Review Summary: Disturbed is a great band to listen to, and could be one of the more bigger acts in all of music. Very well done.
Disturbed is one of few nu-metal bands to still exist and be such a huge act. With releasing such classics such as
Down With The Sickness and
Liberate, they were starting to write new material for an album to be put out in fall of 2005. This album is entitled
Ten Thousand Fists, and can arguably be Disturbed's best album to date. This album contains a mixture of the elements of the previous two albums. It has David's soothing, yet powerful vocals from
Believe, and has the chunky guitar and bass from
The Sickness. Ten Thousand Fists is more of a straight edge, hard rock album, and kind of moving away from the nu-metal scene that the other albums followed so closely.
There is two major differences between this album and their previous two. The first is that you will notice that Dan Donegan has developed the ability to solo, and can pretty much shred the hell out of whatever he wants. The second major difference is that there is no Fuzz playing the bass. John Moyer, from The Union Underground, has replaced him, and is doing a good job and put his two cents in for them CD.
Disturbed is:
David Draiman: Vocals
Dan Donegan: Guitar
John Moyer: Bass
Mike Wengren: Drums
I must say that David does a superb job on vocals, mixing his screaming and singing up so that both don’t get too annoying. He has his singing highlights in songs such as
Ten Thousand Fists, the title track and album opener. That song is just basically an uprising for many, and the lyrics are part, saying,
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if this disturbs you then walk away
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. To me, that is pretty powerful, and means that we should just go away if you don’t want to make a positive change. He also has other good vocal performances on songs like
Diefy, which is probably the most political song on the album, and defiantly shows Disturbed's view on President Bush and the current war situation. The same thing is noted in a different song, entitled
Sacred Lie, and is my favorite song lyrically as well as
Forgiven. The message on this CD is pretty simple, they are trying to make a positive change in the U.S. and explaining their current war views.
Dan's ability to play solos shines in some of the songs on here. Some really good solos on the CD occur in
Stricken, Forgiven, Land Of Confusion and Avarice. Land Of Confusion is a very good cover from the band
Genesis. They just took a good song and added stuff to make it more of a rock song. The solo in Forgiven is amazing, as it is the second part of a very well constructed bridge, the part before is one of few times that there is clean guitar on the CD, and they did a good job well. Forgiven is my favorite song on the CD, and there is something about it that stands out from the rest of the album. The only other song with clean guitar is Overburdened, and that is in the intro. Overburdened is the ballad of the album, while it is a much slower song, it is still driving in how musically and lyrically brilliant that song is. The only thing wrong with the great guitar, is that it is always on overdrive and gets really repetitive, along with some of his riffs. The solos are brilliant besides that.
The catchiness in this album can be very high at one point when you listen to it, with songs like
I'm Alive, Guarded, Just Stop and Pain Redefined. I'm Alive has the ability to get you to imagine some group on a ship singing the chorus
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The thing that matters most in life, cannot be taken away.
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. Nonetheless, the catchiness is very well played on Disturbed’s part.
If you like disturbed, get this. It is great if you are trying to get into the band and is their best in my book. A superb job done by Disturbed.
Recommended Songs
Ten Thousand Fists
Stricken
I’m Alive
Overburdened
Forgiven
Sacred Lie
