Jedi5000's Full Review: The Sickness [PA] by Disturbed
Straight from the streets of Chicago comes the head-bangin’ noise from one of the newest rock bands, Disturbed. Their debut album, The Sickness features Dan Donegan on the guitar, Mike Wengren on the drums, Fuzz on the bass, and David Draiman with the vocals. The one song played on this CD most frequently is Stupify, which has earned them much fame and prosperity. But there’s more to Disturbed than just Stupify, and this CD proves it. Let me try and summarize it:
1. Voices-9/10-Starts out calm, and then explodes into David singing with an jacked-up tempo. The drumbeat is slower on the refrain and speeds up throughout the rest of the song. The guitars are loud as hell and the bass rocks. This is a great song because the fast blasting tempo… It puts you on the edge of your seat and keeps you there throughout the whole song. A great introduction to the music of Disturbed.
2. The Game-8.5/10-The drumbeat comes in almost immediately, and about 30 seconds later followed by hard guitars. The refrain is great-it falls together perfectly! The music, the words, the beat- beautiful! The lyrics are fast and furious, molding an all-around great song.
3. Stupify-11/10-If you’ve heard of Disturbed, you must had to have heard of their #1 hit, Stupify. It’s the song that made them who they are. No rest in this song-starts off hard, and never stops. The refrain’s amazing! I can’t explain it… It just falls together so nicely (jeez this happens in a lot of their songs)! Guitars, drums, beat, everything! Makes you wanna jump outta your seat and buck wild (that 11 out of 10 wasn’t a typo).
4. Down With The Sickness-9.5/10-This song is another great hit-I just wish they would play it on the radio (probably due to the excessive cussing near the end)! Starts out with drums, and low guitars rising up to a climax and then going into full swing. I wouldn’t really consider this song real incredibly hard-The guitars lead it along but stay at a moderate volume throughout most of the song. The volume or intensity of the guitars doesn’t matter at all though-this song is still great in every way.
5. Violence Fetish-8/10-For me, this is one of those songs in which once you listen to it, you can’t get it out of your head. The drumbeat is quick but smooth, and followed by guitars and keyboard. Not much else to say about this song-nothing out of the ordinary.
6. Fear-10/10-I love the beginning! Starts out with a great hip-hop kinda beat and then explodes into hard guitars and David’s shouting. The beat stays consistent throughout the song along with deep guitars. The song is more-or-less a cross between hip-hop and rock with the catchy beat and guitars. The combination produces a masterful song nothing short of a 10/10.
7. Numb-7/10-Really no introduction… the song abruptly starts with a moderate and calm beat. This beat is elevated during the refrain, which lasts for about 15 seconds, and drops back down. I like the high points in the song-there’s much enthusiasm, it makes it sound really strong and “confident” (yeah, I got a weird choice of words) in a way.
8. Want-8/10-Starts out like a low moan, then the guitars come in and David hits a high note and flies right into the song. Most of the song is sung at a more-or-less talking voice, except those few times where David goes into the tenor zone and drops back down. I especially like the solo drumbeat that goes on at about the middle of the song-I always catch myself whistling it!
9. Conflict-7.5/10-Drums dominate the whole song. Has a constant beat created by low-volume guitars combined with the drumbeat. The tempo is constant but not necessarily fast-the only exception is the last two minutes of the song, where the tempo slows down along with the volume, which leads to some solo singing by David right to the end.
10. Shout 2000-7.5-Jumps in almost immediately to a duo of guitars and drums. This song’s got a good beat-I especially like the brief drum solos throughout the song. There is no song variety in the beginning-basically the same all the way through until when there’s about 1 minute and 50 seconds left in the song. The song goes into a type of rap/rock beat and lowers in intensity. The song comes to a close with solo guitars, ending with one final “Shout!” Not much variation, but still it’s a very good song overall.
11. Droppin’ Plates--Heavy drums, with light guitar support-a very catchy beat I must say. Again Disturbed has merged the head bangin’ sound of rock, with an intense and catchy rap/hip-hop rhythm. I really love this song’s intensity-it makes you wanna do more than drop plates (makes me wanna throw ‘em against the wall).
12. Meaning of Life-6/10-Begins with a fast drum tap and tempo. Guitars come in almost immediately. The drumbeat slows down and leads into singing. The guitars remain at moderate volume along with the drums throughout the song’s entirety. This is an average song, nothing great or out of the ordinary-not as hard as some of their other songs, but still OK quality.
Disturbed is a band to be reckoned with. This CD kicks @ss-no kidding. They deserve much credit especially because they are a fairly new band. I wish the radio would play more songs from the CD besides Stupified, so people can get more of a fell of what kind of band Disturbed really is. As an overall rating this CD deserves a 9.5/10.
A Chicago metal quartet, Disturbed has been driving fans in the Midwest wild with their frenetic, theatrical live show. On their debut album, The Sick...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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