I'm really sad about this album. I expected something like the great Elect the Dead and is fucking electro-pop (it can be good electro-pop but i hate it anyway). Another metal/rock musician who has gone to the dark side.
I definitely think that Serj's main appeal is live. I remember when ETD came out i felt very disappointed, but when i started watching his live shows, i realized i liked his solo work better than SOAD. I cant wait to see this live.
Not sure about this, it might grow on me. It sounds a little mismatched, like someone just took a bunch of stuff and threw it together and then he sang over it. The opening is pretty epic though, and the last minute of the song sounds more solid.
i like Serj alot but.... Definitely need more System. SOAD are legend. I dont think Serj by himself can be Legend. A concert reunion or a new album would greatly bring them alot more fame and oppurtunities.
@soad911 You do realize they have had several concerts since their hiatus started? And that's another thing: It's a HIATUS. They are taking a break, they are not officially done, as far as I know.
Comparing this, to Serj previous album or that what he made with SOAD this is... Very bad, rerally... I disliked it from the very first time i heard it. That's my opinion.
@3ramthgin I was. I was a fan of him when he was a vocalist in S.O.A.D. also I liked his first album. But this? This made me almost vomiting up my breakfast.
@yunoskumi Concurred. I liked his first CD but this isn't that great. When is System getting back together? Every single song they made together was pure magic. This, as most of you should be able to tell, is lacking something. As is Scars On Broadway.
i´m sorry, i wish i could agree with you guys, but to me, this isnt serj.
where did all the electric sounds come from?
i think elect the dead had far more abstrakt and melodic elements, and of course, system rocks, but i don´t think there will be a system reunion, since daron isn´t the same he once was
@Slein95 I still hope for a "reunion", remember there arent officially disbanded, and hope dies at last :) Serjs new sound is way to diffrent to the sound of system. Darons album reminded me of a few system songs like She's like Heroin or darts. You know this crazy overtorqued sound which was just amazing genius. And system should be together again bcause I need them and I think we all need them in someway. so the point is daron and serj are great if there solo but just genius combined in system
@Nrage94 system is of course awsome, but i´m just afraid of them making a comback and do a bad album, it might destroy the picture of system we have. i mean, heroes never die, but legends are never forgotten.
apperently daron quit scars for some reason, and has had some bad drug problems, i think that might have been a reason why the lyrics where so messed up. i mean, how was cute machines anything like system? serj would have never made a song like that, also if there where system elements.
@Slein95 I agree man. It's kind of sad where Daron is now...I can't help but feel he squandered his opportunites. (backing out of the tour, etc.) I really don't like scars because of the lyrical content and how he seems to be trying so hard to be over the top. Good musical content for the most part, but I feel like his drive to be bizarre leaves him looking like the eminem of metal.
@Slein95 are you kidding me? The Scars album was great album. every single song is excellant, you have to actually listen with your ears so make sure you do that next time. Daron didnt disband from scars, they just played a concert and recently released a single called "fucking".
sounds like another must buy, will be going to media markt today and pick up a copy. Nice 2 know that the Elect the dead wasnt a one time record and Serj is keeping up the System sound but with his own style.
Bought the Scars record 2 when it came out but threw it out after a couple of months, no great record there.
Please, dear master of Imperfect Harmonies, even if this tune might be wicked and it took you a long time to built that kind of music, but compared to SOAD it just sounds kind of - how do I say this - imperfect.
We want System so badly.
And I don't like the "white-suit-style" looks kind of douchey.
And the composed "wall-of-sound-thing" at the end sounded kind of forced and cheap, as if one wants to be a great composer.
SOAD was good. But Serj's solo work is better. It's what he really wants to do, so he puts more care into making his music. Most of SOAD sounded the same, and it was good for a bunch of hormonal teenagers, but his solo work is where he really shines. Of course, the people who are saying that his new stuff sucks probably are hormonal teenagers....
@solutor102 Not dissing on hormonal teenagers. Just saying that something doesn't have to be loud and super crude to be good. While System's sound was revolutionary at the time, there wasn't very many more places Serj could take the band after the last two albums. His solo work allowed him to drastically change his style, and make a more professional name for himself in the world of art and music. Serj has released books and poems already, and is doing a lot of stuff he couldn't do with SOAD
I've only heard Borders are and this so far, but from those 2 I am fairly impressed with the album. It actually sounds like Serj's style of music, because he has always liked to experiment and try to show emotion through music.
And like every other fan, the reunion will come. Like Serj said "We'll come back when we're needed".
@jerm26554 i agree with you. to much classic music, absolutely overloaded with instruments and serj's voice disappears :( he had to try but... lets wait for a reunion ;)
I like Elect The Dead better, i'm all for Orchestration but this is way to overboard. Also his voice just doesnt go with this stuff. It doesnt seemed mixed very well either, the production on the instruments is WAY to loud. Ok crucify me now people for i have sinned because i put a negative comment. :)
if this is indeed the first song on the new album, serj has gotta recite the poem MIsunderstood Rose. im sayin it would be cool considering thats where the first two lines had originated from.
Agreed. This song, although not as heavy as I would like, is certainly the best that I have heard from the album thus far. I'm looking forward to this - as well as a System reunion, someday.
@benutzer29915022 System was certainly quite heavy. Songs like "Needles" and the like determined that years ago. If anything, you should be arguing that they weren't metal. They were very experimental, but they were heavy as fuck.
@MiddleGrounder I KNOW! God be praised in all of your languages, for the heavenly grace that is System has returned. Gotta love Serj's solo stuff - but I couldn't be happier knowing that they're back together again. =)
@MomanROTR09 Howabout today! Yeah I know i'm a bit slow, have only just heard the news, not really a soad fan anymore, would still like to see them though
I'm really sad about this album. I expected something like the great Elect the Dead and is fucking electro-pop (it can be good electro-pop but i hate it anyway). Another metal/rock musician who has gone to the dark side.
I hope that SOAD make another album
pepemordor 5 months ago
look at the url last 4 letters "lolz"
Jedary214 5 months ago in playlist serj tankian
Lyrical perfection, yet again<3
Serjstalker420 6 months ago
"laugh at thy neighbor
pretend you are sane, just the same
you survived in vain"
Best lines ever
Rhsims 7 months ago
Serj <3
AnnaMansonEliseeva 10 months ago
i love this song
totallyEpick 1 year ago
Check out my lyric video for this song: watch?v=8QDsfeQBUQU
NotEvenYTP 1 year ago
f*cking awesome!!! Serj you are the best!!
qyxwecvrfdsa 1 year ago
Serj is just so fken outstanding he doesn't follow the rhythm of the music while singing, he gives the music the rhythm. Now that's a true vocalist.
kryptonicj 1 year ago
Until now my favorite song was left of center
ThatGuy569814 1 year ago
Too awesome
CapnNemisis 1 year ago
I know what I'm buying after i fly back home.
MrReach17 1 year ago
EARGASM
MrAstrall85 1 year ago
This song is so addicting! :3
ChocolateSkull 1 year ago
Muy Bueno el video!!!!!!!!
DanielaAleGonzalez 1 year ago
Awesome song. Lyrics make no sense, but...awesome song regardless. Easily one of Serj's best.
kevlonk 1 year ago
serj's music is for grown ups
Veringetorix 1 year ago
System is coming back people! Finally yay!
yunoskumi 1 year ago
Serj is now christian! lol
RAFLAMOLAO 1 year ago
Experimental rock rules!!! Love it love it love it!!!
qiarra 1 year ago
we have to disown 5 people
dspfrg 1 year ago
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dspfrg 1 year ago
I like the beginning!! =P
DieSchlinge 1 year ago
@DieSchlinge i like the starting and ending too. Wish this music would last longer.
SogeKingDa 1 year ago
This is the first time I've heard this song and it is fucking fantastic!
CHAOSoriginal 1 year ago
Very awkward song from Serj, still like it.
BurdenOfMurder 1 year ago
so beautifully sung feelings I ever heard
deady4 1 year ago
I definitely think that Serj's main appeal is live. I remember when ETD came out i felt very disappointed, but when i started watching his live shows, i realized i liked his solo work better than SOAD. I cant wait to see this live.
matulaak988 1 year ago
5 people like Justin Bieber.
CHAOSoriginal 1 year ago 3
good singer , if not the best
ankh523 1 year ago
Not sure about this, it might grow on me. It sounds a little mismatched, like someone just took a bunch of stuff and threw it together and then he sang over it. The opening is pretty epic though, and the last minute of the song sounds more solid.
atguitar1990 1 year ago
not as good as his first album...but i dont mind adding to it to my album collection
crayZtaco7 1 year ago
i like Serj alot but.... Definitely need more System. SOAD are legend. I dont think Serj by himself can be Legend. A concert reunion or a new album would greatly bring them alot more fame and oppurtunities.
soad911 1 year ago
@soad911 You are very obviously simple minded and it does not seem like you have a great music knowledge...
benutzer29915022 1 year ago
@soad911 You do realize they have had several concerts since their hiatus started? And that's another thing: It's a HIATUS. They are taking a break, they are not officially done, as far as I know.
kingfullmetal 1 year ago
This is a good album, but I still prefer Elect the Dead to Serj's work.
xxxWesBentleyxxx 1 year ago
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trebot9292266 1 year ago
i miss when serj was hardcore and angery he seems to be mellowing out... he is still a godly song artist though
duck7759 1 year ago 7
i hate the beggining when its all sound samples but it gets better later on
solutor102 1 year ago
system reunion would be awesome eventhough they could do a bad album.
they made too many awesome albums that we wouldnt hate because of one bad.
and the chances are that they would do another great album like toxicity!
thumbs up if you agree ^^
EOBProductions 1 year ago 7
@EOBProductions i meant hate them sry
EOBProductions 1 year ago
Comparing this, to Serj previous album or that what he made with SOAD this is... Very bad, rerally... I disliked it from the very first time i heard it. That's my opinion.
yunoskumi 1 year ago
@yunoskumi fuck you then ur not a real fan of serj........
3ramthgin 1 year ago
@3ramthgin I was. I was a fan of him when he was a vocalist in S.O.A.D. also I liked his first album. But this? This made me almost vomiting up my breakfast.
yunoskumi 1 year ago
@yunoskumi Concurred. I liked his first CD but this isn't that great. When is System getting back together? Every single song they made together was pure magic. This, as most of you should be able to tell, is lacking something. As is Scars On Broadway.
COBfan43 1 year ago
@yunoskumi how can u not like imperfect harmonies? so what that soad isnt together right now at least serj and daron is still making badass music
XxNoobKiraXx 1 year ago
@yunoskumi Well, intollerance and conformity are the gift of the many...
You seem to be one of the many. Well it´s not me missing a great artist and his music... =)
benutzer29915022 1 year ago
i didnt really like his first album but i like this 1
damiant96 1 year ago
this is awesome though
zzPinkTacozz37 1 year ago
i´m sorry, i wish i could agree with you guys, but to me, this isnt serj.
where did all the electric sounds come from?
i think elect the dead had far more abstrakt and melodic elements, and of course, system rocks, but i don´t think there will be a system reunion, since daron isn´t the same he once was
Slein95 1 year ago
@Slein95 I still hope for a "reunion", remember there arent officially disbanded, and hope dies at last :) Serjs new sound is way to diffrent to the sound of system. Darons album reminded me of a few system songs like She's like Heroin or darts. You know this crazy overtorqued sound which was just amazing genius. And system should be together again bcause I need them and I think we all need them in someway. so the point is daron and serj are great if there solo but just genius combined in system
Nrage94 1 year ago
@Nrage94 system is of course awsome, but i´m just afraid of them making a comback and do a bad album, it might destroy the picture of system we have. i mean, heroes never die, but legends are never forgotten.
apperently daron quit scars for some reason, and has had some bad drug problems, i think that might have been a reason why the lyrics where so messed up. i mean, how was cute machines anything like system? serj would have never made a song like that, also if there where system elements.
Slein95 1 year ago
@Slein95 I agree man. It's kind of sad where Daron is now...I can't help but feel he squandered his opportunites. (backing out of the tour, etc.) I really don't like scars because of the lyrical content and how he seems to be trying so hard to be over the top. Good musical content for the most part, but I feel like his drive to be bizarre leaves him looking like the eminem of metal.
SOADchuchufan39 1 year ago
@Slein95 Yeah i'm afraid too that there could be a bad album if they come back = / but just as the last years before we can just wait.
Nrage94 1 year ago
@Slein95 are you kidding me? The Scars album was great album. every single song is excellant, you have to actually listen with your ears so make sure you do that next time. Daron didnt disband from scars, they just played a concert and recently released a single called "fucking".
zzPinkTacozz37 1 year ago
@zzPinkTacozz37 no a lot of the songs on scars was good some where shity
trebot9292266 1 year ago
sounds like another must buy, will be going to media markt today and pick up a copy. Nice 2 know that the Elect the dead wasnt a one time record and Serj is keeping up the System sound but with his own style.
Bought the Scars record 2 when it came out but threw it out after a couple of months, no great record there.
Violientrevolution 1 year ago
Please, dear master of Imperfect Harmonies, even if this tune might be wicked and it took you a long time to built that kind of music, but compared to SOAD it just sounds kind of - how do I say this - imperfect.
We want System so badly.
And I don't like the "white-suit-style" looks kind of douchey.
And the composed "wall-of-sound-thing" at the end sounded kind of forced and cheap, as if one wants to be a great composer.
Anyway, kindest regards and keep on playing.
m0Rt4lSin 1 year ago
SOAD was good. But Serj's solo work is better. It's what he really wants to do, so he puts more care into making his music. Most of SOAD sounded the same, and it was good for a bunch of hormonal teenagers, but his solo work is where he really shines. Of course, the people who are saying that his new stuff sucks probably are hormonal teenagers....
poofacfac 1 year ago
@poofacfac so know ur dissin on hormonal teenagers like me? lol i love both soad and serj solo but i dont like the techno-ish stuff on this song
solutor102 1 year ago
@solutor102 Not dissing on hormonal teenagers. Just saying that something doesn't have to be loud and super crude to be good. While System's sound was revolutionary at the time, there wasn't very many more places Serj could take the band after the last two albums. His solo work allowed him to drastically change his style, and make a more professional name for himself in the world of art and music. Serj has released books and poems already, and is doing a lot of stuff he couldn't do with SOAD
poofacfac 1 year ago
@poofacfac If you think SOAD is for hormonal teenagers then you fuck urself. Fuckin asshole. System is the greatest band of all-time Motha Fucka
zzPinkTacozz37 1 year ago 2
@zzPinkTacozz37 That is exactly what I mean. If you're not a teenager you are just incredibly dense.
poofacfac 1 year ago
@poofacfac SERJ'S SOLO WORK IS SO AMAZING! WAY BETTER THAN SYSTEM!
thebiznizboyz 1 year ago
WE WANT SYSTEM BACK !!!
askateboarder911 1 year ago 5
there are like tons of mistakes in the lyrics man
jbilunes 1 year ago 23
@jbilunes Yeah i just copied them off some website.......should probably fix them...
sakatobi 1 year ago 2
@sakatobi
dont worry about it, if people can hear better then read then good for them, if not then who cares, right? ;p
PiotrixPL 1 year ago
I've only heard Borders are and this so far, but from those 2 I am fairly impressed with the album. It actually sounds like Serj's style of music, because he has always liked to experiment and try to show emotion through music.
And like every other fan, the reunion will come. Like Serj said "We'll come back when we're needed".
theHeRoy 1 year ago
@jerm26554 i agree with you. to much classic music, absolutely overloaded with instruments and serj's voice disappears :( he had to try but... lets wait for a reunion ;)
schloemoe 1 year ago
System Reunion anyone?
stebbzx17 1 year ago
I like Elect The Dead better, i'm all for Orchestration but this is way to overboard. Also his voice just doesnt go with this stuff. It doesnt seemed mixed very well either, the production on the instruments is WAY to loud. Ok crucify me now people for i have sinned because i put a negative comment. :)
jerm26554 1 year ago
this is amazing, but honestly, i would have to say thats the whole of soad is better than just serj alone. they need a reunion lol
lifesucksyourmom79 1 year ago
@lifesucksyourmom79 ya both serj and scars form 2 parts that on there own are ok. but together just Great
trebot9292266 1 year ago
this is fucking terrible
Scottishmutt11 1 year ago
@Scottishmutt11 you dont know shit
BastardRevolver 1 year ago
@BastardRevolver And you don't know music or where to use correct punctuation
Scottishmutt11 1 year ago
@Scottishmutt11 and you can SHut up along with the other guy
trebot9292266 1 year ago
This is too awesome. I don't feel I deserve to listened to it.
kaoshurrikane94 1 year ago 57
@kaoshurrikane94 deserve?
hagrazz 1 year ago
@kaoshurrikane94 THen mabey you should listen to something more like deserving?
abeltic2 8 months ago
if this is indeed the first song on the new album, serj has gotta recite the poem MIsunderstood Rose. im sayin it would be cool considering thats where the first two lines had originated from.
turtlefanrecords 1 year ago
Serj has released yet another master piece.
BlueBinProductions 1 year ago
Agreed. This song, although not as heavy as I would like, is certainly the best that I have heard from the album thus far. I'm looking forward to this - as well as a System reunion, someday.
MomanROTR09 1 year ago 33
@MomanROTR09 System of a down never had "heavy" metal!
benutzer29915022 1 year ago
@benutzer29915022 System was certainly quite heavy. Songs like "Needles" and the like determined that years ago. If anything, you should be arguing that they weren't metal. They were very experimental, but they were heavy as fuck.
MomanROTR09 1 year ago
@MomanROTR09 Reunion shows in Europe just announced. Rejoice!
MiddleGrounder 1 year ago
@MiddleGrounder I KNOW! God be praised in all of your languages, for the heavenly grace that is System has returned. Gotta love Serj's solo stuff - but I couldn't be happier knowing that they're back together again. =)
MomanROTR09 1 year ago
@MomanROTR09 Some day soon apparently,
Check out their site, touring again soon :DDD
abeltic2 1 year ago
@MomanROTR09 2011 theyll be back they made a facebook post but not to be totally together just for a little bit of touring
greyfoxx55 1 year ago
@MomanROTR09 The reunion's happening, theyre going on tour 2011 summer :)
OfficialTHORchannel 1 year ago
@MomanROTR09 Howabout today! Yeah I know i'm a bit slow, have only just heard the news, not really a soad fan anymore, would still like to see them though
ATtTheGates 1 year ago