Fans of System of a Down desperately hoping the Armenian American alt-metal band will one day release a full-length follow-up to their chart-topping 2005 companion albums "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" ...

"I started recording this album around the pandemic time, 2020," Malakian told host Chuck Armstrong. "There were some things along the way, like, I recorded it, I lived with it, we did a lot of stuff ...