As it stands in 2025, the chances of us ever getting a new System Of A Down record look pretty dismal. In 2020, it took a bloody conflict in their Armenian homeland to get the band into the studio and record two tracks. Protect The Land and Genocidal Humanoidz were bittersweet reminders of just why we fell in love with SOAD’s zany, scattershot metal in the first place, and just what a vital voice the band are in a world hellbent on repeatedly scraping itself across the bottom of the barrel.
But another half decade has since passed. Thank God, then, for guitarist Daron Malakian, who’s continued to fill the void by writing bonkers, fury-fuelled bangers for his side-project Scars On Broadway. Given that Daron wrote the lion’s share of SOAD’s output, it’s not surprising that this third album is everything fans have been hankering for.
