I remember listening to Disturbed back in the day. Compared to a lot of the popular nu-metal at the time, these guys had some personality and great hooks in their songs. Somethings don't change and their 2015 album Immortalized is a great heavy metal album that directed my focus back to the band.
When I moved on from Disturbed, it was not because their music was bad. It was simply because I was changing and so was my taste in music. After digging up a couple of old albums, I rediscovered Disturbed and felt like catching up on what the band have been up to. Logically that meant start at their new album and go backwards. A decision I mostly certainly did not regret.
Despite the fact that Disturbed are on the forefront of jokes in the metal community, second only to Nickelback. These guys have always been a solid band with a great rhythm section with some killer drumming by Mike Wengren. Singer David Draiman has a unique but great voice that not only lends itself nicely to softer songs but to the harder numbers with his strange rhythmic approach to singing. These qualities with Dan Donegan's guitars piled on top make a very recognisable sound, one that is going full force on Immortalized.
There are a lot of great tunes from the opening Immortalized, the anthemic The Vengeful One to the typical Disturbed rocker Who Taught You How To Hate. These songs are extremely catchy and are great fun. I really enjoyed their hit singer, a cover of Simon And Garfunkles folk classic, Sound of Silence. It is rather unique for Disturbed and has a nice place on this album. The highlight of the album (in my opinion) is the track The Light. The song starts off rather melodic and has a fairly laid back groove. Don't let that full you into thinking it is a ballad. The track thunders its way to the finish line with some heavy riffs and excellent hooks.
Much like most nu-metal bands of Disturbed's generation, they suffer from over production and Immortalized is no different. The drums are a little sterile and everything has a little too much volume for my cup of tea. It didn't take anything away from my enjoyment of the record but it would have been nice to hear these songs with a more natural sound.
This is a good album, a very good album. I had a great time listening to Immortalized and I hope people will have the sense to judge this record on its own merits rather then what the latest joke is in the metal community. This is by no means a perfect album, I would chop out the tracks Save Our Last Goodbye and Fire It Up for example. But it really holds its own and considering how cheap it goes for, I highly recommend checking it out.
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