SYSTEM OF A DOWN and DEFTONES announce Golden Gate Park show | Revolver

SYSTEM OF A DOWN and DEFTONES announce Golden Gate Park show

With the Mars Volta, Viagra Boys and VOWWS
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Can you smell the Toxicity in the air, San Francisco metal fans? Because System of a Down and Deftones have just revealed they're getting together to play a one-of-a-kind performance by the Golden Gate Bridge.

The just-announced concert will take place on August 17th, and will feature the two alt-metal juggernauts co-headlining what's being billed as "a standalone event at the historic Golden Gate Park." This could open things up, as in the past, to potential onstage collabs from the longtime friends.

Better yet, the outdoor show will also feature support from psych-styled prog-venturists the Mars Volta, Stockholm punks Viagra Boys and Deftones-approved "death-pop" duo VOWWS.

If you're thinking of pulling up to the park, tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday (April 12th) at 10 a.m. PT. You can check out a quick commercial for the concert down below.

It's a SOAD spring, too, with the band set to perform this month at the second annual Sick New World festival in Las Vegas, while vocalist Serj Tankian is scheduled to release his Down With the System memoir May 14th.