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“Genocide still occurs today. We have not learned our lesson of people over profits”: Watch System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian sing heartfelt prayer for genocide victims at Sick New World festival last weekend

Serj Tankian onstage with System Of A Down in 2022.

System Of A Down singer Serj Tankian made a powerful speech against genocide and led an Armenian prayer during the nu metal band’s set at Sick New World last weekend.

During the Armenian-American four-piece’s headline performance at the Las Vegas festival on Saturday (April 25), Tankian acknowledged Armenian Genocide Rememberance Day, which is recognised annually on April 24 to honour the victims of the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to ’17.

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