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Disturbed "Ten Thousand Fists"
My initial introduction to Disturbed was their first album,”
Down With the Sickness”, and since then, every time I listen
to them I can’t help but think of the ultra hot Sarah Polley
cracking some zombie heads in the highly underrated Dawn of
the Dead. Keeping that in mind, visions of snaggle toothed
hotness are dancing through my head as I put together this
review. But I digress…
Ten
Thousand Fists starts with David Draiman’s trademark
growling and continues throughout the album, only letting up
in a few points to remind you that Disturbed still owe its
place in the rock world to their parent bands, most notably
while listening to this album, Queensryche. Disturbed stays
away from the soft ballads and chooses for the more
repetitive angry cynicism, as is typical of alt/metal/rock
bands, but you can still hear the influence of Empire and
Operation: Mindcrime, mixed with the guttural anger that is
a must for this type of music. With that being said, Ten
thousand Fists manages to stray far enough away from its
influences to stand up on its own two feet.
In this day and age it is tough to find a band not willing
to throw in its two cents about the current situation of the
United States and the rest of the world and Disturbed is no
exception. From the overt Sacred Lie, to a cover of the
Genesis song “Land of Confusion”, in which they turn a pop
song about the general state of the corporate “me”
generation into an indictment of the current administration,
it is peppered throughout the album. But regardless of you
political affiliation and your beliefs you don’t feel beat
over the head with it, and the songs flow together with the
rest of the album and it is hardly. This is an album I will
keep close to me whenever I am looking to get those angry
juices flowing, whether it is writing, playing a little GTA,
or just driving in the car, throwing my head back and forth.
Ten Thousand Fists is definitely worth picking up, and you
will catch yourself listening to it over and over.