Humour is an extremely difficult thing to get right in metal. It almost feels as though extremely intricate performances shouldn’t go anywhere near comedy, you’d expect them to be completely at odds, otherwise you can quickly veer into self-parody. There’s two ways to avoid this that come to mind. The first is to use the songwriting and song structure itself as a vessel for the band’s sense of humour to come through. The other is to be Serj Tankian. For most people, the firs