System Of A Down rally help amid Azerbaijan’s “evil aggression” in opposition to Armenia
System Of A Down have condemned the “evil aggression” in opposition to their residence nation Armenia within the wake of a latest bombing that happened alongside the nation’s jap border.
In line with the Associate Press, the border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan have killed 155 troops on each side (105 Armenian troopers and 50 Azerbaijan a minimum of, it’s reported).
The 2 nations have been in battle for many years, however the newest outbreak of preventing is alleged to be largest in nearly two years.
SOAD – all of whom are of Armenian descent – had been on the forefront of campaigning for recognition of the Armenian genocide of 1915, and have continued with their efforts converse up for the nation amid ongoing unrest.
Responding to the latest spherical of aggression, System Of A Down have issued an announcement on social media.
“Round midnight on the twelfth of September 2022, forces of Azerbaijan led by its corrupt petro-oligarchic chief Aliyev attacked Armenia’s entire jap border bombing civilian infrastructure and houses,” the message started.
Please repost or retweet this message and use the hashtags #Armenia #StandWithArmenia pic.twitter.com/N94jL0vd6R
— System Of A Down (@systemofadown) September 14, 2022
“Their aim is to terrorise Armenians and acquire extra concessions from Armenia together with regime change in one of many few democracies in the entire area. That is 2 years after they attacked Nagorno-Karabagh in an try to ethnically cleanse the area of Armenians.
“They’ve been emboldened by the EU’s ailing perceived dependency on their pure fuel and a perceived weakened Russian hegemon within the area.”
It continued: “As a band, we’ve at all times completed our greatest to entertain and inform. Now we have family and friends in harms method in Armenia proper now and are extraordinarily frightened and anxious for the protection of our individuals and nation.
“Not like the warfare in Ukraine, the enemy just isn’t Russian so Western press has been gradual to react and has even made the lethal mistake of both-sidisms, treating the assault as a border dispute when it’s clearly a lethal assault on the sovereign state of Armenia.”
System concluded: “We’re asking to your assist in spreading the phrase about this evil aggression by Azerbaijan, bolstered by Turkey, the nation the dedicated genocide in opposition to our individuals.”
The group are urging their followers to repost or retweet their assertion with the hashtags #Armenia #StandWithArmenia.
Frontman Serj Tankian – who’s American-Armenian – launched the solo protest music ‘Amber’ again in June. It served as a resistance piece to the “slick theft” that he claimed to have seen in Armenia’s political elections.
Talking beforehand, the singer stated the monitor’s lyrics appear “poignant” because of Armenians being “divided politically and socially following the devastating assault on Nagorno-Karabagh and Armenia by Azerbaijan and Turkey in 2020, and the continual fallout over negotiations with these two dictatorial regimes.
“‘Amber”s message is that of unity and concord. These are the one really highly effective weapons of the Armenian nation.”
Again in 2020, System Of A Down launched ‘Defend The Land’ and ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’ in a bid to lift consciousness and funds amid “a dire and severe warfare being perpetrated upon [their] cultural homelands”.
The pair of singles marked SOAD’s first new materials in 15 years. Bassist Shavo Odadjian later opened up about why the band felt it was necessary to place apart their variations to file the singles.
“We must be part of this. We have to assist any method we are able to,” he stated on the time. “This, that is greater than us, greater than our feelings, greater than our emotions, greater than our egos.”