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Article: SERJ TANKIAN / Elect the Dead (Reprise/Warner)
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- October 27, 2007
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pop rock
SERJ TANKIAN
Elect the Dead (Reprise/Warner)
TANKIAN is best known as one half of the voice of art-metal band System of a Down. On his debut solo album he is up to his old tricks -- changing tempos, double-tracked vocals and plenty of political references -- but those hoping for anything as heavy as, say, Prison Song will be disappointed, since guitarist Daron Malakian isn't part of this trip.
But those who appreciate Tankian's high-pitched (yet strangely compelling) voice ...