Let's have fun making music together.' It was nothing like that. It was not so much an artistic decision or a decision of, 'Hey, let's make music together. He said (see video below): "It was great. In a new interview with Belgium's Studio Brussel, SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian was asked what it was like recording music with his bandmates again. Produced by guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian, who also wrote the music and lyrics, both songs are streaming now on all DSPs and are available for purchase on Bandcamp with band royalties earmarked for the Armenia Fund. The tracks were motivated by the recently erupted conflict between Artsakh and Azerbaijan, the latter aided by Turkey and accountable for the greatest violence the region has endured in 26 years. It’s at least worth a listen.A month ago, SYSTEM OF A DOWN released "Protect The Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz", the band's first new songs in 15 years. If you are a fan and have a hunger for just a little more System, this might just satiate you. It has the wackiness of Serj’s vocals, catchiness of Daron’s riffs, solidness of Dolmayan’s drums, and nothingness of Shavo’s bass that System fans adore. What it does do, however, is contain some pretty solid songs performed by SOAD that are rare. Will this change your opinion about System of a Down? No. There is another nice solo here, but it’s not worth the brain bludgeoning that is the rest of the song. The lyrics are downright stupid and Daron is at his vocally most annoyingest. On the other end of the spectrum is “Lonely Day.” Though solid enough musically, lyrically and vocally this song is pure rubbish. The wacky verse structure and riff, intensity-raising chorus, solid drumming, and sweet little solo by Daron, makes a case for this song belonging in the annals of SOAD. “Marmalade” is not only the best song on the EP, but one of System of a Down’s best songs period. All three covers display all the things System of a Down fans have come to love about the band. “Metro” is another classic System-twanged cover with another catchy slow verse that gives way to a hectic chorus then right back to the melodic verse. Then changing speeds again back to the heavy chorus. In “Snowblind,” SOAD makes a decent Black Sabbath song into a fantastic song by speeding up the tempo of the verses and slowing down the bridge, bringing a beauty to it that was never previously there. “Shame” actually features some members of the Wu-Tang Clan and contains typical System insanity with Serj rapping and a few extremely catchy riffs. “Shame,” “Snowblind,” and “Metro” are covers of a Wu-Tang Clan, Black Sabbath, and Berlin song respectively. Now, the obvious response to this release would be, “Oh, it’s a B-Sides EP just for money!” Though I cannot comment on the intentions of the release, it does prove to be actually worth your time if you are a SOAD fan. Why am I hitting you with all this seemingly pointless knowledge you might ask? Well the answer is because I am a pretty big SOAD fan, one that would actually buy an EP named after the band’s worst song. That album, Toxicity, was only the second album I listened to all the way through, and not just to the singles (The Marshall Mathers LP being the first). System of a Down was the first rock band I ever bought an album from. Review Summary: Lonely Day is bad, but this EP holds some content System fans shouldn't be without.