Serj Tankian (SOAD) Publica Nuevo Trabajo en Solitario

Hace varios meses el vocalista del conocido grupo System of a Down, Serj Tankian, anunció que estaba trabajando en un nuevo disco en solitario, aprovechando asi el resto de miembros del grupo para realizar distintos proyectos por su parte.

Serj definía su nuevo album, titulado Elect the Dead, como un disco más orientado al rock, pero con la fuerza de los primeros trabajos que llevó a cabo con System of a Down, además, afirmaba que el disco contendría altas dosis de temática política (con mucha chicha), sin faltar otras tales como temas personales o cómicos (espero alguna le llegue a la suela de los zapatos a "Cigaro", solo de recordar el: My cock is much bigger than yours, my cock can walk right through the door!!! With a feeling so pure.. It's got you screaming back for more! ... me meo de risa xD).

Hace unas semanas, se conoció uno de los temas de dicho disco, con altisimo contenido político, haciendo una crítica brutal a la situación actual de la democracia, el título lo dice todo: The Unthinking Majority. Si bien en el aspecto puramente musical es muy muy parecido a lo que hemos visto en System of a Down, el contenido de la letra recuerda a los primeros trabajos de la banda, y eso se agradece.

Además, se ha liberado otra de las canciones del disco, que personalmente me gusta mucho mas que la anterior, en la que claramente se hace referencia a la guerra de Irak (solo hay que ver el videoclip, atentos al atentado sobre los "cubos gemelos" y a la caida del "GRAN oso" xDDD), dios mio las caras que pone este tio son pa mear y no echar gota, no se porque me ha recordado al video de Chop Suey (bueno, si se por qué xD).

Por cierto, como curiosidad, Serj se encarga de tocar todos los instrumentos, salvo la batería, con la que le ayuda su viejo compañero de SOAD, John Dolmayan, además, ha anunciado que en el disco colaborarán otros artistas.

Sin más preambulos, os dejo, como ya es costumbre, la letra y el videoclip de ambas canciones. Que las disfrutéis.

Serj Tankian - The Unthinking Majority

We don’t need your democracy

Execute them kindly for me
Take them by their filthy nostrils
Put them up in doggy hostels

We don’t need your hypocrisy
Execute real democracy
Post-industrial society
The unthinking majority

Anti-depressants
Controlling tools of your system
Making life more tolerable (2x)

Anti-depressants
Controlling tools of your system
Making life more tolerable (2x)

We don’t need your hypocrisy
Execute real democracy
Post-industrial society
The unthinking majority

Anti-depressants
Controlling tools of your system
Making life more tolerable (x2)

Anti-depressants
Controlling tools of your system
Making life more tolerable (x2)

We don’t need your hypocrisy
Execute real democracy
Post-industrial society
The unthinking majority
Post-industrial society
The unthinking majority

We don’t need your hypocrisy
Execute real democracy
Post-industrial society
The unthinking majority
Post-industrial society
The unthinking majority

I believe that you’re wrong
Insinuating that they hold the bomb
Clearing the way for the oil brigade (x2)

I believe that you’re wrong
Insinuating that they hold the bomb
Clearing the way for the oil brigade (x2)

Ooohah ..

Anti-depressants
Controlling tools of your system
Making life more tolerable (2x)

Anti-depressants
Controlling tools of your system
Making life more tolerable (2x)

Anti-depressants
Controlling tools of your system
Making life more tolerable (2x)

I believe that you’re wrong
Insinuating that they hold the bomb
Clearing the way for the oil brigade (2x)

We don’t need your hypocrisy
Execute real democracy
Post-industrial society
The unthinking majority

We don’t need your hypocrisy
Execute real democracy
Post-industrial society
The unthinking majority

I believe that you’re wrong
Insinuating that they hold the bomb
Clearing the way for the oil brigade (2x)

Serj Tankian - Empty Walls

Your empty walls,
Your empty walls,
Pretentious adventures,
Dismissive apprehension,
Don't waste your time,
On coffins today,
When we decline,
From the confines of our mind,
Don't waste your time,
On coffins today...

Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning,
Dying of anticipation,
Choking from intoxication,
Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning,
Dying of anticipation,
Choking from intoxication,
I want you to be left behind those empty walls,
Told you to see from behind those empty walls...

Those empty walls,
When we decline,
From the confines of our mind,
Don't waste your time,
On coffins today...



Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning,
Dying of anticipation,
Choking from intoxication,
Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning,
Dying of anticipation,
Choking from intoxication,
I want you to be left behind those empty walls,
Told you to see from behind those empty walls,
Want you to be left behind those empty walls,
I told you to see from behind those empty walls,
From behind those empty walls,
From behind those empty walls,
The walls!
From behind those empty walls...

I left you yesterday,
(From behind those empty walls...)
Before you killed my family,
(From behind those empty walls, the walls...)

Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning,
Dying of anticipation,
Choking from intoxication,
Don't you see their bodies burning,
Desolate and full of yearning,
(I want you...)
Dying of anticipation,
Choking from intoxication,
(To be left behind those empty...)
I want you to be left behind those empty walls,
Told you to see from behind those empty walls,
(Desolate and full of yearning, Dying of anticipation, Choking from intoxication...)
Want you to be left behind those empty walls,
(Don't you see their bodies burning? Desolate and full of yearning, Dying of anticipation, Choking from intoxication...)
I told you to see from behind those empty walls,

(Trust your empty walls, trust your empty walls)
From behind those empty walls,
(Trust your empty walls, trust your empty walls)
From behind those empty walls,
(Trust your empty walls, trust your empty walls)
from behind those empty walls,
Those walls!
Those walls!

Un último apunte, la letra de Empty Walls es impresionante, contenido de protesta, pero sutil, no esperaba menos de Serj.

Elect the Dead se pondrá a la venta el día 23 de Octubre. A esperar toca!