I think Disturbed deserves to be in the hall of fame. Their songs are getting a lot better, if you listen to their new album "Immortalized" then you would see that they DESERVE a shot. Their latest album I can't seem to get out of my head especially "The Vengeful One".

Posted by Matthew Sorrentino on Monday, 08/1/2016 @ 07:31am

Saw this band a couple weeks ago at Louder than Life in Louisville. They closed down the #2 stage & played before Slipknot.

Typical metal band, in that singer only sings. No instrument playing from him. He looks like a younger, slightly slimmer Varys from GoT. Has a powerful voice & does alot of what I would call 'wailing'. Crowd just loved them. They did do a brief excerpt of 'Sound of Silence' as also covered parts of 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' and 'Baba O'Reilly'. Not familiar with their music. Did enjoy the set, though.

Posted by Paul in KY on Monday, 10/10/2016 @ 13:13pm

RIAA Gold & Platinum Update

Album: The Sickness
5x Platinum (5 million)

Album: Ten Thousand Fits
2x Million

Total: 16.5 million

Their awesome take of "The Sound of Silence" sure made a big difference for them.

Posted by The Dude on Tuesday, 06/26/2018 @ 09:17am

"Their awesome take of "The Sound of Silence" sure made a big difference for them." -The Dude

I hadn't heard that until about a month ago. It's a pretty incredible piece of work.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 06/27/2018 @ 18:57pm

Spotify: Most Streamed Albums of 2000

6. DISTURBED – THE SICKNESS (411,372,167)

https://chartmasters.org/2019/01/spotify-most-streamed-albums-of-2000/

Posted by The Dude on Thursday, 01/31/2019 @ 10:19am

DISTURBED Vocalist Expects To Have Second Septoplasty To Relieve 'Chronic Sinus Infections'

“Prior to DISTURBED's performance in Washington, D.C. on February 21, vocalist David Draiman spoke with Bodhi of iHeartRadio. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).”

On the band's current American arena tour with THREE DAYS GRACE:

David: "The whole idea is [to] give people a little bit of a release and escape from the barrage of garbage they're assaulted with on a daily basis. Just a means of really bringing people from all walks of life and all frames of mind and all beliefs and all colors and creeds together for at least a couple hours, to forget everything that everybody wants to remind us we have to fight about over and over again, and just to remember that when you get a whole bunch of people in a room together, and they're all there for the same purpose, and they hear the song that everybody knows, and they're singing it together, and you look around at each other and you realize that all the rest of the reasons, fabricated or otherwise, that people would try to make you believe that we're so very divided don't matter anymore."

On the difficulty of choosing a setlist:

David: "It's a good problem to have, but it can be a problem. We're playing for two hours, and there's still songs that we won't get to on a nightly basis. But we do try to change it up. We've added a couple new songs this particular leg, depending on how I feel on a given night — whether or not I can pull them off every night. [Laughs] But the level of production that we have gone for on this run requires quite a lot of building and preparation for each individual song, so choosing them was actually a bit of a scientific process. It was actually our colleagues over at [management firm] Q Prime that really brought in utilizing some of the analytics that you can get online, so looking at streaming numbers and see which are the tracks that are most heavily streamed. Thankfully, we're at a point where we've got this cavalcade of hits, and it's very difficult to decide which ones even from the 'hit' categories you leave out, because we can't even play all of them. [It's a] very good problem to have — we're incredibly blessed — and we've kept a couple spots in the set to be what we refer to in the industry as 'audibles,' so we'll swap them out from time to time. People are getting a two-hour journey through our catalog, and it's as rewarding for us as it is for them."

On how he takes care of his voice while touring:

David: "It's incredibly difficult. Particularly this season, all of our colleagues are getting the flu or getting upper respiratory infections. People are postponing and canceling tours left and right — of course, that is, with all due respect, those of us who actually still sing live. [Laughs] We wear it on our sleeves. It's difficult when you have to balance everything all the time, but it's so worth it. The beginning of the last run, I started off just coming off of pneumonia. This run, I already have developed another sinus infection. I'm fighting it now. It's been difficult. Sometimes, between runs when I finally have a good couple of months, I'm probably going to have to get another septoplasty done. [Ed. note: According to Wikipedia, a septoplasty is a "corrective surgical procedure done to straighten a deviated nasal septum," the partition between the two nasal cavities.] I had one previous for a very badly deviated septum. My nose was broken, like, three different times, so there are all kinds of pieces of shrapnel in there and whatnot. I need to get it fixed properly, because I have chronic sinus infections that happen again and again, and it's really starting to be a pain in the ass. I'm kind of tired of it. Whether it's the godfather of metal himself, Ozzy [Osbourne], who's currently recovering; Oli from BRING ME THE HORIZON; I heard that the singer from GRETA VAN FLEET just had an issue... we've had a rough time, all of us, this winter, and it's not easy. You try to stay hydrated. You try to get the proper amount of rest. More important than anything else, you try to perform with the right technique and the right balance and the right support breath-wise, and that really does make a tremendous amount of difference, but we all get excited and we all get lost in the moment sometimes, and sometimes, that technique may slip a little bit as you're excited. It's this constant tightrope you're walking, but I suppose if it were easy, everybody would be doing it."

On how long it takes the band in between tours to "get the itch" to get back on the road:

David: "I hate to admit it, but we get the itch literally within a few months of being away. Then we beat ourselves down, like, 'No, no, no — not yet. We've got a little bit more concentrated time with the family.' It's hard. Don't get me wrong — our families are our world, and everything really revolves around them, but there is no addiction in existence like being addicted to the sensation of playing live. There really isn't, and you do start to go into withdrawal after a while. It's this huge influx of energy that is absolutely intoxicating and gratifying beyond measure. When you know you're giving people that empowerment, that strength, and you have so many incredible poignant moments that you can experience on a nightly basis, it's really hard to divorce yourself from it for too long. Between this [tour] and the next one, it might be a little longer because we're all getting older — I didn't have all this gray in the beard before [laughs] — so we've got to just measure ourselves a little bit better, and try to find the balance between family, health and performing."

“DISTURBED's latest album, "Evolution", was released in October via Reprise.”

“The group's current tour with THREE DAYS GRACE wraps up March 8 in Rosemont, Illinois.”

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/disturbed-vocalist-expects-to-have-second-septoplasty-to-relieve-chronic-sinus-infections/

Posted by The Dude on Saturday, 03/2/2019 @ 11:38am

Disturbed deserves a slot in the Rock & Roll hall of fame for 3 reasons.

1. They have defined a genre for over a decade, their shows constantly sell out of tickets and there are artists coming onto the market now that were inspired by them.

2. They have some of the most influential songs of the 2000's for their genre, and easily the most iconic beat for their genre in the 2000's with "Down With The Sickness".

3. David Draiman's vocals have been proven time and time again with covers from U2 - ISHWILF, Judas Priest - Living After Midnight, and most recently his masterpiece cover for Simon & Garfunkel's The Sound Of Silence.

I would nominate them in 2025, they deserve it for sure.

Posted by Spartan on Thursday, 09/12/2019 @ 23:34pm

Unfortunately, Disturbed will never get inducted once they become eligible at some point despite being a key band of the 2000’s in rock and metal. There aren’t any bands who cited them as one of their influences. Five Finger Death Punch might be the only group I could think of who are taking notes from Disturbed cause they have their own mascot, put out some of their own covers, and only went through small changes when they make music.

Posted by The Dude on Thursday, 09/12/2019 @ 23:55pm

https://loudwire.com/disturbed-dark-messiah-comic-series-guy-action-figure/

Disturbed Announce 'Dark Messiah' Comic Series + 'The Guy' Action Figure

Posted by The Dude on Monday, 04/26/2021 @ 18:20pm

Disturbed should definitely be in the hall of fame, they rock

Posted by Trent on Thursday, 07/22/2021 @ 15:07pm

Their first demo was released in 1998.

Posted by Garrus on Friday, 09/3/2021 @ 18:33pm