System of A Down: where we had remained
The expectation of the fans is finally over: the System of A Down are back In concert in Italy after eight years From the last passage in our country, which dates back to Florence Rocks in 2017. After the disappointment over five years ago, when Due to Covid The date originally scheduled with the Korn for 12 June 2020 was canceled, now the doubts and speculations have finally been appeased with the announcement that the band led by Serj Tankian will perform again in our part on July 6, 2026.
The return of the System of A Down in concert in Italy
The appointment with the System of A Down is set At the Snai Hippodrome La Maura in Milanas part of the I-Days day of 6 July, which also sees on the billboard I Queens of the Stone Age and the Acid Baths. The presale of tickets Dedicated to fans enrolled in the newsletters of the groups involved has already begun, while The general sale opens on Friday 19 September. The prices of the entrance securities (here in detail) have already raised controversy among the fans, and range from the single access formulas (at the price of 92 euros plus commissions) and for the Gold Circle (at a cost of 138 euros plus commissions), up to the more complete packages, including the I-Days Super Pit (488 euros plus commissions) and the I-Days Terrace (738 euros plus commission) Pit, Open Bar and exclusive services, while the Premium Early Entry Vip package (363 euros plus commissions) guarantees early entry into the Gold Circle area with merchandising and commemorative pass included.
The announcement of the Soad concert in our country comes after years in which However, the band did not remain with her hands in hand. With the resumption of great live events after the pandemic, from October 2021 Serj Tankian and members have brought their music around the United States. Since last April, training has also returned to South America and Canada, while for next year she has announced A new tour that will mark its return to Europe and the United Kingdom. In addition to Italy, between June and July 2026, the tour will touch Sweden, France, Germany, England and Poland.
Where did we stay?
In addition to returning live, fans They continue to ask themselves about the possibility that the System of A Down will never release a new album. In the last decade, on the resumption of record activities by the band of “Chop Suey!” It was said – and written – of everything. The same band, which has no longer delivered unpublished material for twenty years now, or by the publication of the diptych composed of “Mezmerize” and “Hypnotize” of 2005, has repeatedly returned to the subject. The various components of the group, however, have always expressed discordant opinions or positions, always leaving doubts about the record future of the sods. The band of the band, which continues to be composed of the frontman and singer Serj Tankian, the guitarist Daron Malakian, the bassist Shavo Odadjian and the drummer John Dolmayan, has therefore never lost his hopes to listen to something new sooner or later.
In October last year, in a chat with the British newspaper “The Sun”, Serj Tankian had stressed that a new System of A Down album would represent a “new beginning”, revealing that The group even has unpublished material that deserves to be listened to. “If the System of A Down decided to make a disc, it would be a new beginning, a completely new way, to take a new beautiful direction,” said the band frontman: “We have the unpublished material of the past ready. I forgot how many songs there are, but those that would also be interesting at the archive level are a handful: some of them even think they are truly incredible gems”.
More recently, the guitarist Daron Malakian, who wanted to reiterate last July, also returned to expose himself to expose himself the improbability of a new album But he underlined how the band kept his artistic evolution in the five published records. “We could make a new album, and it may even be fine“, Malakian said at the podcast” Talk is Jericho ” – as transcribed by” Blabbermouth “:”I do not know. If you listen to even those five discs that we have done, from the first album to the last, you notice a difference between them. There has been an impression in progress. “He added:” If I have to say it all, the break was something that I have not always accepted, but that’s it. Each band has a different story. There was a period when I was a little more angry for this. Now, somehow, I take it for what it is. But What bother me was that we did not have the opportunity to continue that evolution. Because I think we were capable of it. There are some bands that make the same album over and over again. We wouldn’t have been that band. We kept our sound, but that sound would go in different directions. So my only regret is that we didn’t have the opportunity to do it. And that’s why, in my opinion, making an album 20 or 25 years later is difficult: where do you start? “.
A few days later, he echoed Dolmayan, who told that The key to a possible new album It would lie in the order in which the members of the band present their songs, with Tankian who should first bring the creative material, followed by Shavo and finally by Daron, without limits on the number of songs or on the time necessary to complete the recordings. To the microphones of the podcast “But that 1%”, as taken from “Consequence”, the drummer spoke of the delicate group writing dynamics and revealed exactly what the Soads would be used to start working on what would be the highly anticipated new album. When asked about “Secret recipe” to make a System of A down albumDolmayan said: “Usually, when we enter the studio, Daron brings his songs, because he has many. They are very well structured, they are the most complete. If I had to give him advice – which I have already done – I would tell him: ‘Because you don’t tell Serj: bring your songs first. We will review all your ideas’. Then he would bring all his ideas. The difference? But that opening deed says: ‘I am interested in your songs more than mine and I let you bring them first?’ He added: “Obviously, if it is not the best material, why should we use it?”. On a hypothetical period in which the band could commit to working on something new, Dolmayan continued: “We have already planned tours, then In 2027 we could stop for six months and go In the studio at Daron’s house, or my house, or a house of Serj ora house of Shavo, and work on a new album of System without rules. I would propose immediately: ‘Serj, bring all your songs first. Then Shavo, bring all your riffs and songs, and finally Daron brings your latest ‘. I would not put any limit to the number of songs that one can lead to the duration of the process. And then we would record a new album ‘”.
Also Serj Tankian has recently returned to the matter, confirming that the differences who in the last twenty years have prevented the publication of new material they have never been personal, but exclusively artistic. Guest last August of the “Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk” program on Siriusxm, the singer answered some questions regarding the possibility of new music and said: “Not at the moment. We are all working on some musical projects. Daron has just published a record with his Scars On Broadway – which is really a good job: I recommend listening to it. As for the System of A Down, it’s not about wanting to make an album. It’s about seeing things in the same way from a creative point of view. If we don’t see him among us, it’s not worth it. If we see it, then it is worth it. “He added:”Our divergences of opinion have always been creative differencesand I’m proud of it. They were not personal differences. We have always wanted to be well and respected, and even more today. So that’s not why we have never done an album so far. Most bands don’t work together because maybe maybe they don’t like it. In our case, it is absolutely not the case. We love each other. We will tour together, go out together, have dinner together, we find ourselves with families, we enjoy the mutual company. But If we don’t see things in the same way, we will not do a new project. Point”.
Also the qtsa on 6 July 2026 at the I-Days
In addition to the System of A Down, the day of July 6th at the I-Days in Milan will also see the stage on stage Queens of the Stone Agealso protagonists of the 2024 edition and last July engaged in the Ama Musica Festival to recover the date canceled the previous year due to the health problems of Josh Homme. The band will also return to Milan on 18 October at the Lyric Theater Giorgio Gaber with the show of the “Catacombs Tour”, a project that follows the film-Convert published this year but recorded in the Catacombs of Paris in 2025.
