“We’ve played each other songs, but we still haven’t come eye-to-eye on how things should be done”: 15 years after their comeback, will there ever be a sixth System Of A Down album?

Serj Tankian onstage with System Of A Down in 2017.

Nu metal-era giants System Of A Down played their first reunion gig 15 years ago this week. Since their return, there’s been a near-constant back-and-forth on whether there’ll be a new album. Hammer looks back at the knotted story of the band’s long-anticipated, and probably non-existent, sixth record.