History Music / DISTURBED

* ''Immortalized'' (2015)

** The "Sound of Silence" cover subverts this, twice -- the song starts as a straight LonelyPianoPiece cover, but it intensifies on a ''very'' slow burn'', til Draiman's trademark growl has reappeared by the lyrics "And the people bowed and played". The last line, like the original, is soft and subdued again.

Tropes relating only to ''Music/TheSickness'', ''Music/{{Believe}}'', ''Music/TenThousandFists'', and Music/{{Indestructible}}'' can be found on the albums' respective pages.

* AmoralAttorney: "Innocence" is about attorneys who help criminals get away with their crimes. "The suited vulture’s circling."
* AndIMustScream: The ending of "Asylum" has the narrator, who finds himself entering the "asylum" of his lost loved one ("now it's dragging me into your grave") finishing by saying "[[TogetherInDeath I will get to join you in time]]" with a voice screaming "Without you!", meaning that he'll now be staying in the asylum without the one thing he came for.

* DealWithTheDevil:
** "Inside the Fire," where the devil is offering to take David to live in hell with the girl he loves who killed herself.
** "Dehumanized".
--->If I offer you my soul, will you carry me away?
* DeathSeeker: The DespairEventHorizon and SanitySlippage turn the narrator of "Criminal" into one.
-->Set me free from all of this\\
I need you to quicken my end
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "The Curse" contains this little gem.
-->No hope for the hopeless

* LighterAndSofter: In comparison to ''Asylum'', ''Immortalized'' is this. While it has its share of dark songs, they are balanced by several {{Pep Talk Song}}s, {{Self Empowerment Anthem}}s, a jovial OdeToIntoxication and a SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}-y ''love song'' of all things.

* MadHatter: "Oh sweet insanity" in "Perfect Insanity".
* MadnessMantra:
** "I wanna get psycho" in "Meaning of Life".
** "I think I'm losing my mind... lost my mind" in "Perfect Insanity".

* MookHorrorShow: The refrain of "Indestructible" has the line "From the other side a terror to behold."

** "Criminal" is sung by a DeathSeeker begging to be killed.

* RhymingWithItself: "Perfect Insanity".
-->Now I try again to find\\
The thing that was my ''mind''\\
Behold the undersigned\\
Who said I've lost my ''mind''

* StepfordSmiler: "Façade" is about type 1, a LoveMartyr who hides the bruises and pretends that everything is fine.

* TermsOfEndangerment:
** "[[SanitySlippageSong Perfect Insanity]]":
--->What seems to be the matter, dear? / Why do you cry and shake with fear?
** "[[MurderBallad The Game]]":
--->Darlin', [[BlatantLies you can trust me]] / [[CarefulWithThatAxe COMPLETELY!]]

* VillainSong: "Inside the Fire" is sung from the Satan's perspective as he rants and tempts a grieving man [[DrivenToSuicide to kill himself]].

* WasItReallyWorthIt: "Enough" is about a man who ruins himself trying to buy goodies for his ungrateful girlfriend. She abandons him when the money dries up, leaving him feeling like his soul is frozen and his heartbroken.

* YouAreWorthHell: "Inside the Fire." Fire in question is Hell, and Satan tries to persuade a grieving man [[DrivenToSuicide to kill himself]] to be with his lover, who also killed herself, in the afterlife.
* YourSoulIsMine: "Inside the Fire." "Give your soul to me for eternity," said by the Devil urging a grieving man [[DrivenToSuicide to kill himself]].

-->You really don't know how long I've waited for your destruction, I'm telling you [[YouWillNotEvadeMe you just can't get away]].

* BreakingTheBonds: On the ''Asylum'''s [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Disturbed_Asylum-TVTropes_9069.jpg cover art]], [[{{Mascot}} The Guy]] tears apart his restraints.

* OutOfTheInferno: The ''Indestructible'' album cover has [[{{Mascot}} The Guy]] walking out of raging flames.

** In "Inside the Fire," he playes Satan himself and laughs as he tries to talk his victim into killing themselves.

* ForDoomTheBellTolls:
** "Haunted" starts with DramaticThunder followed by an ominous bell toll.
** "Serpentine" has a bell toll during the bridge.

%%* HowlOfSorrow: Draiman's animal noises could be interpreted as this depending on the context.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwELajFteTo Another Way To Die]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K9jBL2syJ8 Asylum]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwxUgefMStM The Animal]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ZMmEFA4Q0 Warrior]]

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: "Asylum."
-->In asylum (I live a lie)\\
Don't you know I'm in love with you\\
And I wasn't ready\\
For asylum (Relive a lie)\\
To let go\\
Now it's dragging me into your grave
%%** "Sickened".

* ChangingChorus:
** The song "Warrior" has the chorus "I'm the one with the warrior inside / My dominance can't be denied / Your entire world will turn into a battlefield tonight / As I look upon you, through the warrior's eyes now / I can see the fear that will ensure my victory this time". At the very end of the song, this chorus is immediately repeated, albeit changed to "I'm the one with the warrior inside / The evidence can't be denied / The entire world will stare into this battlefield tonight / As I stand before you with a warrior's heart now / I can feel the strength that will ensure my victory this time".
** The song "Are You Ready" has the chorus "Are you ready? / They aren't ready for ''you'' to be strong (Are you ready?) / They aren't ready for ''you'' to prove them wrong (Are you ready?) / They aren't ready for you to be turned into someone who cannot be preyed upon". At the very end of the song, this chorus is immediately repeated, albeit changed to "Are you ready? / They aren't ready for ''us'' to be strong (Are you ready?) / They aren't ready for ''us'' to prove them wrong (Are you ready?) / Let me know you're ready to be turned into people who cannot be preyed upon" followed by the outro.

* ClusterFBomb: In "Liberate," the word "motherfucker" appears 16 times, counting stanza repetitions, though most of the lyrics are pretty swear-free.

* FilkSong: The Asylum BSide song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqaOFcnNCT8&NR=1 Old Friend]] is about Series/{{Dexter}}, which Draiman an admitted fan of.

* GaiasVengeance: Referenced in "Another Way To Die": "Mother Earth will show her darker side and take her toll." The vengeance is metaphorical: by ravaging the world, people bring devastation on themselves.
* GreenAesop: Another Way to Die.

* HornyDevils: "Serpentine", which is about the sort of manipulative women who use their sexual prowess to prey on vulnerable men seems to portray them as this.

* JekyllAndHyde: "Sacrifice" is said to be inspired by this trope.

* MiscarriageOfJustice:
** The topic of [[AmoralAttorney "Innocence"]].
--->Their defenders ready to\\
Embrace their lies\\
With their devious smiles
** "3", BasedOnATrueStory.
--->What have I done to justify the sentence they gave?

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: "The Animal" jumps between loss of control and enjoying the transformation (or enjoying the loss of control). The narrator warns his victim to run.
-->Time to shed the mortal disguise\\
For the beast is coming to life\\
Taking form in the glimmer of this tainted moonlight

* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Implied at the end of "Sacrifice".

* SurvivorGuilt: If Remnants is to be interpreted as the last moments of the loved one's life as they died, the narrator's line about "No remnants were ever found of it" probably means that he's the only one who knows about her death.[[note]]She's specified as female near the end.[[/note]]

* WolfMan: "The Animal".

* ''Asylum'' (2010)

* {{Mondegreen}}:
** The people at ''VideoGame/RockBand'' who charted "Indestructible" mistook the lyric "Their opponent had to be invincible" for "Their opponents tend to be invincible". They did it again with their chart of "The Animal" in having the lyric be "Ticking bomb in the glimmer of this tainted moonlight" instead of "Taking form in the glimmer".
** One time they added too many words: for the drawn-out vocal segment near the end of Inside the Fire, they stuck "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kfJ1dM97jg#t=3m35s You will remember it all, let it fill your mind again, Man~!]]", when "Ma-a-a-an!" was just Draiman's usual {{S|catting}}imlish (or maybe this was just a [[BigYes long "yeah"]]).

* {{Mondegreen}}:
** In "Inside the Fire," does he say, "Devon, no longer living" or "Devon, one of eleven"?
** In "Warrior", it sounds like he's saying "[[LeaveBehindAPistol So suicide now]]" instead of "So decide now". He also at one point sounds like he's saying "I am a weapon of immense ability" instead of "Invincibility". Really, both of them work.

* NoIndoorVoice: Draiman again, but it's to be expected at a show like theirs.

* SpitefulSpit: Because it's customary that the opening act must go through hell: during their first tour of Europe opening for Music/MarilynManson on the Paris date, the audience - already cheering "Manson! Manson!" - started spitting at the band in unison for the first 5 songs.

* RealPersonFic: Oddly enough, they do exist. Some of them have the band palling around with The Guy.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxujAPhxlo0 Inside the Fire]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWxBrI0g1kE Indestructible]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfLAwMftiOc The Night]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xlqXHnb2YA Perfect Insanity]][[note]]Technically a promotional single[[/note]]

Tropes relating only to ''Music/TheSickness'', ''Music/{{Believe}}'', and ''Music/TenThousandFists'' can be found on the albums' respective pages.

* BeyondRedemption: In "Criminal," the DeathSeeker narrator thinks that about ''himself''.
-->Malevolent criminal, I\\
When the vision paints my mind\\
Cross the invisible line

* AChatWithSatan: "Inside the Fire" is about the devil tempting Draiman to follow his girlfriend to hell by killing himself. Apparently, Devon wasn't [[YouAreWorthHell worth it.]]

%%* ContemplateOurNavels: Just about the entirety of Believe has this theme.
* CosmicPlaything: "The Curse."
-->Object of an evil eye\\
No point to let anyone try\\
Take heed my friend lest you be torn asunder\\
Like all that's become of me

%%* DemonicPossession: Deceiver, Haunted.

* DeterminedDefeatist: "[[CosmicPlaything The Curse]]" states, "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment No hope for the hopeless]]" and "Couldn't help even if you tried," but the narrator "held on too long just to let it go now" and will never surrender.

* DrivenToSuicide: "Inside The Fire" is a double example. Fire in question is Hell, and the narrator is Satan urging a grieving man to take his own life to reunite with his lover who also killed herself. David Draiman says he heard that voice when he was standing over the body of his girlfriend who just killed herself.

* ''Indestructible'' (2008)

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: "Stricken" is about a person who came into the narrator's life, bringing nothing but problems. The narrator stuck by them despite it, but they ultimately left without explanation. The narrator seemed to be in love with the person, but is conflicted on whether he wants them back, or can let them go.

** IncomingHam: The intro they created for the Asylum tour works like this: The band takes the stage playing ''Remnants'', with a video of a comatose Draiman being carted off in an ambulance playing on the mega-screen behind them. His heart monitor becoming a {{Flatline}}, a doctor jabs him in the chest with an adrenaline shot (which marks the beginning of ''Asylum''). He immediately awakens laughing like a madman, fights off the doctors, bursts from the ambulance doors in time with the "Release me!" lyric, goes running down the street and walks through a set of asylum doors to appear on-stage to start singing. If you couldn't tell by his presence in the scene that he was going to run away with it, you might have GenreBlindness.

* BreakingTheBonds: Asylum's [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Disturbed_Asylum-TVTropes_9069.jpg cover art]].

* OutOfTheInferno: The ''Indestructible'' album cover.

* FistOfRage: The ''Ten Thousand Fists'' album cover.

** Interestingly, K after parting with Disturbed produced a string of successful albums,[[note]]Plain White T's ''Big Bad World'', Staind's ''The Illusion of Progress'', 3 Doors Down's SelfTitledAlbum and Music/BlackTide's debut ''Light From Above''[[/note]] earning him a Grammy nomination for Producer of the year 2008, same class as Disturbed's nomination for ''Inside the Fire''. [[AwardSnub Neither won]].

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: ''The Collection'', a BoxedSet of the bands' five albums on vinyl. It will supposedly have a few RevenueEnhancingDevices as well. Additionally it will have pieces of artwork unique to this release and is being limited to 2500 copies.

* PreOrderBonus: Those who pre-ordered Indestructible from the band's website got a poster, a VIP for major Disturbed events throughout the year, the song "Run" and the Making-of documentary.

* BerserkButton: Draiman hates it when audience members refuse to stand up in concert (they don't necessarily have to mosh). In general he'll call people out for visibly not paying attention, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vXpArEthX4 like playing video games during the show]]. You've been warned.

* {{Catchphrase}}: The Disturbed1s have "Spread the sickness, infect the world."
* [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy Is Not Evil]]: They really don't care if you download their songs.
** Creator/WarnerMusicGroup sure does, though.
* FetusTerrible: The creature being born on ''The Sickness'' album cover. The band calls it "a monster".

* IconicLogo: No where near the level of Music/TheRollingStones' Tongue & Lip, but the Believe medallion combining the Star of David, the Christian Crucifix, the Pagan Pentagram and Islamic Crescent Moon has become the group's standard image.
** There is also the Guy's face.

* MonsterShapedMountain: The cover of Immortalized is a mountain formation looking like The Guy's face (immortalized in stone).

Other popular songs:
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ZX9L-vA70 Fear]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di41PU16thI Want]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpL2sWLwEtU Droppin' Plates]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNdkGvzwE94 Shout 2000]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvynzNtQhw8 Meaning of Life]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTZL1uHAcoE Believe]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaSZ8GVXB3U Awaken]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffNFWsF8S-4 Mistress]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE6Wz6Gj7sY Rise]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK-mQ5FKWwA Devour]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xSN4-ThknE Darkness]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wY7cQEJMdM&NR=1 Deify]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QYIA9avz-Y I'm Alive]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVftXmopJt4 Sons of Plunder]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0h8wWcLTAg Overburdened]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR73w6Vrgsk&feature=youtube_gdata_player Pain Redefined]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhbCkcUOKZM Haunted]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnHrNBUOJlo Enough]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0VbShBzv30 Criminal]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2mgfatNBpM Divide]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78gbVk2-uHw Façade]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSV5M1sUfak The Infection]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ0DSJSZ1zo Never Again]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDDGKmnKE10 Serpentine]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D14d8LOoCBg My Child]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IssMy3raC58 Innocence]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8TOTl3nIcc Mine]][[note]]This is the first time the song has ever been heard before, as every other track saw a release of some kind elsewhere[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJQKwR6DCVw Old Friend]][[note]]This is the first time the song has been officially released; it first came into the fandom's hands through a leak[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77GOPSFiAyk 3]][[note]]This was originally not going to be put on the album since it was made specifically to benefit the West Memphis Three, but their unexpected release before the compilation came out made them change their mind[[/note]]

** ''Shout'' by Music/TearsForFears into ''Shout 2000'', ''The Sound of Silence'' by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel (on "Immortalized"), ''Land of Confusion'' by Music/{{Genesis}}, ''Midlife Crisis'' by Music/FaithNoMore,[[note]]The song was recorded for [[WhatCouldHaveBeen a Faith No More tribute album that was going to be released]][[/note]] spearheaded by Chi from the Music/{{Deftones}} which Music/MikePatton put a stop to because he doesn't want there to be [=FNM=] tribute for some reason. There's two versions of the song floating around the internet, one with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4IWZcGjFbI Fuzz on bass that leaked onto and was floating around file-sharing sites for years]] and a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBTDV6AYHxE 2008 remix]] that many thought would be a BSide to Indestructible but which ultimately appeared officially on Warner Records' ''Covered: A Revolution In Sound'', ''Living After Midnight'' by Music/JudasPriest and most bizarrely ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9jXHkHRubk I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For]]'' (ISHWILF) by Music/{{U2}}. They also covered/remade Jim Johnstone's theme for Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin into "Glass Shatters". In 2020, they also did a touching version of "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" by Music/{{Sting}}.

* CreepyMonotone:
** The bridge of "Voices."
** The verses of "Down with the Sickness."
** The parts of "The Game" which David is not [[CarefulWithThatAxe yelling]].

* DroneOfDread:
** Used during the verses of "Down with the Sickness"
** Provides LastNoteNightmare in "Stupify".

* HeartbeatSoundtrack: "Meaning of Life" starts with a rhythmic double bass drum closely in line with a heartbeat that slowly loudens into a think, distorted power chord.

** Their cover of [[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel The Sound of Silence]] is pretty much their only conscious effort to not do this. Instead, Draiman uses his cantor training to deliver a chilling, beat-for-beat version of the original.
* LastNoteNightmare:
** "Stupify" rages itself out after the final "RAAAH!!"... and then comes the DroneOfDread.
** "Enough" appears to fade out with the tune it'd been following: fast drum beat and bass/guitar riff ending in a power chord. Until at the last second after fully quieting down, the band threw the power chord in at full volume.

* LoudnessWar: Asylum has noticeably squashed playback when entered in a sound editor.

** Enough; probably the closest thing to a [[HarshVocals death growl]] Draiman will ever get, the other being his scream in Crucified.
** Their [[Music/JudasPriest Living After Midnight]] cover has one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W66-xlmfpTQ#t=3m55s near the end]].
** Never Wrong contains the first shouty scream heard from Draiman in years, almost as if the band decided to revisit their [[CarefulWithThatAxe screamy-er days]].

* RefrainFromAssuming: Meaning of Life as "Get Psycho" and Conflict as "Enemy" (the latter contains the word "Enemy" 52 times).

* SelfPlagiarism[=/=]SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The '''so-ah!''' noises in Glass Shatters are a rather blatant redux of the noises in Voices. Possibly justified in that Disturbed didn't actually compose the song, simply performing it [[InTheStyleOf in their own style]] without much flexibility.

* TruckDriversGearChange: Down with the Sickness' final chorus moves two strings up in pitch.

* ChartDisplacement: Their signature "Down with the Sickness" technically wasn't their biggest hit at all. "Prayer" peaked at #3 on Alternative radio, and they've scored six #1 hits on Mainstream Rock. One of those six #1's, 2015's "The Sound of Silence", is their biggest hit on the Hot 100, peaking at #42.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVcY--XzeIc Stupify]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlGoCz4KBo0 Down With The Sickness]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0DwpEdoB1Q Voices]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bck2nBIGAS4 The Game]][[note]]Was never a proper single, just a fan-favorite[[/note]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWSlOCEzRGo Prayer]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaptZgTDWEg Remember]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LINtBUmNuvI Liberate]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3moLkjvhEu0 Stricken]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WReGK97VdgQ Just Stop]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV4oYkIeGJc Land of Confusion]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyxBiUbCP8E Ten Thousand Fists]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcn3anBsFjc Guarded]][[note]]Technically a promotional single[[/note]]

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!!Tropes With The Sickness:

* BilingualBonus: Draiman will sometimes slip Hebrew phrases into some of his works, such as "Tefached" in the bridge of Stupify, and "Elochai / Bury me tonight" in Pain Redefined. These translate to "Be afraid" and "My God" respectively.

* CoverDrop: "''You will remember the night you were struck by / the sight of / [[TitleDrop Ten Thousand Fists]] in the Air!''".

* MoodWhiplash: This is how the band describes the soft, mournful opening and subsequent blast of guitars in Another Way to Die: "Give them a gentle caress on the cheek before smacking them in the face", in their words.
* MotorMouth: Not as fast as some of the other examples, but just try to understand the lyrics to Liberate's opening verse, Fear's vocal bridge, or Meaning of Life's shout segment without reading them beforehand.
* NonAppearingTitle: "Bound", "Numb", and "Conflict", with the latter [[RefrainFromAssuming featuring the word 'Enemy' at least over fifty times]]. Interestingly, the classic demo-tape/underground recording of "Perfect Insanity" does feature its title throughout, but the ''Indestructible'' re-recording drops this, making it one of these.
* PowerBallad: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oznNPxhZKYA They've turned Remember into one]].

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The Light is a bit of an oddity among the band's catalogue, in how much it emphasizes the electronic elements that traditionally take a backseat in Dan's compositions.
* SopranoAndGravel: ''By the same person.''

* SubduedSection: Many.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: Darkness and The Light, but Overburdened could debatably be considered either a PowerBallad or just a straight forward hard rock stadium song.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: The Sickness is likely one of the most simple but SugarWiki/{{awesome|Music}} records you'll ever hear.

* TheUnfavourite: The band has been pretty clear about not caring for Glass Shatters.
* VoiceClipSong: "Deify" starts with clips of one [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush pro-Bush]] source, one comment on a repressive government, then clips of Bush himself from his 9/11 speech.

** The concept behind Believe was of course "Belief": Belief in your passions (Rise), belief in your vices (Intoxication), belief in your justice (Liberate, [[http://twitter.com/#!/DAVIDMDRAIMAN/status/77710793713524739 the title track]]) and belief in your evil (Breath, Devour). It asks the listener to find something to care about and shout "I'll stand through whatever you throw my way (Prayer) no matter how much it may hurt (Remember, Mistress). I've chosen my path, I'm at peace with it (Bound, Awaken) and I'll always walk forward through it (Darkness).
*** Ironically, the title-track is just nearly anti-belief.

** This seems to be the theme of the chorus to "The Night":

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The Curse contains this little gem.

----> Still a prisoner in his home
Ready to allow the dark to

* GodIsEvil: In "[[ReligionRantSong Prayer]]," God enjoys making you suffer for no good reason.
-->Another nightmare about to come true\\
Will manifest tomorrow\\
Another love that I've taken from you\\
Lost in time, on the edge of suffering\\
Another taste of the evil I breed\\
Will level you completely\\
Bring to life everything that you fear\\
Live in the dark, and the world is threatening

* HeavyMeta: Rise.
* HeelRealization: "Overburdened" features one for a KnightTemplar: "I was fighting for a reason / Holy blessed homicide".

* HoldingOutForAHero: "Liberate".
-->Waiting, for your modern messiah\\
To take away all the hatred\\
That darkens the light in your eye

* ManlyTears: "Rise".
-->I cannot stop this pure emotion / falling from my eyes

* MoneySong:
** "Avarice" maligns greed: "Avarice will kill you in time."
** "No More" [[ProtestSong tears into those who profit from pointless wars and destruction]].

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: "Devour" is vaguely about this. The song was inspired by David's experience with the ‘Queen of the Damned’ soundtrack.

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: "Stricken", in a sense; it's about a person who came into the narrator's life, bringing nothing but problems. The narrator stuck by them despite it, but they ultimately left without explanation. The narrator seemed to be in love with the person, but is conflicted on whether he wants them back, or can let them go.

* PowerOfHate: A common theme.
** "I'm Alive":
-->No more games\\
It won't feel the same\\
If I hold my anger inside
** "Avarice".
--->I'll savor this anger\\
My hate makes me stronger
* ProtestSong: Many, mostly from ''Ten Thousand Fists''. Draiman's later said that he no longer sees the meaning of these since they rarely cause an effect. That didn't stop him from writing [[IfItBleedsItLeads "Legion Of Monsters"]] or "No More."
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** "Never Wrong" calls out people who refuse to admit their own faults.
* ReligionRantSong: "Prayer" is a type one. It was most heavily inspired by 9/11 and the problems in the world at the time of its writing, carrying themes of the tribulation and hardship piling up like some sadistic test. The overall idea is "It's gotten so bad that I've stopped caring, [[SmiteMeOhMightySmiter so go ahead and kill me, I dare you!]] [[TemptingFate You'll never sway me from my defiance of you]], [[EvilIsPetty you petty bastard]]."
-->Let me enlighten [[{{God}} you]]\\
This is the way I pray

* SmiteMeOMightySmiter: The concept behind "Prayer".
-->It's not very godly for a God to inflict pain and suffering on his people to elicit a response. I would hope that God wouldn't be that petty. But if that's what is happening and you're inflicting pain and suffering to get me to return to the flock, bring it on. There's nothing that you're going to do to me that's going to change my conviction or change my path.

* TautologicalTemplar: In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Us6CEufX6E Overburdened]]" {{Hell}} is [[TitleDrop overburdened]] with {{Knight Templar}}s [[ObliviouslyEvil who don't understand why they are being sent there.]] {{Subverted}} when the narrator seems to make a HeelRealization mid verse:
-->[[KnightTemplar I was fighting for a reason / Holy blessed]] {{h|eelRealization}}omicide
* TermsOfEndangerment: "[[SanitySlippageSong Perfect Insanity]]":
-->What seems to be the matter, dear? / Why do you cry and shake with fear?