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Disturbed are one of the biggest metal bands on
the planet their last four albums have hit the top
of the American charts and their fan base seems
to grow with each and every album release but at
the same time you get most major press putting the
band down mainly because of their success and it
seems that the release of the bands 5th studio album
‘Asylum’ is no different as there have
been mixed reviews across the board, but like every
Disturbed album you pretty much know what you are
going to get before you give it a listen as Disturbed
have a super unique sound that has worked for them
for well over 10 years now.
I have been waiting for ‘Asylum’
for a long time now and have been patently checking
out the various videos and songs that Disturbed
have been teasing their fans with over the past
couple of months with the main single release
‘Another Way To Die’ really putting
a smile on my face as it covers everything that
I love about Disturbed.
‘Asylum’ starts off so different
from any past Disturbed album, it opens with ‘Remnants’
which happens to be the most epic track that Disturbed
have ever written, it is a short 2minute 44seconds
instrumental track which starts off with haunting
soundscapes and as the track hits the 1minute
30seconds mark the guitars come in, with the drums
following seconds later for an amazing Metallica
style jamming session which then leads into the
album title track ‘Asylum’ which really
kicks arse.
‘Asylum’ is your typical sounding
heavy yet melodic Disturbed track where front
man David Draiman takes you on a beautiful sounding
yet fucked up lyrical journey which flows at the
pace of your typical Disturbed single, David Draiman
is on top form with his vocals and the rest of
the band have turned things up a notch or two
with their fantastic instrumental work.
‘The Infection’ carries on that catchy
yet heavy Disturbed sound, the song is big sounding
with a massive infectious chorus which once again
has David Draiman at the top of his game with
those all so unique and perfect vocals.
‘Warrior’ is a fantastic track which
reminds me of ‘Indestructible’, it
flows fast and has some proper chunky guitar riffs
on offer and growly vocals working alongside those
unique David Draiman vocals, the chorus is well
written and amazingly performed and overall the
song is bound to grow to be a fan favourite.
‘Another Way To Die’ is the first
single that I heard off the album a few months
back now and I was impressed with how it sounds
like classic Disturbed, the song flows at a catchy
pace and features a great guitar solo and as soon
as the song proper gets going after the 1minute
mark you know that you are listening to a future
mosh pit anthem.
‘The Animal’ is one of the best tracks
on the album and features those classic David
Draiman opening sounds , the song is heavy but
at the same time it also has that catchy Disturbed
vibe which is going to cement the song as a future
hit.
There are so many good moments on ‘Asylum’
and you will really struggle to find any tracks
that come across as a filler on the album as they
are all quality in their own way for example ‘My
Child’ starts off sounding very freaky with
a child crying and then a heart beating then seconds
later that unique Disturbed sound comes in and
makes the song rock. ‘Sacrifice’ is
one of the weakest tracks on the album in my opinion
but at the same time it is still listenable and
still sounds like everything we know and love
about Disturbed.
The album finishes with ‘Innocence’
which is a solid finish to a great album and if
you leave the album running for another 5minutes
you will get a cover version of U2’s ‘I
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking
For’, which is very unlike Disturbed and
very interesting sounding, seriously you need
to listen to it for yourself to understand what
I mean.
Overall ‘Asylum’ is not the best
album that Disturbed have released but it is pretty
much what we have all come and expected from Disturbed,
pretty much all of the songs on the album are
solid but this time around they don’t stand
out from the start you have to listen to the album
a few times over to find those stand out songs
and at the end of the day Disturbed are still
doing what Disturbed do best and that is all that
matters.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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David Draiman
Dan Donegan
John Moyer
Mike Wengren |
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1. Remnants
2. Asylum
3. The Infection
4. Warrior
5. Another Way To Die
6. Never Again
7. The Animal
8. Crucified
9. Serpentine
10. My Child
11. Sacrifice
12. Innocence |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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