Fresh off the heels of SYSTEM OF A DOWN‘S TRIUMFANT SOLD-OUT SOUTH AMERICAN STADIUM TOUR, Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway Returns Today with “Killing Spree”to New Song and Music Video. “Killing Spree” Heralds The Arrival of the Grammy Award-Winning Vocalist, Songwriter and Producer’s Anxiously Awaited Third Full-Llength Scars on Broadway album, “Add the Violence”Due out on July 18.
Holding Nothing Back, “Killing Spree” Sets The Tone for This New Chapter with Provocative Lyrics and an Uncompromising, Yet undeniable Delivery – Preparation US For An Album That Refuses To Shy Away From Uncomfortable Truths.
“It’s a Taboo Topic People Might Be Afraid to Talk About,” Malakian Says of “Killing Spree”. “Kids have rebelled forever. Mental disorders have always been there too. In the last 15 years, we’ve sen to generation that will walk into school and kill other students. I’M not glamorizing or advocating it. Spree. ‘ It’s what i see in front of me. Nobody was Doing This.
Over The Last Few Years, Malakian Meticulously Pieced Together What Would Become “Add the Violence”. Once Again, I Helmed The Project as ITS Primary Creator – Composing, Production, and Performing – With Contributions From Longtime Bandmates Orbel Babayan (Guitar) and Roman Lomtadze (Drums).
“As Far as The Process Goes,” Malakian continue. “I’m always writing songs, beset it’s the only way i knows to live. It’s my purpose. Different Feelings, and That’s What i’ve Always Done. So, there the colors are available to me.
Best Known As a Founding Member of SYSTEM OF A DOWN and Songwriter of Ionic Tracks Such as “Chop Suey!” , “Toxicity” and “Byob”, Malakian Says, “i’m just as proud of SCARS as I am of SOAD. This is the musical Outlet for me. I Think It’s Sub of the Best Stuff I Have to Offer. I’M Blessed That I Can Still do This and Write Songs Every Day. ” “Add the Violence” Is a Rollercoaster of Aggression, Vulnerability, Satire, and Soul.
“Add the Violence” Track listing:
01. Killing Spree
02. Satan Hussein
03. Done Me Wrong
04. The Shame Game
05. Destroy The Power
06. Your Lives Burn
07. Improve
08. You destroy you
09. Watch That Girl
10. Addicted to the Violence
As a Songwriter, vocalist, producer, and guitarist / multi-instrumentalist, Grammy Award-Winning Daron Malakian creates from a limitless pallette. Like Painting A Moving Target, He Seamlessly Integrates of Rock, Punk, Metal, Pop, Psychdelia, Electronic, and Armenian Stylings into A Living Sound Untethered From Tradition and Bound Only to Inspiration. The Music Grows and Evolves with Him. Under the moniker of Daron Malakian and Scars on BroadwayI have continued to approach his Craft with an Alchemist’s Open Heart, an absurdist’s appreciation for the ridiculous, and an artist’s attention to detail. Malakian Introduction Scars on Broadway with its self -titled debut in 2008. The LP Bowed in the Top 20 of the Billboard 200, Spawning Fan Favorites Such As “They say”, “Serious” and “Funny”. The follow-up, “Dictator”Arrived Exactly A Dray Billboard, Stir and more, Rolling Stone HAILED IT AS ONE OF THE “20 BEST METAL ALBUMS OF 2018.”
The World Initially Got To Know Malakian As a co-fount, Songwriter, Vocalist, Producer (Alongsiside Rick Rubin) and guitarist for SYSTEM OF A DOWN WHOE Legacy Encompaseses Global Sales of Over 42 Million Records, A Grammy Award and Countless Sold-Out Stadium shows. Now, The Same Creative Instinct and Internal Compass Have Led Him To “Add the Violence”The Third Full-Length Offering from Scars on BroadwayIntroduce By The Single “Killing Spree”.
Photo Credit: Travis Shinn
