's
concert - Kimberley Ackney, Allison Chin, Darin King, Marc Kirouac,
and Kaelyn Marchant.
From: A. Papazian