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- Artist(s): Scars on Broadway
- Summary: The latest release for the solo project of the System of a Down guitarist (now renamed as Daron Malakian And Scars On Broadway) was recorded in 2012 in 10 days.
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- Record Label: Scarred For Life
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Jul 30, 2018Dictator is everything fans might expect from Malakian and more; a complex, thoughtful and invigorating album that nods to his own personal history and simultaneously links to the wider, tumultuous landscape of America.
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Jul 30, 2018Dictator is a strong release that touches on a lot of the elements of System of A Down's final albums without too many of the quirky moments from those records. Still, it comes across as the comeback record that could have been huge but never happened.
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Jul 30, 2018Standouts include the springy “Lives” (a celebration of Armenian genocide survivors that’s a solid Song of the Summer candidate), the scatological “Angry Guru,” the moody “Talkin’ Shit” (one of many songs with drug references) and the disco-thrash closer “Assimilate.” If it had Serj Tankian and the other System members on it, Dictator could be the album so many have wanted.
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Kerrang!Jul 30, 2018A record that is surprisingly flat and unremarkable. [21 Jul 2018, p.55]
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Nov 3, 2018
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May 25, 2023This album is proof of how successful and iconic Daron Malakian is on his own.
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Jan 30, 2022
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Aug 23, 2019I have to agree with periscopepete, this album is excellent and deserves wider recognition, though probably won't get it sadly.
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