Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway have released a video for the new single, “Killing Spree,” marking the first new music since 2018. The track is the lead single from the upcoming album Addicted to the Violence, scheduled to arrive on July 18. Malakian composed, produced, and performed much of the record himself, with contributions from longtime bandmates Orbel Babayan and Roman Lomtadze.
Malakian comments:
“It’s a taboo topic people might be afraid to talk about. Kids have rebelled forever. Mental disorders have always been there too. In the last 15 years, we’ve seen a generation that will walk into school and kill other students. I’m not glamorizing or advocating it. I’m just saying, ‘The kids are on a fucking killing spree.’ It’s what I see in front of me. I’m not just talking about killings either. You’ll see a lady who’s getting beaten up on the subway and people around her aren’t even helping; they’re fucking recording on their iPhones. We had automatic weapons fifty years ago, and nobody was doing this. I blame the mindset. We now have a generation that is so detached and desensitized. They’re totally unemotional and unempathetic. There’s no respect for life.
As far as the process goes, I’m always writing songs, because it’s the only way I know how to live. It’s my purpose. When I write, I try to stay honest. I don’t put myself in a box, which is why you have both heavy and mid-tempo material. It takes you through different feelings, and that’s what I’ve always done. If I was a painter, I wouldn’t tell myself, ‘I can’t use these colors.’ So, all the colors are available to me. All the emotions are also available, because we go through each one of them as people. I’m expressing everything I can.”
Watch the clip below and pre-order the album here:
Track List:
01) Killing Spree
02) Satan Hussein
03) Done Me Wrong
04) The Shame Game
05) Destroy The Power
06) Your Lives Burn
07) Imposter
08) You Destroy You
09) Watch That Girl
10) Addicted To The Violence
Feature Image Photo Credit: Travis Shinn
