Daron Malakian's Scars on Broadway announce new album, unleash “Killing Spree”

Scars on Broadway, the outfit fronted by System of a Down guitarist-singer Daron Malakian, have introduced a brand new album titled Hooked on the Violence, their first studio LP in seven years. Forward of its July 18th launch, the band has unleashed the only “Killing Spree.”

Malakian composed, produced, and carried out all of the songs on the album, with contributions from Scars on Broadway bandmates Orbel Babayan (guitar) and Roman Lomtadze (drums).

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Relating to the tune “Killing Spree,” Malakian mentioned, “It’s a taboo subject individuals is perhaps afraid to speak about. Children have rebelled perpetually. Psychological issues have all the time been there too. Within the final 15 years, we’ve seen a technology that may stroll into faculty and kill different college students. I’m not glamorizing or advocating it. I’m simply saying, ‘The youngsters are on a fucking killing spree.’ It’s what I see in entrance of me.”

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He added, “I’m not simply speaking about killings both. You’ll see a girl who’s getting crushed up on the subway and folks round her aren’t even serving to; they’re fucking recording on their iPhones. We had computerized weapons fifty years in the past, and no person was doing this. I blame the mindset. We now have a technology that’s so indifferent and desensitized. They’re completely unemotional and unempathetic. There’s no respect for all times.”

The July 18th launch date for Hooked on the Violence occurs to be Malakian’s fiftieth birthday. The musician has been out on the street with System of a Down taking part in a collection of South American reveals. This summer season, SOAD will carry out two-night stands at stadiums in East Rutherford, New Jersey; Chicago, and Toronto, the place they’ll be joined by Korn, Avenged Sevenfold, and Deftones, respectively (decide up tickets right here).

“I’m simply as happy with Scars as I’m of SOAD,” said Malakian in a press launch. “That is one other musical outlet for me. I feel it’s a number of the greatest stuff I’ve to supply. I’m blessed that I can nonetheless do that and write songs every single day.”

Watch the video for Scars on Broadway’s “Killing Spree” and see the paintings (designed by Daron’s father Vartan Malakian) and tracklist for Hooked on the Violence under. Pre-order the album at this location.

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