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Focussing on the new SOAD songs, Daron explained, "We did this for a noble reason, and we did this for the right reasons. We didn't make any money off this – everything we've made from these songs we've donated straight into Armenia Fund.
"So it wasn't like a money grab, it wasn't trying to get fame and attention and, 'Hey, we're gonna break the internet' – nothing like that. It was totally for the noble reason of – our country needs us. And that was really the driving force and the motivation for this – it wasn't really about, 'Wow, we're so excited to do a new System Of A Down record again.'"
However, Daron added that after everything "happened so smoothly" with the band this time around, "I personally do walk away and say it's a shame that certain things can't come together to make that happen, let's just say."