System of a Down's Serj Tankian will release his debut solo album later this year.
The album 'Elect The Dead' will be released through his own Serjical Strike records through Reprise.While the title suggests the album may still have the Tankian angst, he says we might be in for something a little different. "I was writing more traditional type songs on my piano and acoustic guitar, with a classical, almost operatic flavor; and lo and behold, it ended up being a rock record. Funny what happens when you add distorted guitars and drums," he says. "There are political songs, funny songs, love songs, songs about painful experiences, vanity, and the environment. It has a deep melancholy that runs from the personal to the global, with a glimmer of hope in the solidarity of spirit."
Tankian recorded the album at his home in Los Angeles.
The album features guest drummers John Dolmayan from SOAD and Brian 'Brain' Mantia from Guns 'n' Roses and Primus.
