Immortalized
After a four-year hiatus, Disturbed announce their return in impressive fashion on *Immortalized*. The GRAMMY®-nominated metal outfit’s sixth studio album kicks off in earnest with a bruising, breakneck title cut that’s lifted by frontman David Draiman’s towering howl: “Let the beast inside now be woken.” From there it’s an unforgettable sprint through scorching operatics (“The Vengeful One”), steamrolling grinds (“Fire It Up”), and a surprising cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” that features warm, acoustic leads and a haunting string section.
The sixth studio long player from the Windy City-based outfit, Immortalized finds Disturbed bolting down the house they finished building on 2010's Asylum, offering up a 13-track slab of vintage mid- to late-2000s heavy rock piled high with bottom-heavy riffs, piston-like percussion, and big modern rock radio-ready choruses filled with randomly generated declarations of defiance.