Disturbed
Disturbed is an American metal/hard rock band from Chicago, Illinois, forme… Read Full Bio ↴Disturbed is an American metal/hard rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1994. The band includes vocalist David Draiman, bassist John Moyer, guitarist/keyboardist Dan Donegan, and drummer Mike Wengren. Former band members are vocalist Erich Awalt and bassist Steve Kmak.
The band has released six studio albums, five of which have consecutively debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Disturbed went into hiatus in October 2011, during which the band's members focused on various side projects, and returned in June 2015, releasing their first album in four years, Immortalized, on August 21, 2015. They also recorded and released one live album, Disturbed: Live at Red Rocks on November 18, 2016, which was recorded on August 18, 2016 at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado, located about 10 miles west of Denver, Colorado. Their seventh studio album, Evolution, was released on October 19, 2018.
Before David Draiman joined Disturbed, guitarist Dan Donegan, drummer Mike Wengren, and bassist Steve "Fuzz" Kmak were in a band called Brawl with vocalist Erich Awalt. Before changing their name to "Brawl", however, Donegan mentioned in the band's DVD, Decade of Disturbed, that the name was originally going to be "Crawl"; they switched it to "Brawl", due to the name already being used by another band. Awalt left the band shortly after the recording of a demo tape; the other three members advertised for a singer. They posted an advertisement in the local music publication in Chicago, Illinois, called the "Illinois Entertainer". Draiman answered the advertisement after going to twenty other auditions that month. Guitarist Dan Donegan commented on Draiman: "You know, out of all the singers that we had talked to or auditioned, he [Draiman] was the only singer who was ready to go with originals. And that impressed me, just to attempt that".
With regard to Draiman being the singer for the band, Donegan said, "After a minute or two, he just starts banging out these melodies that were huge...I'm playing my guitar and I'm grinning from ear to ear, trying not to give it away that I like this guy, you know, because I don't want to, you know...[say] 'Yeah, we'll give you a call back. We'll, you know, discuss it.' But I was so psyched. Chill up my spine. I'm like, 'There is something here.'" As drummer Mike Wengren commented, "We clicked right off the bat." Draiman then joined the band in 1996 and the band was renamed Disturbed. When asked in an interview why he suggested to name the band "Disturbed," Draiman said, "It had been a name I have been contemplating for a band for years. It just seems to symbolize everything we were feeling at the time. The level of conformity that people are forced into was disturbing to us and we were just trying to push the envelope and the name just sorta made sense.
Disturbed headlined the 2018 Rock Fest, along with Godsmack and Incubus. The band announced via social media in early January of 2018 that they had entered the studio to begin recording their next studio album. In June 2018 lead guitarist Dan Donegan and bassist John Moyer confirmed with sources that the new album is complete, with 100% of the songs finished it is on to just mixing and mastering. Band members also posted a picture via Instagram together at a dinner party in celebration of completion of the recording process. The band's first album in over 3 years and the band’s first album in over 8 years to have bassist John Moyer being involved in.
The album, Evolution was released on October 19, 2018. On August 16, 2018, the lead single, titled "Are You Ready" was released. On September 21, 2018, the album's second single, titled "A Reason to Fight" was released.
Disturbed's mascot, named "The Guy", was originally just a drawing of a face with a large grin, as seen on the back of the album The Sickness. The original drawing of The Guy was then edited using a digital distorting program. After the original image had been distorted three times The Guy became the official mascot for the band. Later, he would be drawn as a full figure by artist David Finch.
Classified as a heavy metal or hard rock band, Disturbed is also regarded by some critics as nu metal and alternative metal. When asked about die-hard heavy metal fans not finding Disturbed heavy enough, Draiman at one time stated:
"We probably have too much melody going on or we're not quite as turbulent or caustic. While I really love that type of music, it's not what we try to do. If we have to place things in context, we're more hard rock than heavy metal these days. The secret is that we were never really part of any particular trend, although we definitely benefited from the popularity of what was called nu metal at the time ... We never had the stereotypical attributes that those bands had. We don’t rap; there’s no turntable involved; no fusion in that respect. We play, in my opinion, classic metal. Sabbath, Maiden, Priest, Metallica, Pantera: these are the bands that made us want to play."
They have often cited their influences as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Metallica, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Queensryche, Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden.
Guitarist Dan Donegan uses guitar tunings Drop C, Drop C# and Drop B (also occasionally Eb), which are lower tunings than regular E standard. These lower tunings allow for a heavier sound and quicker chord changes in Donegan's riffs. Donegan also uses subtle electronic effects, which the rest of the band refers to as "The Danny Donegan Orchestra".
The band has released six studio albums, five of which have consecutively debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Disturbed went into hiatus in October 2011, during which the band's members focused on various side projects, and returned in June 2015, releasing their first album in four years, Immortalized, on August 21, 2015. They also recorded and released one live album, Disturbed: Live at Red Rocks on November 18, 2016, which was recorded on August 18, 2016 at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado, located about 10 miles west of Denver, Colorado. Their seventh studio album, Evolution, was released on October 19, 2018.
Before David Draiman joined Disturbed, guitarist Dan Donegan, drummer Mike Wengren, and bassist Steve "Fuzz" Kmak were in a band called Brawl with vocalist Erich Awalt. Before changing their name to "Brawl", however, Donegan mentioned in the band's DVD, Decade of Disturbed, that the name was originally going to be "Crawl"; they switched it to "Brawl", due to the name already being used by another band. Awalt left the band shortly after the recording of a demo tape; the other three members advertised for a singer. They posted an advertisement in the local music publication in Chicago, Illinois, called the "Illinois Entertainer". Draiman answered the advertisement after going to twenty other auditions that month. Guitarist Dan Donegan commented on Draiman: "You know, out of all the singers that we had talked to or auditioned, he [Draiman] was the only singer who was ready to go with originals. And that impressed me, just to attempt that".
With regard to Draiman being the singer for the band, Donegan said, "After a minute or two, he just starts banging out these melodies that were huge...I'm playing my guitar and I'm grinning from ear to ear, trying not to give it away that I like this guy, you know, because I don't want to, you know...[say] 'Yeah, we'll give you a call back. We'll, you know, discuss it.' But I was so psyched. Chill up my spine. I'm like, 'There is something here.'" As drummer Mike Wengren commented, "We clicked right off the bat." Draiman then joined the band in 1996 and the band was renamed Disturbed. When asked in an interview why he suggested to name the band "Disturbed," Draiman said, "It had been a name I have been contemplating for a band for years. It just seems to symbolize everything we were feeling at the time. The level of conformity that people are forced into was disturbing to us and we were just trying to push the envelope and the name just sorta made sense.
Disturbed headlined the 2018 Rock Fest, along with Godsmack and Incubus. The band announced via social media in early January of 2018 that they had entered the studio to begin recording their next studio album. In June 2018 lead guitarist Dan Donegan and bassist John Moyer confirmed with sources that the new album is complete, with 100% of the songs finished it is on to just mixing and mastering. Band members also posted a picture via Instagram together at a dinner party in celebration of completion of the recording process. The band's first album in over 3 years and the band’s first album in over 8 years to have bassist John Moyer being involved in.
The album, Evolution was released on October 19, 2018. On August 16, 2018, the lead single, titled "Are You Ready" was released. On September 21, 2018, the album's second single, titled "A Reason to Fight" was released.
Disturbed's mascot, named "The Guy", was originally just a drawing of a face with a large grin, as seen on the back of the album The Sickness. The original drawing of The Guy was then edited using a digital distorting program. After the original image had been distorted three times The Guy became the official mascot for the band. Later, he would be drawn as a full figure by artist David Finch.
Classified as a heavy metal or hard rock band, Disturbed is also regarded by some critics as nu metal and alternative metal. When asked about die-hard heavy metal fans not finding Disturbed heavy enough, Draiman at one time stated:
"We probably have too much melody going on or we're not quite as turbulent or caustic. While I really love that type of music, it's not what we try to do. If we have to place things in context, we're more hard rock than heavy metal these days. The secret is that we were never really part of any particular trend, although we definitely benefited from the popularity of what was called nu metal at the time ... We never had the stereotypical attributes that those bands had. We don’t rap; there’s no turntable involved; no fusion in that respect. We play, in my opinion, classic metal. Sabbath, Maiden, Priest, Metallica, Pantera: these are the bands that made us want to play."
They have often cited their influences as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Metallica, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Queensryche, Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden.
Guitarist Dan Donegan uses guitar tunings Drop C, Drop C# and Drop B (also occasionally Eb), which are lower tunings than regular E standard. These lower tunings allow for a heavier sound and quicker chord changes in Donegan's riffs. Donegan also uses subtle electronic effects, which the rest of the band refers to as "The Danny Donegan Orchestra".
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Disturbed Lyrics
01 Ten Thousand Fists Survival Survival One more goddamn day when I know what I w…
02. A Welcome Burden Shout! Heavy! You want it heavy! Welcome to my world, either…
04- Down With the Sickness Can you feel that? Ah, shit Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah Oh, ah,…
05 Violence Fetish Bring the violence It's significant To the life If you've ev…
10 thousand fists Survival Survival One more goddamn day when I know what I w…
10000 Survivor Survivor One more goddamn day when I know what I …
11 Meaning Of Life Get psycho, I wanna get psycho Get psycho, I wanna wanna…
12.Ten Thousand Fists Survival Survival One more goddamn day when I know what …
14 Ten Thousand Fists Survival Survival One more goddamn day when I know what I w…
3 I often wonder why I sit and wait to die What…
A Reason to Fight The image in your eyes Reflecting the pain that has taken…
A Welcome Burden Shout! Heavy! You want it heavy! Welcome to my world, feel …
Already Gone Now, we have come Far too many times To celebrate this death…
Anothe Way to Die The indulgence of our lives Has cast a shadow on our…
Are You Ready Are you ready? Get up, get up Are you ready? Get up, get…
Asylum Release me No remnants were ever found of it Feeling the ho…
Avarice Politics and evil All one in the same Satan hides behind a…
Awake Can't breathe Hyperventilating Look out Fall and hit the …
Awaken Stripped of life, alone In the midst of something that I Wan…
Bad Man Oh, bad man, what's the reason why? (What's the reason…
Believe Believe, when you lie You will never need to recognize yours…
Blood in My Eyes Ooo Whatcha gonna do now Whatcha gonna do when they rhythm…
Bound Ready Darkness cover me I'm not ready to die, girl Because …
Breathe You will release your life Forgetting what's forsaken the re…
Bruises Please leave me alone For I cannot let this go It's the…
Car Bomb In this bitter twist on fate You know that help will…
Conflict You are enemy You are my hated enemy I am enemy Number one…
Criminal Malevolent criminal, I When the vision paints my mind Cross …
Crucified When others left before I could bear to turn away Now that…
Darkness Don't turn away I pray you've heard The words I've spoken Da…
Decadance Say, yes they know that you hurt yourself another time Don't…
Deceiver You've been caught in a lie!! You can't deny it! So let…
Dehumanized Lost in slumber A threat to no one Weak and humbled In my…
Deify All my devotion betrayed I am no longer afraid I was too…
Devour Still enough Although I know you're not begging Still as the…
Disturbed Open my eyes what do I see, the whole world…
disturbed the sound of silence Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you…
Disturbed Just Stop Just stop enough of the venomous critical comments on my…
Disturbed-Get Down with the Sickness Can you feel that? Ah, shit Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah Oh, ah,…
disturbed-ten thousand fists Survival Survival One more goddamn day when I know what I w…
Divide Go! I want to tear a big hole in what is…
Divisive You won't listen to me You won't speak to me You've become…
doen with the sickness Can you feel that? Ah, shit Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah Oh, ah,…
Don't Tell Me We know we should turn and just walk away We can't…
Down The Sickness Can you feel that? Ah, shit Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah Oh, ah,…
Droppin Well, here we go again, get up A little something for…
droppin'_plates Ha, well here we go again, get up A little somethin'…
Empty I look outside and see that everything is perfect Except fo…
Enemy You are enemy You are my hated enemy I am enemy A number…
Enough (We don't want them, we want everything) (We've chosen to wa…
Façade No one knows just what has become of her Shattered doll,…
Fade 2 Black Life it seems will fade away Drifting farther everyday Getti…
Fade to Black (Metallica Cover Life it seems will fade away Drifting farther everyday G…
Fear Fear something again Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Fear something a…
Feeding the Fire I keep looking for one thing, looking for something Looking …
Fire It Up When I need to spark a bit of inspiration And the…
Forfeit Will not be shaken and jump into this, And be persuasive,…
Forgiven Forgiven to me You're forgiven to me You're just another dea…
Forsaken I'm over it. You see I'm falling in a vast abyss... Cloude…
Game Tell me exactly, what am I supposed to do Now that…
get down with the sickness Can you feel that? Ah, shit Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah Oh, ah,…
Glass Shatters (Step up 'cause you're the next one in line for…
God of the Mind Nah-ah, ah Gettin' in, gettin' in, gettin' in, gettin' into …
Guarded Guarding yourself from the love of another Left you with not…
Haunted You're broken, so am I I'm better off alone No one to…
Hauntéd You′re broken, so am I I'm better off alone No one to…
Hell Hell Burning, now I bring you hell Oh burning, now I bring…
Hey You Hey you Hey you Have you had enough of it How the blind…
Hold On to Memories Listen, everyone The time will come when all of us say…
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For I have climbed the highest mountains I have run through the…
I%60am Alive Never again will I be dishonored And never again will I…
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (originally by Sting) You could say I lost my faith in…
In Another Time Get up again Turn it on again Stare and try to find…
Indestructible Another mission The powers have called me away Another time …
Innocence Who is innocent? No one is innocent? Who is innocent? Who i…
Inside the Fire Oh Devon Won't go to Heaven She's just another lost soul, ab…
Into the Fire Ooh, Devin won't go to heaven She's just another lost soul …
Intoxication Now you tell me you like it You tell me you…
Ishfwilf I have climbed highest mountains I have run through the fie…
I`am Alive Never again will I be dishonored And never again will I…
Just Stop Just stop, enough of the venomous critical comments on my…
Land of Confusion I must've dreamed a thousand dreams And Been haunted by a…
Leave It Alone I can't control my anger and I've been about to explode Far…
Legion of Monsters The monster shattered the day In a place where innocents pla…
Liberate Bold motherfucker, don't you limit your mi- Liberate your m…
Living After Midnight Living after midnight Rockin' to the dawn Lovin' til the mor…
Love to Hate I can feel the anger building in me time and…
Meaning Of Life Get psycho, I wanna get psycho Get psycho, I wanna wanna…
meaning-of-life Get psycho I wanna get psycho Get psycho I wanna, wanna, wan…
meaning_of_life Get psycho, I wanna get psycho Get psycho, I wanna wanna…
Midlife Crisis Go on and wring my neck Like when a rag gets…
Mine Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Been watching for a long time…
Mistress I stand on the brink of your mind Living inside a…
Monster End this suffering You made a monster of me Through all you…
My Child Tore it up again, I couldn't stop again Letting go till…
Myself If life was a game Could I win in the end? And…
Never Again (Never again, never again) They have a frightening desire f…
Never Wrong You're never ever wrong, no you're never wrong, never No, yo…
New Disease Now I can take this, everything I know Realize that…
No More Once again we hear them calling for war It doesn't matter…
Numb Bleeding, I'm Crying, I'm Falling, I'm Bleeding now, now Bl…
Old Friend They are the ghosts of innocence That have awoken from my…
Open Your Eyes You're paralyzed breathe your disguise You feed on the lies …
Overburdend Fate is so unkind Now, I should have known Blind leading t…
Overburdened Hell is still overburdened I must stand and wait in line I…
Pain Redefined Fading, falling, lost in forever Will I find a way to…
Parasite You've got nowhere to hide, and all bullshit aside You've co…
Part of Me I never wanted to be like this (like this) I never…
Perfect Insanity Come inside and be afraid Of this impressive mess I've made …
Poem Overbearing panic attack entrenching my veins In an hour I'…
Prayer Another dream that will never come true Just to compliment y…
Remember Sensation washes over me, I can't describe it Pain I felt…
Rise Rise Throw away The charade of your life Let the flame of my…
Run Run and hide again I want to wait this time Don't wonder…
Sacred Lie My conviction is stronger today As I fight to uncover your S…
Sacrifice I will forever be reminded Of our struggled to survive The b…
Save Our Last Goodbye Don't wanna hear it's over What a rude awakening Angel of de…
Saviour of Nothing Now you've become Everything you claimed to fight Through yo…
Serpentine See the dogs come running Smelling blood now To an open sore…
Shout He's the wolf screaming lonely in the night He's the blood…
Shout '2000' Shout shout let it all out These are the things I…
Shout 2000 Shout, shout, let it all out These are the things I…
Sickened Take me away yeah! That's enough of all your taunting Seems…
Sons of Plunder Tell me you like it Tell me you like it You say…
sound of silence Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you…
Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Lyrics I have climbed the highest mountains I have run through the…
Stircken Oh-oh-oh-ow You walk on like a woman in suffering Won't …
Stricken Ah ah ah ow You walk on like a woman…
Stronger on Your Own Everybody has a story to tell Listen closely now and you…
Stupified Yeah, bringing you another disturbing creation From the min…
Stupify Yeah, bringing you another disturbing creation From the mind…
Stupify (Feat Pete From Chevel Yeah, bringing you another disturbing creation From the min…
Stupify (feat. Pete Loeffler & Joey Duenas) Yeah, bringing you another disturbing creation From the mind…
Sumtimes What I excel in best Is my excessiveness Of deprecation I…
Take Back Your Life Don't sit there and watch it fall apart (fall apart) There's…
Ten Ten Thousand Fists Survival Survival One more goddamn day when I know what I w…
The Animal Nah-ah, nah-ah Now I can feel the animal inside My resolve …
The Best Ones Lie God damn maybe I am a little paranoid 'Cause I can…
The Brave and the Bold All your life you just stood there questioning Feeling your …
The Curse Marked for demolition, I'm Just a time bomb ticking inside N…
The Game Tell me exactly, what am I supposed to do Now that…
The Game * Tell me exactly What am I supposed to do? Now that I…
The Infection In the back of my mind I can Barely even remember…
The Light Like an unsung melody The truth is waiting there for you…
The Night What has come over me What madness taken hold of my…
The Red How you're feeling Red Rocks? Are we making you Feel strong …
The Sound of Silence For tonight's performance of the The Sound of Silence Join u…
The Sound of Silence "Lyrics Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you…
The Sounds of Silence For tonight's performance of the The Sound of Silence Join u…
The Voices So, are you breathin'? So, are you breathin'? No, no are you…
This Moment You will remember this moment as you dig into me And…
This Venom Everyday that passes by I develop a new way to hate…
Torn I learned how to fall today, didn't think it would…
Törn I learned how to fall today Didn't think it would kill…
Two Worlds Give it to me Two worlds are warring in me Killing us…
Tyrant Can we make amends, do we just pretend That we're over…
Uninvited Guest Thought I was rid of you Thought it was over with Thought…
Unstoppable You're never gonna stop me I'm the nightmare you've been dre…
Violence Fetish Bring the violence, it's significant To the life if you've e…
Voice So, are you breathing? So, are you breathing Now, now? Are y…
Want She want me, no Rah, ah, rah, ah Rah, ah, rah, ah Rah,…
Warrior I am not an instrument of violence I am a vessel…
Watch You Burn I didn't mean to give my soul away To have the…
Welcome Burden Shout! Heavy! You want it heavy! Welcome to my world, feel …
What Are You Waiting For So what you waiting for? So what you waiting for? I have…
Who Who who Who who Who who Who who You once were someone I cou…
Who Taught You How to Hate I hear the voices echoing around me Angered eyes that don't…
Won't Back Down Every time I look the other way I'm reminded why I…
x Survival Survival One more goddamn day when I know what I w…
You're Mine I've begun to realize That whenever I am with you You delive…
Jon Keys
on Land of Confusion
It's a cover of a Genesis song!