In a new interview with Billboard, System Of A Down talked about the possibility of writing new music and their upcoming “Wake Up The Souls” tour. The band are open to creating new music, but the tour, and bringing about awareness for the victims of the Armenian genocide, and genocide as a whole, is “more important.”
John Dolmayan said the following:
“As the date gets closer and closer where we’re gonna embark on this tour, I’m getting more and more excited about it. That tends to happen for most tours, but for this one especially, since it’s culminating in Armenia. It’s even more impactful for me as an Armenian and as a musician. It’s something that transcends music. This is more important than the next System of a Down album. This is something that’s far-reaching and it’s actually bigger than the Armenian genocide itself. This is a world issue.”
Serj Tankian also added:
“What’s important to us is the fact that genocide still occurs today. There is no international, executable agreement irrespective of the Genocide Convention and many ad hoc committees around the world. There’s nothing that all nations have signed that says when a genocide is occurring, all bets are off. … It’s important to us to not just raise awareness, but to help bring justice to this cause.”
This news comes after Shavo Odadjian recently said the band had written new songs. Since the tour is their main priority, it seems like he may have jumped the gun a little bit.
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