I actually did listen to the album, out of pure curiosity, and yeah, I was transported back in time to the year 2001. A time when frat guys thought they were hardcore by pumping this out of their Jeep wranglers during a very heterosexual “shirts vs. skins” pick up b-ball game.

i deleted it immediately.

Well as someone who doesn’t completely hate Disturbed(aka I liked Stricken and everything else kind of annoys me but it’s bearable), I must say the new ablum is probably the best thing the band’s ever done. That doesn’t mean it’s good, but it’s not complete trash.

Doesn’t remind me of the numetal days tho. At least not nearly as much as when I found my old copy of Machine Head’s “The Burning Red”. Numetal this cd is not…hard rock with a slightly more tolerable monkey than previous efforts and some electronics…sure.

I can’t wait for their set at Mayhem Fest though, it’ll be the best pre-Slipknot snack break in the history of concert snack breaks.

Revrant- you missed the sarcasm. By mouthbreathers, I was talking about the Disturbed fans.

And before you start the war on me in this post- I’ve given the band more than a few chances. They just suck.

Disturbed Metacritic Scores by Album:

Believe-62, which is considered good
Ten Thousand Fists-59, which is fair, but just shy of good
Indestructible-N/A, yet, anyway

It’ll be interesting to see what the professional reviews continue to say.

Well, for the record, I don’t disagree with the opinion that Disturbed are metal. I think the big question here, or at least the one Revrant seems to be arguing about, is whether Disturbed is as generic and repetitive as Axl, Vince, and many commenters here (myself included) think.

A better question is why Revrant cares what people he considers “meatheads” think about Disturbed so much.

Revrant – I can’t speak for the other members, but I liked Stricken because I liked the guitar work. As for it’s lyrics, I like Avril Lavigne (do I care if it makes me less “metal”? No, not really) so obviously lyrics aren’t something that I feel make or break a song(tho, as a singer and writer, I do appreciate well written lyrics…and on the note of Stricken, the imagery of a “blood stained hurricane” is kind of cool). And musically, I don’t think anything they do is really impressive, however I think in terms of songwriting and crafting a catchy anthem style song, Stricken is one of their highlights in that department.

See this is where I make a reference to me being Hitler and having too many fronts, but I’m too tired to do that AND type all of this out.

TJ: No, you missed MY sarcasm, and yeah, blah blah blah, everyone here most definitely gave Disturbed a chance despite not being able to comprehend anything lyrically they’ve done and nitpicking about fucking guitars and drums.

amy: Could someone explain to me why someone came to meathead metal site to care about literacy?

36Thoughtless: Well keep in mind those count extremely bias insulting reviews like the IGN one, except from really “hip” “in the know” magazines, if it isn’t professional, then I never bother, regardless of the album in question. This “elitist” critic smarmy review style Rolling Stone popularized is really shitty, and most of the magazines in each of those focus on it, sometimes I wonder if they even listen to any of the albums they get that aren’t Beck or Bjork.

The Pig In Zen: Could someone explain to me your pretentious name and elitist attitude?

36Thoughtless: People here, and this dawned on me the more meatheaded people got, is because Disturbed don’t play their instruments like maniacs, and that’s their focus, so at least I understand it. Also, I’m not an “apologist”, I never said they were perfect or even the best newer band like some idiot fanboys do.

J and T: I think you two just noted a vicious, but fun cycle, hm? ;)

I don’t think what you like outside of the genre makes you more or less “metal”, though if you’re extremely critical of certain bands for not being “metal” enough while having those likes it does make you a look like a prick, I guess.

Kye: You liked the lyric because the imagery was cool? Well…I dunno as though the two of us agree on what impressive lyrics are I guess, if you like that type of imagery and guitar work you might enjoy the title track from Indestructible too.

Tommy Leebowitz: He agrees with comparing Whitney Houston to Disturbed, therefore he’s actually heard the Whitney Houston song in question.

Everybody with me: Negated! =)

I’m a Disturbed apologist, but Revrant, you seem to care way too much about this stuff. Man, do you have a job? Do you really need to debate to death every single minute detail?

As for the new album, it starts and ends well, but the middle is a bit monotonous. Maybe more listens will change my opinion. It certainly is not “nu” metal, as every song has a shred-style solo. And the guitar tone leans more towards heavy than fuzz.

There are plenty of people that care a lot about this crap, I don’t answer personal questions, and furthermore what’s your point Sam?

With the exception of The Curse I feel it does get a little monotonous, but it picks up big time before the end.

krys: Oh I’m sure you did, I’m sure you did, still can’t spell my damned name, “real metal”, you do realize “real metal” would be the metal that started metal, not the extreme ape-rock pussy/death-obsessed fringe-shit this site loves, right?

Disturbed have changed and evolved quite a bit, they just refuse to become obsessed with technical skill. My God, did you just accuse Disturbed of having a formula? For shame, how dare they, to think any band(including “real” metal) have any kind of formula they like.

Huh……Well…Perhaps religious zealots might be afraid to listen to Black Metal, going on the assumption they knew what it was, otherwise I’m at a loss for words.

Or the fact that they rarely do them anymore…

@ disturbed kik ass- alright, it’s a plan. what time do you get let out of day care today? i’ll be by…

alrite im out at 3 dick sucking can commense at 3:25, o and linkin park r terrible

I personally enjoyed the album. I respect people’s opinions in not liking it…save for the crap that chris posted. “Metal with training wheels”… All I’m going to say to that is that you are a complete and utter idiot. And honestly, nobody really gives a damn about how “hardcore” somebody is. The only people who care about it are losers with no lives, friends, or future. I’ll just leave it at that for now.

I agree with Stephen anf Mark, even the title track ten-thousand fists is better than stricken =P

Ummm fuk u guys metalowns and disturbed fukin owns so suk my cok u mother fuckers

I think that if you like something listen to it if you dont leave it and dont shit on every1 elses life butt-munch

disturbed is better then any of you will ever be so shut the fuck up