With Daron Malakian's Scars On Broadway about to release their new album Dictator on July 20, a powerful third single called 'Guns Are Loaded' has been released to give us a little more of a taste of what to expect from the full release.
The track builds atmosphere slowly over the first couple of minutes with brooding guitars, before bursting into hard-hitting, groovy riffs. It's a slower song than the previously-released title track 'Dictator', but it's still heavy in its own right.
'Guns Are Loaded' has actually been floating around since 2012, when Daron uploaded a demo version to Soundcloud which you can also listen to below. This isn't totally surprising given that Daron has openly spoken about the fact that he's been sitting on this new material for a long time in the hopes it would be part of a new System Of A Down record.
While recent statements from Serj Tankian have dashed any hopes of a new System Of A Down album anytime soon, what we've heard from 'Dictator' so far seems like it will fill the void for now, and we can't wait!
Listen to Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway now.
