SERJ TANKIAN: 'Empty Walls' Video Available

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has released the video for his solo track "Empty Walls". Watch it below. The song comes off his solo debut, "Elect the Dead", which is scheduled for release on October 23 via Serjical Strike/Reprise. Tankian plans to play special promotional shows during October in North America and in Europe during November, as well as radio shows back in the U.S. in December. Some "full-fledged tours" are planned for 2008.

Serj Tankian tour dates:

Oct. 12 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
Oct. 14 - Toronto, ON - Guvernment
Oct. 15 - Boston, MA - Paradise
Oct. 17 - New York, NY - The Fillmore@ Irving Plaza
Oct. 18 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA
Oct. 20 - Atlanta, GA - The Roxy
Oct. 22 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
Oct. 25 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
Oct. 27 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
Oct. 28 - San Francisco, CA - Slims
Nov. 03 - Manchester, UK - MEN Arena
Nov. 05 - Newcastle, UK - Newcastle Arena
Nov. 06 - Birmingham, UK - NEC Arena
Nov. 09 - Glasgow, UK - SECC
Nov. 10 - Aberdeen, UK - Aberdeen Exhibition Centre
Nov. 12 - Sheffield, UK - Sheffield Arena
Nov. 13 - Cardiff, UK - CIA
Nov. 14 - Nottingham, UK - Nottingham Arena
Nov. 16 - Manchester, UK - Academy
Nov. 17 - London, UK - 02 Arena
Nov. 18 - London, UK - 02 Arena
Nov. 22 - London, UK - Astoria
Nov. 25 - Amsterdam, NET - Melkweg
Nov. 26 - Paris, FRA - Elysee Montmartre
Nov. 27 - Cologne, GER - Live Music Hall

As previously reported, Tankian has asked a collection of video and film directors, painters, and digital artists to each create a video for one of the 12 tracks on "Elect the Dead". Videos will be posted periodically over the next few months on Tankian's web site, www.serjtankian.com, and other outlets to be determined.

The directors involved in the project include a prestigious array of artists whom Tankian has befriended over the last decade. They include music video director Tony Petrossian (TAKING BACK SUNDAY, SLIPKNOT, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),who shot the video for "Empty Walls", the first single from "Elect The Dead", photographer/video director Greg Watermann (MUDVAYNE, LAMB OF GOD, HOWIE DAY),Oscar-nominated Puerto Rican playwright and screenwriter Jose Rivera ("The Motorcycle Diaries"),French film director Diran Noubar ("Armenia: A Country Under Blockade"),digital artist Roger Kupelian ("The Lord of the Rings"; "Flags of Our Fathers"),documentary director Sevag Vrej (SYSTEM OF A DOWN, FAIR TO MIDLAND),and Beirut-born filmmaker Gariné Torossian (SPARKLEHORSE),among others.

"I asked each of the directors for their visual interpretation of my work," Tankian explains. "They were asked not to write treatments and that they could make whatever they liked. The results have been overwhelmingly amazing!"

A complete list of videos and directors is below:

01. "Empty Walls" - Director: Tony Petrossian
02. "The Unthinking Majority" - Director: Tawd Dorrnfeld
03. "Money" - Director: Ara Soudjian
04. "Feed Us" - Director: Sevag Verj
05. "Saving Us" - Director: Kevin Estrada
06. "Sky is Over" - Director: José Rivera
07. "Baby" - Director: Diran Noubar
08. "Honking Antelope" - Director: Roger Kupelian
09. "Lie, Lie, Lie" - Director: Martha Colburn
10. "Praise The Lord and Pass The Ammo" - Director: Greg Watermann
11. "Beethoven's C***" - Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer
12. "Elect The Dead" - Director: Gariné Torossian