Edmonton Sun (Alberta)
July 5, 2005 Tuesday
FINAL EDITION
SYSTEM OF A DOWN HERE SEPT. 20
System of a Down will play Rexall Place on Sept. 20 – and we are SO
there.
By “we,” we mean those area metalheads who’ve hailed this zany
Armenian-American rock band as the next big thing, handily filling
the hobnail boots of the now-defunct Rage Against the Machine and
frankly, something of an improvement.
Incorporating European folk music into a hard-hitting melange of
political heavy metal featuring a vocalist who sounds like Frank
Zappa on steroids, System of a Down recently released what is
considered to be its finest work yet, Mezmerize.
The band is touring North America to support its third album,
thankfully deciding to include our “heavy metal town” on the
itinerary.
Tickets to the show, with opening act the Mars Volta and a band
called Bad Acid Trip, are $39.50, $47.50 or $55.50 (general admission
floor, reserved seating in the stands) and will go on sale Friday at
10 a.m. at all Ticketmaster outlets (451-8000).