History Music / DISTURBED

* ''Music/{{Believe}}'' (2002)

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

* LonersAreFreaks: A recurring theme of their lyrics is expressing your individuality and refusing to adapt to societal standards. "Down with the Sickness" is a sad example: "mother society" beats down the freaks until they [[SanitySlippageSong snap]]. In "Divide," on the other hand, the narrator wants to be free to be as twisted as he wants to be, revels in other's shock and horror, and says they'll never break him.

** Otherwise there's Breathe, Guarded, Forgiven, Inside the Fire, Asylum and My Child (the last three the most obviously so).

** "Inside the Fire" is about the singer's girlfriend who committed suicide.

* BigNo: Inside The Fire's opening.

* CompellingVoice: Voices, Inside the Fire.
* ContentWarnings: The uncensored version of Inside the Fire opens with Draiman cautioning the audience about the sensitive subject matter, and that the lyrics and imagery in the video might be hard for people with suicidal thoughts to take, ending with him giving the number for the national suicide prevention hotline (since he appears to have done this in his own home, it was probably his personal wish). After the video is over the number comes up again with a notice that the hotline isn't affiliated with the video's producers nor do they endorse its contents.

* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: "Inside The Fire".

* TalkyBookends: Voices and Inside the Fire.

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Some of the media networks The Guy shuts down in The Vengeful One include [[Creator/{{CNN}} TNN]], [[Creator/FoxNews Kox News]] and [[Creator/{{NBC}} BSNBC]].

* RatedMForManly: Just try to deny it.

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To the group's credit, they're one of the few bands in history to release five straight-to-#1 albums[[note]]This entails releasing an album which sells enough copies in its first week to debut at the #1 spot.[[/note]] in a row on the ''Billboard'' 200 (''Believe'', ''Ten Thousand Fists'', ''Indestructible'', ''Asylum'', ''Immortalized''), the others being Music/DaveMatthewsBand (at six releases since ''Before These Crowded Streets'') and Music/{{Metallica}} (everything after ''The Black Album'', making for five). These groups have yet to release an album that breaks this streak, giving them a chance to push the envelope further. Disturbed also happen to be the youngest band to do this. In other words, don't underestimate the [=Disturbed1s=].

* AudienceParticipationSong: The band likes to modify songs to encourage this trope, such as Deify and Down with the Sickness.

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[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Get up, come on, get down with the description! Describe Disturbed here!]]

Disturbed is a four-piece UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} {{Alternative|Metal}} HeavyMetal[=/=]HardRock band formed in August 1996. Released in 2000, their debut album ''The Sickness'' both shot them into stardom and earned them a devoted fanbase called the [[FanCommunityNicknames Disturbed1s]]. The band [[ColbertBump made a name for themselves]] after playing second stage of the Ozzfest tour in 2000, headlining the U.S tour in 2001 alongside the likes of Music/{{Slipknot}}, Music/LinkinPark and Music/MarilynManson, and then again as a headliner in 2003. In 2001, they created their own tour (a small event at the time), the Music as a Weapon tour taken from a lyric in the song ''Droppin' Plates'' (abbreviated as MAAW), including acts throughout its existence such as Music/DrowningPool, Music/AlterBridge, As I Lay Dying, Music/{{Chevelle}}, Music/{{Flyleaf}}, Chimaira, Music/{{Trivium}}, Music/{{POD}}, Nonpoint, Stone Sour, Music/LacunaCoil, In This Moment and Music/KillswitchEngage. On September 17, 2002, they released their second album, ''Believe'', which went straight to #1 (see below) and was lauded by critics as the album that broke them from the NuMetal tag that plagued ''The Sickness''. Years later in 2006, the single ''Down with the Sickness'' would be certified Gold, then Platinum in 2009.

After MAAW II's last show in Chicago, they fired bassist Steve '[[StageNames Fuzz]]' Kmak for "personal differences" that they've yet to fully explain. He was replaced with current bassist John Moyer, formerly of the Texas Industrial act The Union Underground, who played bass for the album ''Ten Thousand Fists'', becoming a full member during the band's subsequent tour in support of the album. The Ten Thousand Fists album also marked the band's second straight-to-#1 with the song ''Stricken'' becoming their second Gold single in 2008. Released on June 3, 2008, Their fourth album ''Indestructible'' debuted at #1, was fully [[RecordProducer self-produced]], and won them their first Grammy nomination for ''Inside The Fire'' (which became their third Gold single). During the Indestructible tour, Disturbed participated in the first ever Mayhem festival alongside Music/{{Slipknot}}, Music/{{Dragonforce}} and Music/{{Mastodon}}, going on to become one of the largest metal festivals in the United States. This tour also marked the most elaborate production quality and sheer scale and that the Music as a Weapon tour had ever seen, leading them to rechristen it the "Music as a Weapon ''festival''".

The band's fifth effort, ''Asylum'', which the band has touted their strongest body of work yet, was released on August 31, 2010, giving the band some of the best critical approval they've ever seen. Recently the band (or their manager) has become obsessed with festival appearances, playing the Uproar tour with Music/AvengedSevenfold, going straight to Taste of Chaos with Papa Roach and Buckcherry afterwards, has embarked on their MAAW Fest V with Music/{{Korn}}, then it's off to their second Mayhem fest appearance with Music/{{Godsmack}} and Music/{{Megadeth}}, which still doesn't account for one-day events.[[note]]Rock on the Range, Rock am Ring, Download fest, etc[[/note]] After playing Mayhem and four dates in South America, the band will be taking an extended hiatus, with no continuation of band activities projected anywhere in the near future. On November 8, shortly after announcing the hiatus, the band released ''The Lost Children'', a compilation of their all the non-album material written over the course of their career.

In 2012-13, during the course of their hiatus, Moyer joined SuperGroup Adrenaline Mob, Draiman started an IndustrialMetal project known as Device with song-writing handled by himself and Geno Lenardo of Filter, and Donegan started writing with Dan Chandler of Evans Blue, culminating in Fight or Flight, which he invited Wengren to drum for.

On June 20, 2015, a video was posted on their official Facebook page, showing the Guy in cryosleep. Over the next two days, two more videos were released showing him waking up, culminating in him sitting upright and grinning to the camera. On June 23rd, the band announced their new album ''Immortalized'', released on August 21, 2015 and officially ending the hiatus. Almost 3 years later, the band revealed their next iteration, appropriately titled ''Evolution'', with the single "Are You Ready?", with the album released on October 19, 2018.

Don't expect to nail down their actual genre very easily, as [[SeriousBusiness debates continue to this day]] -- they're generally seen as "something heavy metal and probably some hard rock." You can blame the ambiguity on their AlternativeMetal tendencies. Try not to mention them and "{{nu metal}}" in the same sentence at any point to anyone -- it isn't worth it. For all intents and purposes, they're a rock group.

To the group's credit, they're one of the few bands in history to release five straight-to-#1 albums[[note]]This entails releasing an album which sells enough copies in its first week to debut at the #1 spot.[[/note]] in a row on the Billboard 200 (''Believe'', ''Ten Thousand Fists'', ''Indestructible'', ''Asylum'', ''Immortalized''), the others being Music/DaveMatthewsBand (at six releases since ''Before These Crowded Streets'') and Music/{{Metallica}} (everything after ''The Black Album'', making for five). These groups have yet to release an album that breaks this streak, giving them a chance to push the envelope further. Disturbed also happen to be the youngest band to do this. In other words, don't underestimate the [=Disturbed1s=].

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* Mike Wengren - drums, percussion, programming (since 1994) (did backing vocals on ''Immortalized'')[[note]]He can play guitar/acoustic bass, but doesn't on album work.[[/note]]

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* Steve "[[StageNames Fuzz]]" Kmak - bass (1994-2003)[[note]]a decent guitarist when required[[/note]]

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* ''Music/TheSickness'' (2000)[[/index]][[note]]Has been given an UpdatedRerelease in celebration of the album's [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary]].[[/note]][[index]]

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* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: Goes back and forth. "Indestructible" is about a soldier kicking all kinds of ass through a BadassBoast, while "Land of Confusion" paints the army in a negative light.

* ''Music/{{Immortalized}}'' (2015)

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1UUAhZ3JzM The Light]]

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* ''Music/TheSickness'' (2000)[[note]]Has been given an UpdatedRerelease in celebration of the album's [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary]].[[/note]]

Tropes relating only to ''Music/TheSickness'', ''Music/{{Believe}}'', ''Music/TenThousandFists'', ''Music/{{Indestructible}}'', and ''Music/{{Asylum|2010}}'' can be found on the albums' respective pages.

* ''[[Music/Asylum2010 Asylum]]'' (2010)

* TwiceToldTale: Prayer's video is based on [[Literature/TheBible the Book of Job]].

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: Darkness and The Light, but Overburdened could debatably be considered either a PowerBallad or just a straightforward hard rock stadium song.

** "Conflict" ([[RefrainFromAssuming commonly known as "Enemy"]]) during the last 30 seconds:

* IconicLogo: 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. The Guy's face, too.

To the group's credit, they're one of the few bands in history to release five straight-to-#1 albums[[note]]This entails releasing an album which sells enough copies in its first week to debut at the #1 spot.[[/note]] in a row on the Billboard 200 (''Believe'', ''Ten Thousand Fists'', ''Indestructible'', ''Asylum'', ''Immortalized''), the others being Music/DaveMatthewsBand (at six releases since ''Before These Crowded Streets'') and Music/{{Metallica}} (everything after ''The Black Album'', making for five). These groups have yet to release an album that breaks this streak, giving them a chance to [[UpToEleven push the envelope further]]. Disturbed also happen to be the youngest band to do this. In other words, don't underestimate the [=Disturbed1s=].

* FilkSong: The BSide song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqaOFcnNCT8&NR=1 Old Friend]] is about Series/{{Dexter}}, which Draiman an admitted fan of.
** Interestingly, a line from season 7 when Dex is confronted by [[http://dexter.wikia.com/wiki/Ray_Speltzer Ray Speltzer]] inspired Dan to call his new band with Mike "Fight or Flight".

** ''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}}.

* AnimatedMusicVideo: [[Music/{{Genesis}} Land of Confusion]], thanks to [[ComicBook/{{Spawn}} Todd McFarlane]].

* 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.

* {{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"]]).

[[DescribeTopicHere Get up, come on, get down with the description! Describe Disturbed here!]]

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They are typically around a 7. However, they have also gone significantly lower, with songs like "Darkness" (a 1), and "The Sound of Silence" (a 2). Some songs across Immortalized and Asylum reach a solid 8.

* HarshVocals: David Draiman usually sings with a heavy grit that's instantly recognizable. On the other hand, he's also demonstrated great aptitude in clean singing as well.