Serj sounded really good when I saw them in Amsterdam last year, actually. I don't think his voice would be an issue for a studio recording.

I enjoy' serj's vocals but I've always heavily disliked the singing of daron malakian, so SOAD's music has been a bit of a mixed bag for me.

[quote=halfleft][spoiler]the lyrics/subject matter can make me wince sometimes but their sound is so good that i love them regardless

dolmayan is my favourite drummer too, the guys a machine
beautiful fills all over the shop and he never ever fucks up, even live
love it

the entirety of the self titled album is gold; they got overtly preachier as they went on, but theres not really a song i dislike (except some stuff from "storaged melodies")

holy mountains, revenga, question, stealing society, ddevil, know, p.l.u.c.k. and radio/video are really fun to drum to; my favourite to listen to is either lost in hollywood or psycho

cautiously optimistic about the new album - serj actually sounded pretty good in armenia last year (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXpEcumKktk), but i won't be too miffed if he isn't part of it because he's gotten progressively more irritating over the years and would probably make every song like science and boom[/spoiler][/quote]

Shit I didn't know you like soad half.
I'm all up for no Serj in soad since his singing was never really my thing unless hes singing quiet stuff or Daron is there to back him up.
Kinda like RHCP but more listenable because Anthony's vocals really only ever fit in an RHCP song...

[quote=Mecha_Cop]Best System of a Down song [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8LHd01CyM[/youtube][/quote]
imagine if that was actually funny

my favorite was watching rick___ in 2013 and he was listening to soad while playing mge

also real talk i remember being a young boy and my brother gave me his limewire copy and he burned it into a disk and gifted me it for xmas... he googled the album cover and cut it out and put it into an empty disk lid