Scars on Broadway Scars on Broadway (2008) Genre: Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock

Scars on Broadway

Scars on Broadway (2008)

Genre: Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock

 This album is somewhat of a surprise, for good and bad, it has some really interesting songs but I expected much more guitar playing and solos from Daron Malakian. So here we go with my brief review for this album.

Vocals and Lyrics: Daron’s vocals are pretty good, the apple doesn’t fall far from the System of a Down tree, but he holds up well on his own. 8

Instrumentation:

Guitar, Bass and Keys: As I said in the intro, I expected much much more guitar playing from Daron, especially his trademark ethnic style but he leaves that mostly for System of a Down. The rest of the instrumentation that he plays, which is the bass and the keys, Malakian does a pretty interesting job.

Drums: John Dolmayan is a fantastic drummer, nuff said. 7 .25

  

Melody and/or Structure: Doran has no problems in this department; the album is interesting in both of these aspects. 8

Sound, Production and Feeling: The sound and production is good but basic. 7

Songs: This album is solid most of the songs are great, and the others grow on you over time. There are two types of songs: ones similar to System which are pretty eccentric and the others songs that are straight forward power tracks. 13

The Bad:

                                                                                                     

Originality: One enters with some expectation because of the System of a Down legacy, and we find a band trying to blaze its own path.  8

Overall: 51.25