First Reaction: Disturbed 'Immortalized'
Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:48:44
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Chicago hard rock juggernaut ready to land back at the top with sixth album.
It's been five years since Disturbed unleashed Asylum, their last full-length album before taking a hiatus. So, when the news came that the Chicago outfit—David Draiman [vocals], Dan Donegan [guitar], Mike Wengren [drums], and John Moyer [bass]—had readied a new body of work, it delighted the hard rock world exponentially. In their absence, nobody has taken that vacant spot at the genre's top, filling the shoes of the group whose last four albums all debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200. Of course, bands have vied for the crown, but none could claim the same arena-filling status.
Seemingly out of the blue, Disturbed announced album number six, Immortalized [Reprise Records], and now it's arriving on shelves Friday August 21. Immortalized stands out as 13 tracks of robust, raw, and real rock evocative of their breakthrough debut The Sickness but emblematic of the metallic precision and scope of Asylum. In that sense, these four musicians conjure the ultimate Disturbed album to date.
The clean guitar instrumental "The Eye of the Storm" tempers a bluesy lead with a stark hum, setting the stage for the drilling groove of the title track. Draiman's voice echoes with an orchestral prowess bolstered by Donegan's deft leads and jackhammer riffs. Each rhythm drives a near danceable bounce home that's perfect for the pit. It's an a propos opener for Immortalized.
Listen to "Immortalized" from Disbturbed:
image: http://images.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/uploads/news/disturbed_under_426.jpgIt's been five years since Disturbed unleashed Asylum, their last full-length album before taking a hiatus. So, when the news came that the Chicago outfit—David Draiman [vocals], Dan Donegan [guitar], Mike Wengren [drums], and John Moyer [bass]—had readied a new body of work, it delighted the hard rock world exponentially. In their absence, nobody has taken that vacant spot at the genre's top, filling the shoes of the group whose last four albums all debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200. Of course, bands have vied for the crown, but none could claim the same arena-filling status.
Seemingly out of the blue, Disturbed announced album number six, Immortalized [Reprise Records], and now it's arriving on shelves Friday August 21. Immortalized stands out as 13 tracks of robust, raw, and real rock evocative of their breakthrough debut The Sickness but emblematic of the metallic precision and scope of Asylum. In that sense, these four musicians conjure the ultimate Disturbed album to date.
The clean guitar instrumental "The Eye of the Storm" tempers a bluesy lead with a stark hum, setting the stage for the drilling groove of the title track. Draiman's voice echoes with an orchestral prowess bolstered by Donegan's deft leads and jackhammer riffs. Each rhythm drives a near danceable bounce home that's perfect for the pit. It's an a propos opener for Immortalized.
Listen to "Immortalized" from Disbturbed:
One standout "Save Out Last Goodbye" begins with a voicemail message from one of Donegan's friends who passed away from cancer. The electronics wrap around the heavy swell of guitar and drums as Draiman's voice careens with palpable poignancy. However, all of the elements turn this into a haunting elegy that's among the band's most powerful work. "Fire It Up" brings a delightful fervor to the record, turning into a "Sweet Leaf" for the 21st century.
Watch the Music Video for "The Vengeful One" from Disturbed:
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In the end, Disturbed are back and bigger and better than ever. That sleep allowed the beast to wake up even fiercer. Hard rock has its kings back and they've got their best record to rule with.
—Rick Florino
08.11.15
'Immortalized' from Disturbed is released August 21, 2015 on Reprise Records.
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This is the best rendition of SOS since its release in 1964. A powerful and moving melody and lyrics performed by a first class band. Disturbed and David Draiman performed exceptionally with a tremendous feeling that captivates the audience. The song played at Conan just added to the creativity, mistiness and professionalism of Disturbed.
ReplyDeleteKeep on climbing the charts worldwide - close to 100 million hits on youtube and 22 million on Conan.
YJ Draiman
Album review Disturbed - Immortalized
ReplyDelete01. The Eye of the Storm
02. Immortalized
03. The Vengeful One
04. Open Your Eyes
05. The Light"
06. What Are You Waiting For
07. You're Mine
08. Who
09. Save Our Last Goodbye
10. Fire It Up
11. The Sound of Silence
12. Never Wrong
13. Who Taught You How to Hate
12. The Aftermath
Verdict: 9
We always believed that Disturbed would be the next big thing after Metallica and so it seems to be. No matter what garbage metal purists throw their way and regardless of the massive number of haters on the internet they still deliver and the fans pick up their albums like never before even after a lengthy hiatus. The amount of marketing before the release of the album even has been somewhat limited. The album was released back in August through Reprise Records and is Disturbed's first studio album since 2010 when Asylum. We all were taken by surprise when David and Dan started to talk about doing something with Disturbed again just to admit that the album already was recorded just a few days later! It's been five years since the last album and this is actually even marking the longest gap between two studio albums in their career.
The album opens with some static noise form an old vinyl and a slow guitar intro that keep you on needles for a minute and a half. Will Disturbed sound the same? Disturbed pick up just where they left off, Immortalized sound like a continuation of 10 000 fists and Davids voice still sound like a barking angry pitbull amstaff with his trademark singing style. The tracks all blend right in there together with the rest of their catalogue, the songs actually are slightly better than the average Disturbed album.
They are so damn good and they really impress, the first single The Vengeful one has a slight touch of Motley Crue to the opening riff. The strength of Disturbed actually is their weakness, the variation is almost non existing and you wont stick a Disturbed album in you car stereo and leave it on repeat for a week. The soundtrack to the Christmas was the cover of the album, Sound of Silence originally a track by Simon & Garfunkel. The Distrubed version is like 100 0000 times better and showcases the enormous vocal range of David Draiman.
The Video for The Vengeful One was pulled from rotation after a madman repeated the massacre played out on the video in real life just a few days after it was released and Disturbed got quite a bit of critique for it.
Needless to say the album were a Billboard number one. That made Disturbed the third band in history to achieve this feat, the others being Metallica and Dave Matthews Band. Immortalized is one of the biggest heavy metal releases of 2015. Regardless of what you think of them and it also is one of the best damn albums of the year.
No fillers, all killers.
Album review Disturbed - Immortalized
ReplyDelete01. The Eye of the Storm
02. Immortalized
03. The Vengeful One
04. Open Your Eyes
05. The Light"
06. What Are You Waiting For
07. You're Mine
08. Who
09. Save Our Last Goodbye
10. Fire It Up
11. The Sound of Silence
12. Never Wrong
13. Who Taught You How to Hate
12. The Aftermath
Verdict: 9
We always believed that Disturbed would be the next big thing after Metallica and so it seems to be. No matter what garbage metal purists throw their way and regardless of the massive number of haters on the internet they still deliver and the fans pick up their albums like never before even after a lengthy hiatus. The amount of marketing before the release of the album even has been somewhat limited. The album was released back in August through Reprise Records and is Disturbed's first studio album since 2010 when Asylum. We all were taken by surprise when David and Dan started to talk about doing something with Disturbed again just to admit that the album already was recorded just a few days later! It's been five years since the last album and this is actually even marking the longest gap between two studio albums in their career.
The album opens with some static noise form an old vinyl and a slow guitar intro that keep you on needles for a minute and a half. Will Disturbed sound the same? Disturbed pick up just where they left off, Immortalized sound like a continuation of 10 000 fists and Davids voice still sound like a barking angry pitbull amstaff with his trademark singing style. The tracks all blend right in there together with the rest of their catalogue, the songs actually are slightly better than the average Disturbed album.
They are so damn good and they really impress, the first single The Vengeful one has a slight touch of Motley Crue to the opening riff. The strength of Disturbed actually is their weakness, the variation is almost non existing and you wont stick a Disturbed album in you car stereo and leave it on repeat for a week. The soundtrack to the Christmas was the cover of the album, Sound of Silence originally a track by Simon & Garfunkel. The Distrubed version is like 100 0000 times better and showcases the enormous vocal range of David Draiman.
The Video for The Vengeful One was pulled from rotation after a madman repeated the massacre played out on the video in real life just a few days after it was released and Disturbed got quite a bit of critique for it.
Needless to say the album were a Billboard number one. That made Disturbed the third band in history to achieve this feat, the others being Metallica and Dave Matthews Band. Immortalized is one of the biggest heavy metal releases of 2015. Regardless of what you think of them and it also is one of the best damn albums of the year.
No fillers, all killers.