Disturbed Takes Nothing for Granted On 'Asylum' Album
Disturbed Gives Its Fans 'All Killer, No Filler'
billboard
July 30, 2010
by Cortney Harding, N.Y.



Dave Draiman should be relaxed.

After all, he's calling from sunny San Francisco, where he's enjoying a beautiful summer day with his girlfriend before he embarks on a yearlong tour with his band, Disturbed. The group's last three albums have all debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and unless Susan Boyle drops a surprise last-minute record Aug. 31, its fifth album, "Asylum" (Reprise), will probably do the same.

Disturbed has sold 9 million albums domestically in the last 10 years, and almost half that number can be attributed to its breakthrough record, 2000's "The Sickness," which has sold 4.2 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. But the band has been remarkably consistent, even as sales have trended downward: 2002's "Believe" sold 1.8 million, 2005's "Ten Thousand Fists" sold 1.9 million, and 2008's "Indestructible" sold 1.1 million.

The act has built a solid tour following during its long career, and has a fan base renowned for its loyalty and longevity. Disturbed fans are known for not only sticking with the band, but for passing fan-dom along, as evidenced by the crowd-surfing elementary schoolers who attend shows with their parents and appear in the forthcoming DVD, "Decade of Disturbed."

But despite all of this, Draiman is not mellow. "I'm always worried," he says. "About everything."

Part of this neurosis could just be his natural state. While he's funny and friendly on the phone, a quick read of his lyrics reveals that his band's name is appropriate. Topics tackled on the new record include "being trapped in the prison of your own mind," losing a lover, religion serving as a catalyst for war and the Holocaust. The album's lightest track -- if you can call it that -- "The Animal," is about becoming a werewolf, though don't expect it to show up in any "Twilight" fan videos anytime soon.

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