Daron Malakian is an Armenian-American multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, and record producer, best known as a guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist for heavy metal act System of a Down and as leader of Scars on Broadway. Malakian's guitar style is instantly recognizable, evidenced by its its drop-C tuning and obsession with angular riffing over soloing. Technically proficient, he is also devoted to grooves and hooks in his approach. His grainy, slightly reedy singing voice almost constantly wafts between a grainy baritone and a frenzied falsetto, which is most pre...