History Music / TheSickness

Succeeded by ''Music/{{Believe}}''.

''The Sickness'' is the debut album of American heavy metal band Music/{{Disturbed}} and was first released on March 7, 2000 by Giant and Reprise Records. Unlike much of their later discography, ''The Sickness'' is mainly known for its raw, savage, and almost primal ruthlessness in both lyrical and sound content with many of the tracks focused on being as brutal and disturbing as possible.

''The Sickness'' spawned several hits when it came out including "[[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]]", and " [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bck2nBIGAS4 The Game]]" [[note]]Wasn't a proper single, just a fan-favorite[[/note]] that brought Disturbed into the mainstream and helped them make a name for themselves. Despite being over 20 years old, the album is still very popular and enjoyed by fans to this day.

Succeded by ''Music/{{Believe}}''.

!!Get up, Come on, Get Down with the Tropes:
* AbusiveParents: "Down with the Sickness"' child abuse segment is a metaphor for "mother society" beating down the [[LonersAreFreaks freaks]].

[[caption-width-right:301:''I'm gonna talk about some freaky shit now...'']]

* RefrainFromAssuming: "Meaning of Life" is known as "Get Psycho" and "Conflict" as "Enemy." The latter has a NonAppearingTitle and repeats the word "Enemy" 52 times.

# "Shout 2000 (Tears for Fears cover) (4:18)

-->Darlin', [[BlatantLies you can trust me]] / [[CarefulWithThatAxe COMPLETELY!]]

* TermsOfEndangerment: "Stupify":
-->And don't deny me\\

''The Sickness'' spawned several hit singles when it came out including "Stupify", "Down with the Sickness", "Voices," and "The Game" that brought Disturbed into the mainstream and helped them make a name for themselves. Despite being over 20 years old, the album is still very popular and enjoyed by fans to this day.

!!Get Down with the Tropes:

* NonAppearingTitle: "Conflict" doesn't appear anywhere in the song it's named after. Instead, David repeats the word "enemy" dozens of times, so some casual listeners mistake that for the actual name of the song.

!!Get down with the tropes:

* SanitySlippageSong: ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin They're called Disturbed.]]''

** [[SignatureSong "Down with the Sickness"]] tells of child abuse as a metaphor for society punishing the "freaks," but the main point is that the narrator has just snapped.

e for.

--->I can hear the voice but I don’t want to listen\\

* HearingVoices: "Voices."
-->I can hear the voice but I don't want to listen\\
strap me down and tell me I'll be alright!\\
I can feel the subliminal need to be one with the voice\\
and make everything alright!

* HearingVoices: "Voices" naturally.
-->I can hear the voice but I don't want to listen
-->strap me down and tell me I'll be alright!
-->I can feel the subliminal need to be be one with the voice
-->and make everything alright!

* NonAppearingTitle: "Conflict" doesn't appear anywhere in the song it's named after. Instead David keeps dropping the word "enemy" dozens of times to the point that most casual listeners will probably mistake that for the actual name of the song.

''The Sickness'' is the debut album of American heavy metal band Music/{{Disturbed}} and was first released on March 7, 2000 by Giant and Reprise Records. Unlike much of their later discography, The Sickness is mainly known for its raw, savage, and almost primal ruthlessness in both lyrical and sound content with many of the tracks focused on being as brutal and disturbing as possible.

The Sickness is the debut album of American heavy metal band Music/{{Disturbed}} and was first released on March 7, 2000 by Giant and Reprise Records. Unlike much of their later discography The Sickness is mainly known for its raw, savage and almost primal ruthlessness in both lyrical and sound content with many of the tracks focused on being as brutal and disturbing as possible.

The Sickness spawned several hit singles when it came out including "Stupify", "Down with the Sickness", "Voices" and "The Game" that brought Disturbed into the mainstream and helped them make a name for themselves. Despite being over 20 years old the album is still very popular and enjoyed by fans to this day.

* UpdatedRerelease: This album got an updated rerelease to celebrate it's 10th anniversary.

The Sickness is the debut album of American heavy metal band Disturbed and was first released on March 7, 2000 by Giant and Reprise Records. Unlike much of their later discography The Sickness is mainly known for its raw, savage and almost primal ruthlessness in both lyrical and sound content with many of the tracks focused on being as brutal and disturbing as possible.

The Sickness is the debut album of American heavy metal band Disturbed and was first released on March 7 2000 by Giant and Reprise Records. Unlike much of their later discography The Sickness is mainly known for its raw, savage and almost primal ruthlessness in both lyrical and sound content with many of the tracks focused on being as brutal and disturbing as possible.

-->Strap me down and tell me I'll be alright

* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: "Meaning of Life" is probably the best example but there are a few others as well, such as "Violence Fetish" that invoke this trope.

!Tracklist:

1. "Voices" (3:11)
2. "The Game" (3:47)
3. "Stupify" (4:33)
4. "Down with the Sickness" (4:38)
5. "Violence Fetish" (3:23)
6. "Fear" (3:46)
7. "Numb" (3:44)
8. "Want" (3:52)
9. "Conflict" (4:35)
10. "Shout 2000 (Tears for Fears cover) (4:18)
11. "Droppin' Plates" (3:48)
12. "Meaning of Life" (4:01)

!Get down with the tropes: