It sure as hell sounded like System Of A Down was going to put out a new album in 2017, but we also said something similar in 2014. In an interview with X107.5 Las Vegas, System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan says he's confused as to why the band still hasn't put out a new record, specifically stating "I don’t know. I don’t know why we aren’t coming out with an album. It’s very disheartening."
Dolmayan says the band has 15 song written and the band has been in the studio, but there seems to be a disconnect with its members when they're not together.
"So we’ve been in the studio for the past year and we’ve put together about fifteen songs so far that I think match or beat anything we’ve done in the past… And I don’t make those kind of claims without having something to back it up. We’re better than we’ve ever been. We’re tighter than we’ve ever been."
We know what we’re doing and the songs are there. It’s a matter of getting together and putting aside whatever differences, or whatever problems people have—which don’t seem to surface when we’re together, by the way. It’s almost like there’s two System Of A Down‘s for me."
Dolmayan adds that a new record has been on the table for about two years now, and he just wishes the band would pretty much do something at this point.
"Nobody in particular, and the funny thing is we all get into the studio, everybody’s getting along great. We have a blast on the road. And I know a lot of our American friends are saying ‘why don’t you guys tour the states more often?’
We talked about it about two years ago. We said look, we haven’t made an album—at that point it was a decade only that we hadn’t made an album—only one short decade, since we have so many left [laughs]… And we talked about it and said ‘look, let’s make our album first.’ We had every intention of going in the studio and working on the album.
As far as the timeline, everybody had their own opinion of when that was going to happen, for me it was ten years ago…"
"If I had my way we would have put out five albums in the last twelve years. And I think we’re really doing a disservice to ourselves cause you only have a finite amount of time, you know? If anything… Chris Cornell passing away unexpectedly, at any given moment…
It does put things into perspective and you realize how much time you wasted. And how precious that time is. I don’t know why we haven’t made an album exactly. Because it seems like we all get along. We all have a great time together. We still are putting together really good music. I think that we can put out a fantastic album."
So here's hoping it happens?It's been 12 years since we've gotten a new System Of A Down album, and at the very least Dolmayan is chomping at the bit to do a new one… so we'll see what ultimately happens this year. Though if the band has all this new music, why wouldn't they just put it out?
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[via The PRP]
