Album Review: Serj Takian - Elect the Dead

As most of you know, the music week starts on Tuesday, with the release of many albums. Every week, I will review at least one album that has my interest. So, for this week, I chose to review the solo debut from System of a Down lead singer Serj Tankian, called Elect the Dead:

After hearing the both slow and fast-paced 1st single from Elect the Dead, Empty Walls, I thought this whole album would be crazy. But I was somewhat wrong. Sadly, most of the songs are the same style, going from slow paced lyrics, to loud, quick melodies. Although, this album is still pretty good. Serj’s very unique voice fits the instrumentals well. For instance, on Empty Walls, the instrumental goes at the same pace as him, going from soft piano, to hard guitar playing. Two tracks on this album that I recommend are Feed Us and Baby. Infectious guitar on the former has gotten me to like it, along with how synced the guitar is with Serj’s voice. As for Baby, it starts out as a soft ballad, and rapidly changes into a hard guitar song, which I like very much. Overall, I think this album is good. Don’t worry; it’s the same old Serj from System of a Down ;).

Rating: B - Pretty good, but not well enough to hit an A mark.
Download This: “Feed Us”, “Baby”