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Armenian-American metal band For|the eponymous album from this band|System of a Down (album) Redirect|Soad pp|small=yes Use mdy dates May 2021 Infobox musical artist | name = System of a Down | background = group_or_band | image = SOADJONESBEACH.jpg | landscape = yes | caption = System of a Down performing in Wantagh, New York, in 2012. From left to right: Daron Malakian, John Dolmayan, Serj Tankian, and Shavo Odadjian. | alias = | origin = Glendale, California, U.S. | genre = flatlist| * Alternative metal * nu metal * hard rock * progressive metal | discography = System of a Down discography | years_active = flatlist| * 1994–2006 * 2010–present | label = flatlist| * American Recordings (record label)|American * Columbia Records|Columbia | spinoffs = Scars on Broadway | website = URL|systemofadown.com | current_members = * Serj Tankian * Daron Malakian * Shavo Odadjian * John Dolmayan | past_members = Andy Khachaturian ''System of a Down'' is an Armenian-American Heavy metal music|heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994. Since 1997, the band has consisted of founding members Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards); Daron Malakian (guitar, vocals); Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals); along with John Dolmayan (drums, who replaced original drummer Andy Khachaturian in 1997.cite news McKenna Dave System of a Down: Some Very Heavy Metal https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051201773.html November 11, 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post May 13, 2005 February 2, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202174922/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051201773.htmllive The band achieved commercial success with the release of five studio albums, three of which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200|US ''Billboard'' 200. System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, and their song "B.Y.O.B. (song)|B.Y.O.B." won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2006. The band went on hiatus in 2006 and reunited in 2010. Other than two new songs in 2020 ("Protect the Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz"),cite magazine https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/system-of-a-down-new-songs-protect-the-land-genocidal-humanoidz-1085942/|author=Grow, Kory Hear System of a Down's First New Music in 15 Years, 'Protect the Land' and 'Genocidal Humanoidz'|magazine=Rolling Stone November 5, 2020 November 6, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201106051040/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/system-of-a-down-new-songs-protect-the-land-genocidal-humanoidz-1085942/live System of a Down has not released any new material since the ''Mezmerize'' and ''Hypnotize (album)|Hypnotize'' albums in 2005. The band has sold over 12 million records worldwide, while two of their singles, "Aerials (song)|Aerials" and "Hypnotize (System of a Down song)|Hypnotize", reached number one on ''Billboard''s Alternative Songs chart. All members of System of a Down are of Armenians|Armenian descent, either born to Armenian-American|Armenian immigrants or immigrants themselves.