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Shavo Odadjian reflects on System Of A Down being ‘nu metal’: “I never liked being compared to anyone”

“When they put us in a group, I would always be like, ‘We’re not nu metal, we’re our own thing!’ Now I’m older and wiser…”

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"Unquestionably the most extreme entity that Shavo has put his name to". System Of A Down bassist ditches quirky nu metal for brutal, blistering deathcore with Seven Hours After Violet

Almost 20 years since his last ful-length album, Shavo Odadjian is roaring back with his heaviest band to date

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"I have 10 to 12 albums of riffs." Shavo Odadjian has "plenty of ammunition" for a new System Of A Down album

Seven Hours After Violet might have brought Shavo Odadjian back to metal after 20 years, but he's never stopped writing for System Of A Down

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System Of A Down aren’t releasing a new album, but bassist Shavo Odadjian is, with new project Seven Hours After Violet

Odadjian’s new band have released their second single, Radiance, and announced a self-titled album for October

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“Being crazy is being free, man. Completely free!”: the unhinged story of System Of A Down’s Hypnotize, the last album they might ever make

In 2005, System Of Down released their fifth, and possibly final, album Hypnotize

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“We’ve really fought. In one day something can blow up into a full-scale war. There’s been days I’ve quit the band”: how System Of A Down turned friction into genius with Toxicity

In 2001, Metal Hammer joined System Of A Down in their Hollywood HQ to talk about their brilliant second album, Toxicity

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

The Black Dahlia Murder, Charlotte Wessels and Bruce Dickinson are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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“We were auditioning for bass players, but most of the guys who came in were too good. One day I just said, ‘What if I play bass?’” Shavo Odadjian on why he switched from guitar to the bass

Shavo Odadjian holds down the low-end in System of a Down, America’s most uncategorisable band

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System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian shares snippet of new solo music

System Of A Down bassist’s impending solo album is “the heaviest” he’s ever done, he says

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"We never felt like we were in anybody's scene". How System Of A Down invaded nu metal, baited Slayer fans and created a classic debut album in 1998

System Of A Down were terrified by Kiss as kids, but by the time they released their self-titled debut they were trolling Slayer fans and invading nu metal

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People are losing their minds over Lil Uzi Vert's bizarre cover of System Of A Down's Chop Suey

Featuring collaborations with Babymetal and Bring Me The Horizon, rapper Lil Uzi Vert's new album is indulging their love of rock music - but their cover of Chop Suey is something else

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The 10 best rock and metal football songs to soundtrack the beautiful game (no, really!)

You don't have to sing Sweet Caroline or that Atomic Kitten abomination, you know

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The 10 most viewed System Of A Down videos on YouTube

System Of A Down's videos and audio clips have been streamed 4.7 billion times on YouTube alone. But which song is responsible for a quarter of that number?

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System Of Down's Shavo Odadjian Launches Four New 22Red Concentrates On 'Go Skate Day'

Shavo Odadjian, bassist of System of a Down, celebrated the launch of his four new 22Red concentrates — and #GoSkateDay, by skating on The Churchill in Phoenix,

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