Disturbed
Biography
Heavy metal band Disturbed came together through the matching of a band with a singer. Longtime friends Dan Donegan (guitar), Mike Wengren (drums), and Fuzz (bass) played together in Chicago for some time before hooking up with singer David Draiman around 1997. Draiman had grown up in a religious family against which he rebelled, being expelled from five boarding schools in his adolescence. His anger found an outlet in the thrashing sound of Disturbed, and the band built up a following on Chicago's South Side before a demo tape led to their signing to Giant Records, which released their debut album, The Sickness, in March 2000. The band gained more fans and exposure playing the main stage of the 2001 Ozzfest, then breaking away to do their own self-described "victory lap" around the U.S. that fall. Also during this period, they managed to record a vicious new version of wrestler Steve Austin's theme song that was so good it managed to receive radio play, and they were one of the many bands announced to work on a high-profile Faith No More tribute album.
Disturbed stepped into the studio after stepping off of the road and began work on a new disc that would reflect their growth as a band. Feeling experimental, the bandmembers worked with producer Johnny K and mixer Andy Wallace in order to create an album that could compare to other classic metal records they admired. Amplifying their fondness for groups like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Pantera, and Soundgarden, Believe was released in the fall of 2002 and was recognized as a heavier, more varied, and ultimately superior record to their debut, ultimately reaching the top of the Billboard 200. After completing a tour to support the album, Fuzz left the band and was replaced by former Union Underground member John Moyer. The tour document Music as a Weapon II appeared in 2004, followed by the ambitious studio full-length Ten Thousand Fists in September 2005 and Indestructible in 2008. ~ William Ruhlmann & Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide
Selected Discography
Indestructible
2008
Ten Thousand Fists
2005
Believe (Explicit)
2002
The Sickness
2000
Inside The Fire (Radio Single)
Jingle bells, jingle bells
GODSMACK all the way.. Oh what fun it is to play TRUE metal all the way, HEY! |
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@darkhaven: It doesn't have to be death metal to be good. As Fangirl already pointed out, we were simply discussing that Disturbed very much is not death metal.
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that's not what we're saying, darkhaven. someone said this band has "screamer death metal", and we were only trying to say it's not the case at all. I don't think anyone said death metal > Disturbed.
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Jingle bells, jingle bells
GODSMACK all the way.. Oh what fun it is to play TRUE metal all the way, HEY! |
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Why do you people think this has to be "death metal" to be good? I like the political influence that disturbed sometimes uses and enjoy this music very much. Noone can argue against their talent and they put on a great show. They are not death metal nor influenced by it. They are however awesome. And don't ever mention paramore on a Disturbed page, it angers the metal gods.
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5-once pubrity hits him and he finally grows some \ | / hair, he'll be over
HAHA. THAT's FUNNY!!!! |
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@ crazy like slim
1-this is meatl 2-justin bieber 3-justin bieber is gay, can't sing and the ONLY reason he's famous is b/c his parents know usher 4-he sounds like a girl 5-once pubrity hits him and he finally grows some \ | / hair, he'll be over 6-i dont hate rap or hip-hop, just crappy wanabees, infact is love some rap and hip-hop to death |
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Ingonrance is your new best friend lol F**king love Paramore LOL
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LOL! that was a great picture right there, Plague! XD and thanks again for pointing out my ignorance once again.
Echos of Eternity is amazing. (which, ladies and gentlemen, is more impressive than this band. pfft "screamer death metal" my butt!) |
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LOL good answer =) Plauge you get a kudo point! WOOT WOOT!!
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@OMW: I freakin' love Abigail Williams. LOL. As far as Emperor goes, they change considerably according to album. I mean, 'In the Nightside Eclipse' is a fantasticall y atmospheric album, and very relaxing. 'Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk' is a bit more chaotic, but still relaxing. Then you get stuff like "Empty" off of 'Prometheus' , which is probably one of the most chaotic black metal songs I've heard in my life. Definitely give 'em a hardcore listen.
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@Thunda: You are absolutely bonkers. Everything you percieve is actually electrical impulses being fed into a brain floating in a glass canister in a lab somewhere. :D
@Fangirl: No. But EoE actually has a lot of similarities to death metal, at least as far as the riffage goes. You might also check out "Code of Honor" by the band Deadlock. It's kind of a similar situation. Death metal with female leads. |
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hey, what do you all think of Justin Beeber? (if that's how you spell his name)
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Echoes of Eternity is excellent. Abigael Williams is not quite as relaxing, I will admit. It doesn't get me riled up however. Emperor, on the other hand, I haven't been able to get into as much. Perhaps I should give it a hardcore listen to find out for sure, but the intermittent listen isn't grabbing me.
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yeah, i have, Plague...
you're gonna turn into a music Nazi again, aren't you? ^^' |
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----------TO T A L L Y DIDNT READ ANYTHING UNDER ME ....MY BAD--------- - - - - -
Ok ok so if perception is reality and i perceive that no one reads my posts does that mean im crazy or is it true??? And if people answer does that make this post irrelevant? OH s**t what if im crazy AHHHHH!! Someone talk to me.....unles s your imaginary ...if your imaginary F**K YOU!!!! what if this all made wierd sense to Toasters??? -----WE NOW RETURN TO OUR REGULAR BROADCASTING OF PEOPLE ARGUING AND S**T------ |
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@OMW: Depends on the band. Most black metal is relaxing, the exceptions being some of the really chaotic, aggresive ones, Abigail Williams and later Emperor. Melodeath gets me pumped, but not in an angry way. Tech death has the same effect, but it just depends on the band, like Nile usually just relaxes me, but Origin and Brain Drill make me want to destroy something.
@Fangirl: You ever listen to Echoes of Eternity? |
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pfft. even though I don't listen to any real death metal, I know this is far from having a death metal influence!
In Flames can ease my anger much better than this band. sorry, Disturbed fans, but this band is for the days I'm in an alternative rock/metal mood. sadly, those days have been on a decline... |
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Death/black metal serves to calm me ... puts me on a quiet ethereal plane. The anger in the music only quiets my own frustrations . I can't explain this effect, I just enjoy it.
Anyone who thinks disturbed is anything like death metal is on crack. Disturbed only annoys me and ups my frustration levels. |
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@METAL DINOSAUR: I can see people thinking that Disturbed as the heaviest thing in existence if they're coming in from the alternative rock and corporate metal (I mean, it's heavier than Godsmack, Alice in Chains, and Breaking Benjamin), but it's definitely not death metal, nor is it death metal inspired.
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i totally fukn agree with unicorn. lol wow.....but id rather listen to straight up death metal or something heavier than disturbed if i was pissed. \m/
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@Blackmage43 9 : I would totally agree with you, except for the utter lack of death metal influence.
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Disturbed strikes that perfect balance between screamer death metal and straight-up heavy metal. It doubles as perfect music to quell (or fuel) one's anger, and freaking awesome jamming tunes.
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at least he has the balls to be in the army or wat eva branch he's in.fuk u willow.
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What ever happened to that kid with the cocolate stained undies?!?!?! Did he died in Iraq or Afghanistan? ? Or did his unit get put on reserves list in New Orleans and some thug a** niggas beat him senless??
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Bosanova!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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I used to hate Disturbed, until I saw them live when Believe came out, since I have managed to catch them about six times. They really put on a great show!
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