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System Of A Down add second UK date to European tour with Queens Of The Stone Age and Acid Bath

The alt-metal band will play a second show at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 15

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System Of A Down announce European stadium tour with support from Queens Of The Stone Age and Acid Bath

The nu metal-era four-piece will bring a star-studded lineup to seven stadiums in the UK and Europe next summer

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Are System Of A Down teasing their first European tour since 2017?

The Armenian-American band projected their logo onto multiple buildings across London on Monday night, and teasers have reportedly also been sighted in Italy and Germany

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"Nobody wanted to sign us, because we didn’t sound like Korn or Limp Bizkit." How Daron Malakian went from nu metal misfit to international metal star with System Of A Down and Scars On Broadway

System Of A Down might not've fit in, but they helped reshape metal for generations to come

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Watch System Of A Down cover Black Sabbath’s Snowblind for the first time since 2002 in tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

The nu metal band brought their cover out of the vault at a co-headline show with Korn on Wednesday

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“I had a lot of issues”: Serj Tankian details how back surgery impacted System Of A Down touring schedule

The vocalist explains how a 2021 procedure played into the band’s decision to stick to standalone shows rather than full-scale touring

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"Korn got ripped off a lot." Shavo Odadjian on nu metal vs deathcore, weird lyrics and whether a new System Of A Down album can live up to their legacy

Shavo Odadjian is back in the metal world after 20 years with Seven Hours After Violet - but how will he fare against reader questions?

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“I don’t know how he got my address. He sent me a videotape of him jamming his head off. I was like, ‘Who is this guy?’” Buckethead gives rare ‘interview’ to Bootsy Collins – but speaks through his Les Paul

Collins talks and Buckethead riffs in the strangest guitar interview of 2025

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"What the **** are you saying, bro?!" System Of A Down's Shavo Odadjian on the Serj Tankian lyrics that confused him the most

Even System Of A Down's own bassist has raised his eyebrows at some of Serj's unusual lyrics

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“A huge shake-up in the amp modeler market”: These are the gear releases that have caught my eye this week – and the ones you might have missed

An amp modeler update that players have been waiting months for, a sustainable build from Martin and a premium collaboration between Gibson and Serj Tankian headline this week's action

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“It’s radical. It’s like magic. I get chills”: How Rick Rubin’s philosophy of chance led System of a Down to the first metal masterpiece of the 21st century

It’s one of the biggest streamed metal songs of all time, but what role did the hand of fate play in its origin?

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“It is ingrained with my artwork, an art piece that I had done years ago called Sunburst”: Serj Tankian and the Gibson Custom Shop team up for limited edition signature Foundations Les Paul Modern

They're only making 25 of these, each of them signed, and they come with a signed LP, signed art print, a copy of Tankian's memoir, plus VIP tickets to an upcoming System Of A Down show

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I use this acclaimed album for testing all the time – you should use it to rock your system's world

Drop your preconceptions about certain genres and dive into a test record that you might not have considered before.

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“We’ve got one song with Serj from System Of A Down and we just finished a second Babymetal collab”: Polyphia are making a “heavy” new album stacked with special guests

Expect big riffs and even bigger names on the next Polyphia album

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"A small subset of fans had a practice of showing up to gigs in Nazi regalia." System Of A Down's Serj Tankian on why supporting one iconic metal band was like "rock 'n' roll boot camp"

System Of A Down have a storied career, and Serj has spoken on one of the most challenging support slots the band experienced in their early days

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“Bet you didn’t know!” Glenn Close once drummed for System Of A Down, Daron Malakian ‘confirms’

Onstage at the Golden Globes, it was jokingly stated that the legendary actress once manned the stool for one of nu metal’s biggest bands

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"I’ve said no to tours and let some opportunities go by because they’re not what I’m really interested in doing." Serj Tankian on System Of A Down, heritage and the importance of staying active

Although System Of A Down haven't released a new album in almost 20 years, that hasn't stopped frontman Serj Tankian from remaining a prolific force

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System Of A Down announce first full tour since 2018

The nu-metal-but-not-really favourites will trek across South America in May

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"The progressive rock-ness of this huge epic pushed me in a whole new direction": Slash and Duff McKagan have combined forces on a colossal new song

Slash and Duff McKagan appear together on I Can Breathe, a new charity single by Gibson Brand

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"My girlfriend was a fan and she took me along...it was incredible!" System Of A Down's Serj Tankian on the first metal band he ever saw live

System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian reveals that his first ever metal show involved one of the greatest metal bands of them all

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Serj Tankian had 'emotionally checked out' of System of a Down

Serj Tankian had “emotionally checked out” of System of a Down while making their final albums, long before they went on hiatus.

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Serj Tankian admits he “emotionally checked out” during System Of A Down’s final albums

“I was in a weird place. I contributed creatively, but I didn’t.”

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“Daron’s the guitarist, I’m the vocalist, and yet he was using my Strat… Then somebody stole it after breaking our car window”: Serj Tankian reflects on his guitar journey with System of a Down, Tony Iommi, Buckethead and beyond

In a rare guitar interview, Serj Tankian breaks down his “fast folk” playing style and upcoming signature Gibson Les Paul, his love of shredders, and freaking out Maynard James Keenan (and being freaked out by Buckethead)

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“Rick Rubin didn’t like it at all!” Watch Serj Tankian eat his first banana terracotta pie – and explain why he wrote a System Of A Down song about it

19 years after first singing about banana terracotta pie on Vicinity Of Obscenity, System Of A Down singer Serj Tankian has tried one

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“It was ridiculous!” Why Rick Rubin couldn’t stop laughing the first time he saw System Of A Down live

Rubin, who co-produced every System Of A Down album from 1998 to 2005, explains why the band split his sides for an entire set

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