Elect the Dead

AlbumOct 16 / 200714 songs, 51m
Alternative Rock Alternative Metal
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Though multi-platinum art-metal politicos System Of A Down announced an extended hiatus in 2006, frontman Serj Tankian hasn't given up the musical ghost. His first solo album, Elect The Dead, explores what SOAD might sound like if Tankian—as comfy on piano and guitar as he is growling and trilling in front of a…

Those who have followed the life of System of a Down and its lead vocalist and lyricist Serj Tankian have wondered for years when he would finally issue his debut offering.

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian is the first to break the band's self-imposed hiatus with his debut solo album, "Elect the Dead", and the most immediate and welcome thing is that the record, of course, is free of the overbearing, whiny vocals of SYSTEM guitarist Daron Malakian, whose apparent...

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System of a Down surprised many when they announced that the band was going on hiatus in the fall of 2006.

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