SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Zwei neue Songs veröffentlicht
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Nach fünfzehn Jahren Pause hat die armenisch-amerikanische Band SYSTEM OF A DOWN mit 'Protect The Land' und 'Genocidal Humanoidz' zwei neue Songs veröffentlicht. Mit diesen beiden Stücken will die Band auf den Konflikt im Kaukasus und die daraus resultierende prekäre Lage der Menschen in der Republik Arzach und in Armenien aufmerksam machen. Alle Einnahmen aus dem Verkauf der Songs kommen dem Armenia Fund zugute. Zum Lied 'Protect The Land' ist zudem ein Video veröffentlicht worden.
Im vergangenen Monat, zutiefst betroffen von den Bombenangriffen auf die Zivilbevölkerung von Arzach, die von Aserbaidschan und der Türkei verübt wurden, schrieb John Dolmayan, der Drummer seinen drei Bandmitgliedern eine SMS: "Ganz gleich, was wir füreinander empfinden, ganz gleich, welche Probleme aus der Vergangenheit noch bestehen, wir müssen sie beiseitelegen, denn das hier ist größer als SYSTEM OF A DOWN und größer als wir alle. Wir müssen etwas tun, um unser Volk zu unterstützen."
Zu den neuen Veröffentlichungen sagt die Band: "We as SASTEM OF A DOWN have just released new music for the first time in 15 years. The time to do this is now, as together, the four of us have something extremely important to say as a unified voice. These two songs, 'Protect The Land' and 'Genocidal Humanoidz' both speak to a dire and serious war being perpetrated upon our cultural homelands of Artsakh and Armenia.
On September 27, the combined forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey (along with Isis terrorists from Syria) attacked the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, which we as Armenians call Artsakh. For over the past month, civilians young and old have been awakened day and night by the frightful sights and sounds of rocket attacks, falling bombs, missiles, drones and terrorist attacks. They’ve had to find sanctuary in makeshift shelters, trying to avoid the fallout of outlawed cluster bombs raining down on their streets and homes, hospitals and places of worship. Their attackers have set their forests and endangered wildlife ablaze using white phosphorus, another banned weapon.
And Why?
Because over 30 years ago in 1988, the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh (which at the time was an Autonomous Oblast within the USSR), were tired of being treated as second class citizens and decided to declare their rightful independence from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic whose borders engulfed their own. This ultimately led to a war of self determination by Armenians in Karabakh against Azerbaijan that ended in a cease fire in 1994, with Armenians retaining control of their ancestral homelands and maintaining their independence to the present day. Our people have lived there for millennia, and for most families there, it’s the only home they and their forefathers and mothers have ever known. They just want to live in peace as they have for centuries.
There is an immediate need for global citizens to urge their respective governments to not only condemn the actions of the corrupt regime leaders of Azerbaijan and Turkey, but to also insist world leaders act with urgency to bring peace to the region and rightfully recognize Artsakh as the independent nation it is. Most importantly and urgently, we humbly implore you to donate, in sums small or large to provide desperately needed aid and basic supplies for those adversely affected with what are ever growing accounts of crimes against humanity.
he music and lyrics speak for themselves. We need you to speak for Artsakh.
Peace,
Daron, Shavo, John and Serj
- Quelle:
- Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
- Redakteur:
- Swen Reuter
- Tags:
- system of a down protect the land genocidal humanoidz armenia fund
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