SOAD's Serj Tankian to release new solo album this summer

Even though System Of A Down reunited last summer for plenty of shows and they will also play shows this year, no new album is expected form the this band. However, frontman Serj Tankian will release new solo album this summer.

It will be entitled Harakiri and it should be out in couple of next months. It was all produced and recorded by Serj with the help of an iPad. Tracks of this album were written in year 2011.

Tankian said about the record following:

"The year 2011 started with a fire. Some kids in Piha, NZ were setting off fireworks that landed on my neighbor’s property and lit the whole hill on fire. I knew it was going to be a hell of a year and it certainly was. Within 5 days of that, reports came out about birds and fish dying in massive numbers globally. The omen was not lost on me. Varied creatures on earth were committing massive hara-kiri (the Japanese term signifying ritualistic suicide.) Do they know something we don’t about the coming times or the sustainability of the environment? That is the day I started writing this record.

The album is much more driving and punk oriented, with influences ranging from goth to electronic to 80′s vibes, dynamically heavy rock to epic melodic songs."

Me personally, I would be much more happier if SOAD released new album. However, I believe this one will be good, too.