Scars On Broadway

"Backing away from the chaotic time shifts and incredulous dynamics of the multi-platinum System of a Down, drummer John Dolmayan and guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian (...) dial everything back for their self-titled debut, Scars on Broadway. The prog metal Eastern scales and operatic outbursts are left behind, replaced by typical modern rock song structures and straightforward chord changes. This isn't to say that it doesn't rock hard...".

"With only one of its 15 songs straying over the four-minute mark, and several not lasting much more than 120 seconds, Scars on Broadway offers up the tastiest smorgasbord of bite-sized pop-metal delicacies since the last time Cheap Trick recorded a Queens of the Stone Age tribute album. Malakian garnishes his customary blend of atomic-fission guitar throb and shockingly catchy tunes with a sensational array of cheesy keyboard sounds. Imagine the Hold Steady were actually half as exciting a band as their well-disciplined cadre of journalistic advocates would like them to be. Well, this is the kind of vaguely unhinged humanist racket they'd probably be making".

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"Malakian er en formidabel og indiskutabel original sangskriver. På størstedelen af albummets 15 sange rammer han solar plexus".

"Alt sammen hørt før i System Of A Down, javel, men ikke desto mindre stensikkert eksekveret. Så er man afhængig af potent, iderig og melodiøs rock, bør man gå ad dette lydspor - og så ellers glæde sig til System Of A Down atter engang viser sig større end summen af sine medlemmer".

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"Hvis nogen har ment, at System of a Down var for eksperimenterende i de vilde melodiske og instrumentale forløb, er der afgjort noget at hente hos Scars on Broadway. Forenklet sagt præsenterer Daron Malakian os for en mere tilgængelig version af det samme univers".