Music / Immortalized

The sixth studio album from American heavy metal band Disturbed which was first released on August 21, 2015. In a departure from the many dark and heavy themes of the previous two albums the band attempted to produce a somewhat more hopeful and lighthearted (but by no means soft) sound with Immortalized. In addition to a handful of encouraging and outright optimistic songs there is also a fantastic cover of "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel to give the whole album a much needed softer touch to contrast with the more loud and aggressive tracks.

Continuing with the immense popularity of their previous works Immortalized went on to sell around 100,000 album equivalent units during its first week of release, proving that Disturbed hadn't lost their touch during their half decade hiatus. Immortalized also went on to spawn many hit singles like its predecessors including "The Vengeful One", "The Light", "Open Your Eyes" and the ever popular "The Sound of Silence".

Tracklist:

1. "The Eye of the Storm" (Intro) (1:20)
2. "Immortalized" (4:17)
3. "The Vengeful One" (4:12)
4. "Open Your Eyes" (3:57)
5. "The Light" (4:16)
6. "What Are You Waiting For" (4:03)
7. "You're Mine" (4:55)
8. "Who" (4:46)
9. "Save Our Last Goodbye" (4:59)
10. "Fire It Up" (4:05)
11. "The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel cover) (4:08)
12. "Never Wrong" (3:33)
13. "Who Taught You How to Hate" (4:57)

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The Vengeful Tropes:

• Cover Version: "The Sound of Silence" is a cover of the Simon & Garfunkel song of the same name and has proven to be one of the most popular songs the band has ever released.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Invoked in "The Light" which tells the listener that "Sometimes darkness can show you the light!"
• Lighter and Softer: Following on the heels of both Indestructible and Asylum this was almost inevitable but Immortalized manages to retain Disturbed's signature heavy sound while also producing much gentler lyrics and themes with less focus on despair and misery. (There are still several dark songs on the album though, such as "The Vengeful One" and "Save Our Last Goodbye" for fans of the more serious and melancholy stuff.)
• Never My Fault: "Never Wrong" deals with the futility of trying to argue with someone like this.
  How could you let it end up this way?
  Is there really nothing more you can say?
  I'm not taking another fucking dose of your denial today!
  I'm not willing to deal with someone,
  who insists that they can never be wrong!
  So just keep on talking to the wall because I'm walking away!
• Ode to Intoxication: "Fire It Up" is about achieving musical inspiration through the use of recreational drugs like marijuana. It even has what sounds like the members of the band taking a bong hit near the beginning of the song.