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Most metal bands are raging against something or other.

But a band forged in the fires of genocide? Now there's a formula for intensity. It's that intensity that a million-and-counting fans tapped into this summer as they flocked to buy System of a Down's fourth album, Mezmerize, rocketing the disc to No. 1 o­n Billboard charts the week of its May 17 release.

In an interview in advance of the Armenian-American band's Sept. 19 concert at Pengrowth Saddledome, System of a Down's bassist Shavo Odadjian, 31, talked about how the Armenian genocide that occurred between 1915 and 1923 has shaped the group. In that time an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were expelled from the Ottoman Empire by the Turkish government in a campaign of murder, deportation and torture.

The Wu-Tang Clan is reported to be o­n the verge of a big comeback, including the release of Raekwon's Cuban Linx Part II album o­n deck.

Rae's highly anticipated Cuban Linx sequel, which has no release date as of yet, will reunite many of the Clan. It is reported that The Rza will handle 90% of the LP's production with the additional beats coming from none other than Dre Dre and Nottz.
Many of the Wu-Gambino aliases who first appeared o­n the first Cuban Linx joint will also resurface, including Maximillion (aka The Gza), who has been in the studio with Rae recently. Busta Rhymes is also reportedly signed o­n to executive produce the project.