“It just stopped. It was disheartening to me personally … I was distraught.”

Shavo Odadjian lately caught up with Chuck Armstrong on Loudwire Nights (Sept. 17) and admitted he struggled when System of a Down stopped making music.

“I always did little side projects,” he stated about how he coped with the state of System.

“I’m really good friends with RZA from Wu-Tang [Clan]. Him and I got together and made music. We have an album that we never dropped.”

Odadjian additionally revealed he has ano album along with his band North Kingsley that he by no means launched — and he shared a bit of reports about that file that he is by no means stated in an interview earlier than.

“I had John [Dolmayan] play drums on the North Kingsley record,” Odadjian stated. “But I’m holding that off.”

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He defined that he is not releasing that album anytime quickly as a result of he is centered on his newest mission, Seven Hours After Violet. As he defined, he hasn’t been this blissful making music in an extended, very long time.

“It just happened,” he stated about how the band got here collectively.

“I can’t wait for you to hear the record. It’s like, these two songs [“Paradise” and “Radiance”] are cool, but I’m like this kid that wants everyone to see it.”

What Else Did Shavo Odadjian Discuss on Loudwire Nights?

• Why he believes Seven Hours After Violet’s self-titled debut is an ideal illustration of his tastes: “I love melody and I love heavy. I feel like this album is that.”
• Why folks do not suppose he wrote any songs for System of a Down and the way he created a few of the most memorable moments of their profession: “I don’t say I wrote all the riffs on Toxicity. I don’t say that. I don’t say I wrote ‘Sugar,’ you know what I mean? I arranged it and brought in Daron [Malakian’s] part at the end.”
• How he feels about the way forward for System of a Down: “I have, like, 100 riffs in my phone from the last 10 years … I’m always going to leave that door open. It shouldn’t be shut. I think it’s a shame that it’s not happening.”

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Shavo Odadjian joined Loudwire Nights on Tuesday, Sept. 17; the present replays on-line right here, and you’ll tune in dwell each weeknight at 7PM ET or on the Loudwire app; you can even see if the present is offered in your native radio station and take heed to interviews on-demand.