System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD, an American rock band from Southern California, will perform in Armenia in 2015.
According to SOAD official page on Facebook, the band will perform in the Republic Square in Yerevan on 23 April as part of their Wake Up The Souls Tour timed to the Armenian Genocide centennial. In April 2014, Wake Up The Souls Tour will be held also in UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Russia.
System of a Down is a Metal band from California.They recently got back together after a long Hiatus. All the members are either from the Middle East, or are from Armenian descent. They write songs about American polotics, the Armenian genocides, the war on terror and wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and others.
The band achieved commercial success with the release of five studio albums, of which three debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, and their song "B.Y.O.B." won the Best Hard Rock Performance of 2006. The group went on hiatus in August 2006 and reunited in November 2010, embarking on a tour for the following three years. System of a Down has sold over 40 million records worldwide.