Serj Tankian is an Armenian-American musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the Nu-metal band System of a Down, which was formed in 1994. Tankian has released five albums with System of a Down and five solo albums, as well as collaborating with artists such as Tech N9ne, Buckethead, Mike Patton, Corey Taylor, Ronnie Radke, Deftones, David Draiman, Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Tony Iommi, Tom Morello, Devin Townsend, Limp Bizkit, Flea, Maynard James Keenan, and Benny Benassi. He also released Elect the Dead Symphony, a live orchestral version of Elect the Dead featuring the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. He is the founder of the record label Serjical Strike Records, and is currently represented by Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group. Tankian is known and regarded as one of the best vocalists in heavy metal, with praise given to his unusual delivery and his wide vocal range. In 2006, he was ranked No. 26 on the Hit Parader list of "Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists". A study conducted by VVN Music found that Tankian possesses a high and diverse vocal range of 4.2 octaves. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serj_Ta...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)