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Scars on Broadway

Scars on Broadway The Summer

With System of a Down on hiatus, guitarist Daron Malakian took the opportunity to explore more song-based work, writing most of the album on keyboard. That said, several tracks have an intense metal-prog feel, which SOAD fans will find familiar. "I wouldn't say it's where we left off with System," Malakian says of the Scars project, which he produced himself (with early input from Rick Rubin) — and also includes SOAD drummer John Dolmayan. "I have been trying to go to another place with it — without completely losing who I am."

"They Say"

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