Immortalized

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After a four year hiatus, Grammy Award-nominated, multiplatinum hard rock titans Disturbed return with their sixth studio album, Immortalized. The upcoming release follows 2010s gold-certified Asylum, Disturbeds fourth consecutive #1 on the Billboard Top 200, and the groups subsequent four-year hiatus, which gave members David Draiman [vocals], Dan Donegan [guitar], Mike Wengren [drums], and John Moyer [bass] the necessary reprieve to make this imminent and deliberate return.

In January 2014, Draiman, Donegan, and Wengren met for dinner in their hometown of Chicago. Shortly thereafter, without notifying friends, families, or their label, the three began to fly back and forth to each others respective home studios for writing sessions, marking the beginnings of Immortalized and the first time they collectively wrote together since 2001. For this album, everything was written in the same room, Draiman remarks. It was wonderful experiencing how it used to be back in the day for us. That became apparent in the material, whether it was the passion of the performance, the power being harnessed, or the feelings evoked. We could feel the difference.

To push themselves further, the group headed to Las Vegas Hideout Recordings to work alongside producer Kevin Churko [Ozzy Osbourne, Five Finger Death Punch]. The goal was to find a producer we felt creatively comfortable with, but who could challenge us and spark a new evolution, said Donegan. Churko did that. The resulting record features the unshakable first single The Vengeful One Musically, its got that old school metal sound, says Donegan. Its definitely Disturbed! along with an outside-the-box cover of Simon & Garfunkels The Sound of Silence, unlike anything in the groups catalog.

I think the fans will feel like it was worth the wait, says Donegan. Weve been planning this for the past year and keeping it a secret so we cant wait to hear the response. I hope fans realize we have a lot more left in us. This album reassured me of that. To be away from it for almost 5 years, get back in a room, write together, and tap into that fire is awesome. Part of me didnt want to leave the studio! We still have a lot more to say. We still have a lot more to do. Were returning stronger than ever. I think Immortalized shows that.

Formed in Chicago in 1996, Disturbed have sold 12 million albums globally, scored nine No. 1 singles at Active Rock Radio, and had four consecutive albums debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, a feat shared only with Metallica and Dave Matthews Band. Their quadruple-platinum 2000 debut The Sickness formally announced their arrival as hard rock leaders, with that status solidified by their subsequent gold, platinum and double platinum-certified records as well as a Grammy Award nomination in the category of Best Hard Rock Performance for Inside the Fire in 2009.