It’s not a secret anymore that System of a Down have decided to take a break and secretly ended (for now) the existence of the band. After the first step of Serj Tankian towards independence made whit his first solo album, two other guys from the band - guitarist and singer Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan - started their own demonstration as continuing their music career, too. The name of the newest project that unites the efforts of these two crazy men is Scars on Broadway, and their first self-titled album is now a fact. Months before we heard the debut single "They Say", we understood that the boys are actually having the ambition to release something really different from their previous instrumental strains and now, when the result is clear, I’m inclined to agree that they've done it successful. The genre of the band and the sound of the album are as difficult to define as it was with the genre characterization of System of a Down’s music. However, we can easily show up the rock and punk elements and the stable dose of "Toxicity"-like mood. In the last two CDs of SOAD we got used to the superiority of Daron on the vocals – now his singing sounds great at its place, and with his pleasant and a bit schizophrenic timbre he succeeds in making us believe in the slogans from the lyrics pouring from the speakers with such ease and shocking joy. I mention shock and joy in one word group not accidentally – Scars on Broadway's lyrics are provoking, they sound happy, but actually propagandize for radical actions. In each song, without any great change in the general sound of the music, we hear stories about drugs, losing the way of life, death, suicides and the horrible end of the universe that we are ruining with all our resources… I guarantee that it won’t pass much time for "Scars on Broadway" to grab you and make you smile or jump in the rhythm of the catchy "Kill Each Other/Live Forever", "Serious" and "Stoner-Hate". This is an album that discharges this project into the sky! We can only let the temptation in and push the “play” button once again…