In case you want some star energy to kick begin your weekend, look no additional than “Deconstruction,” that includes none aside from Serj Tankian of System Of A Down and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath.

The music, which dropped final week, additionally options Cesar Gueikian, president and CEO of Gibson Manufacturers. The music combines the weirdness and uneven time signatures with the riffing powerhouse that’s the god of Black Sabbath’s guitar work.

If these weren’t already adequate causes to take a look at this music, it was additionally performed as a charity observe, with all proceeds going to the Armenia Fund’s Artsakh Refugee Initiative. As an Armenian, this trigger is close to and expensive to Tankian’s coronary heart. 

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Takian talked about what he contributed to the observe, together with lyrics from his poetry e book, Cool Gardens:

“The humorous factor was as I used to be singing it, I bought the Layne Staley vibe, like Alice in Chains—that actually deep, darkish factor with harmonies like Jerry Cantrell‘s. There’s a sure facet of what I did that jogged my memory of [Layne], virtually like paying him homage, as a result of it’s gradual however onerous… After which the second half was extra trippy, virtually poetry. However Cesar preferred it.”

Iommi says about what he contributed:

“It was nice to hook up with Serj once more and in addition to do a observe with Cesar. I feel that he’s attempting to steal my job!! Haha!! The Armenian persons are actually beautiful folks, and it’s an ideal pleasure, an ideal trigger, and I’m very comfortable to be concerned in it.”

Relating to the trigger the music advantages, Gueikian provides:

“We requested ourselves the best way to use this music to deliver consciousness to Armenia and the Armenian scenario and lift funds for Armenia. Along with making music, Serj is an activist in service to Armenia, and Tony has ties to Armenia as a result of a few years in the past, he was a part of a gaggle that funded a music faculty there. So the three of us have pledged any revenue the music makes to go to Armenia via the Armenia Fund.”

You possibly can stream the observe beneath: