SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SHAVO ODADJIAN Directs Launch Trailer For 'Mortal Kombat X' Video Game

SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian has directed the launch trailer for the "Mortal Kombat X" video game. The TV spot premiere, which is scheduled for April 6, will include the SYSTEM OF A DOWN song "Chop Suey!" as its main theme.

A teaser clip is available below.

Odadjian is no stranger to video direction, as he helmed the SYSTEM OF A DOWN videos for the songs "Aerials", "Toxicity", "Hypnotize" and "Question!"

Odadjian said in a recent interview with Madcap Music Review that SYSTEM OF A DOWN has already worked on its first new music in a decade, with plans to enter the studio in the coming months to record a full-length album. Asked about the chances of the group recording for the first time since 2005, Odadjian said, "Yeah, there's a very good chance. I don't have a date. We've already gone. We've written some songs. We're keeping it to ourselves. We're getting back to the bullshitt of being together."

Odadjian told The Pulse Of Radio a while back that he could never envision SYSTEM OF A DOWN going away permanently. "We're brothers, man, we'll take bullets for each other," he said. "So it's like, you kind of miss each other after a while and you, one guy makes the first move, then another starts making phone calls.... this is a juggernaut, man. SYSTEM OF A DOWN is my lifeline. It'll never go away. We could not make a record for 10 years — that's not gonna happen, but I'm just saying we could — and we'll come back strong."

SYSTEM OF A DOWN recently added two more North American dates to its upcoming world tour. In addition to shows in Los Angeles on April 6 and Quebec on June 18, the band will now stop in Detroit on June 17 and Toronto on June 19.

The tour commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and will feature SYSTEM OF A DOWN’s first-ever performance in their homeland of Armenia, on April 23.