System Of A Down, A Perfect Circle and Bring Me The Horizon to play Sick New World Festival in 2024

Bassist Shavo Odadjian of System Of A Down discussed his involvement in the so-called “nu-metal” movement, which dominated the airwaves and briefly peaked in the late 1990s and early 2000s, in a recent interview with Matt Pinfield of 95.5 KLOS’s “New & Approved” broadcast. Someone asked me recently about being a ‘nu metal’ band. And...

Serj Tankian, the frontman for System of A Down, recently talked to Metal Hammer about his mental health and his level of involvement with the band’s current albums, 2005’s “Mezmerize” and “Hypnotize,” which are multi-platinum alternative metal/nü-metal. The band’s then-mentor, Rick Rubin, recorded that independently released double effort, with guitarist and singer Daron Malakian also...