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| 2010-07-21 | Serj Tankian Says Forthcoming Album Represents "A Whole Different Sound For Me" | System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian recently spoke to Billboard.com about his forthcoming solo album, "Imperfect Harmonies", which is scheduled for release on September 7 via Serjical Strike/Reprise Records.
"I made rock records for so many years, with System Of A Down and 2007 solo debut "Elect the Dead", and I wanted to create something different for myself," Tankian told Billboard.com. "Elect the Dead" was more of a straight rock record, done layer by layer. On "Imperfect Harmonies" I threw everything at the wall and then started taking things out, which is the first time I've done that. It created a whole different sound for me. It was a good departure."
Tankian told Billboard.com his primary musical goal for "Imperfect Harmonies" was blending organic and electronic elements within the music, and using the orchestra as "a full-fledged band member" rather than just sonic window dressing.
"On a lot of rock records you hear the orchestra in back; it's kind of buried so that the guitars and drums can dominate the frequency," Tankian explained. "I didn't want to do that here. I wanted it to be a fair balance, so my guitars ARE the orchestra in this case. I didn't use a lot of guitars on this record, but I made the orchestra rock. I made them go wild."
Source: DarkSide.ru |
| 2004-05-11 | System Of A Down Eyes Studio Return | System Of A Down is nearly finished with pre-production for its next American/Columbia album and will begin recording in early summer. The as-yet-untitled set is expected later this year and will be the follow-up to 2002's "Toxicity." That set bowed at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and has sold nearly 3.3 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
"The whole world's gone crazy over the past couple of years, so that's brought out a lot of emotions and affected our songwriting," guitarist Daron Malakian says in a statement. "We just want to make a great rock record, a record that will be heavy, but heavy in emotion, not just heavy in riffs."
"There will definitely be a bunch of interesting topics that will come up," frontman Serj Tankian told Billboard.com earlier this year.
While working on the new System album, Malakian has been cultivating artists for his eatURmusic imprint. The label recently issued "Volcano" by Norwegian metal act Satyricon and will on May 18 unveil the latest release from hard rock combo Amen, "Death Before Musick."
Source: BillBoard |
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