BAND RETURNS FROM 4-YEAR HIATUS WITH NEW ALBUM IMMORTALIZED DUE AUGUST 21
WORLDWIDENEW SINGLE “THE VENGEFUL ONE” IS TOP 5 AT ROCK
Multi-platinum hard rock titans Disturbed will perform their first show in four years at the House of Blues in their hometown of Chicago on August 21. The underplay marks the end of their hiatus and the release of their long awaited sixth studio album, Immortalized, out August 21 via Reprise Records. Fans who pre-order Immortalized from the Disturbed Music Store will gain exclusive access to the fan pre-sale beginning Wednesday, July 22 at 10:00amCentral. General on-sale begins Friday, July 24 at 10:00 am Central. The Grammy Award-nominated foursome announced the end of their four year hiatus last month with the launch of new single “The Vengeful One,” which has already skyrocketed Top 5 at Rock Radio. The accompanying animated video was directed by award-winningfilmmaker Phil Mucci. The upcoming release follows 2010’s gold-certified Asylum, Disturbed’s fourth consecutive #1 on the Billboard Top 200, and the group’s 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.
Watch/share the official video for “The Vengeful One”
[embedplusvideo height=”350″ width=”600″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1GmDeoL” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/8nW-IPrzM1g?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=8nW-IPrzM1g&width=600&height=350&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep8350″ /]
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 other’s 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. 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.” ~Draiman
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, it’s got that old school metal sound,” says Donegan. “It’s definitely Disturbed!”- along with an outside-the-box cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence, “unlike anything in the group’s catalog. 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.Pre-order the album, including deluxe limited edition bundles.
