Disturbed

Disturbed owe much of their perseverance to singer David Draiman, who has endowed the band with a personality that is absent in the lesser ranks of chest-thumping rockers. There's no small measure of dramatic grandeur to tunes like "Inside the Fire" (about standing over the corpse of a lover) and "The Curse" (about God knows what), but the centerpiece is the title track, "Indestructible."

In June, these Chicago metalheads had the Number One album in America. It's not hard to
see why: With meticulously constructed guitar skronk, serrated verses and cathartic
refrains on cuts like "Enough," the album has clear pop appeal in its own dour way. Singer
David Draiman says Indestructible is Disturbed's darkest record yet — it was partly inspired
by the band's experiences performing for troops overseas — and he does his bes... More >