Eden Vrit: Rock'n'Metal: Disturbed (english).

I'm really disturbed 'cause I've a gift to fint bands that I LOVE and are extinct. I'm an ace and I hate it!! Disturbed are newly discovered. As I love their music, couldn't be otherwise, no concerts or activity on their website since last year so I'm going to do another obituary ... (I've lost count of many I've done and go worst: no idea how many I will).

Disturbed is a heavy metal band formed in 1996 in Chicago (Illinois) by Michael Peackles Dan Donegal, Mike Wengren, Wade Bennett and Steve "Fuzz" Kmak. The group has sold over 13 million albums worldwide, has 1 silver album, 19 platinum albums, 2 gold singles and 1 platinum single. They're recognized by their logo "The Guy" which was originally just a face with a large smile but later converted to a full figure by David Finch.

In its beginnings as a group of nu metal were known as Crawl (but the name was used by another band moved to Brawl) Erich Awalt like vocalits, Dan Donegan was the guitarist, Mike Wengren the drummer and Steve "Fuzz" Kmak the bassist. Awalt left the band shortly after recording the demo and the rest put an ad in "Artist of Illinois."

The last to arrive at the band was the vocalist David Draiman who responded to the add, but soon became the leader. David grew up in an extremely religious family against which he was revealed in adolescence which he led five expulsions from various schools. With his arrival, the group begins to be called Disturbed, the reason according Draiman: "It had been a name I have been contemplating for a band for years. It just seems to symbolize everything we were feeling at the time. The level of conformity that people are forced into was disturbing to us and we were just trying to push the envelope and the name just sorta made sense."

The band recorded two EPs and sent them to various record companies. The success came to them with their single "La Bamba" in 2000. After their album "The Sickness" by which they reached number 29 on the Billboard 200 and sold 4 million copies in the United States. They joined the European tour with Marilyn Manson in 2001. Shortly after they took part in Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzfest Tour and Music as a Wapon Tour.

In 2002 came their second studio album, "Believe", which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. their first single "Prayer" was censored by the similarities to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Draiman participated in the song "Forsaken" by Jonathan Davis (Korn) used in the soundtrack of Queen of the Damend (rest in peace Aaliyah).

In 2003 the band once again participated in the Ozzfest Tour and the Music as a Weapon II next to Chevelle, Taproot and Unloco. Released their single "Dehumanized" and Kmak is fired and replaced by John Move. The group toured with 10 Years and Ill Niño for the submission of their third album "Ten Thousand Fists" published in 2005 which also reached number 1. Their song "Decadence" was used in the video game "Need for Speed: Most Wanted." This album was first in which used guitar solos like at "Stricken" (theme of WWE New Years Revolution 2006 and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock), "Land of Confusion" and "Overburdened".

Between 2005 and 2006 they were forced to cancel 2 times European tour 'cause Draiman's voice problems (Jägermeister Tour and Music as a Weapon III). In 2008 "Indestructible" is launched to be a new number one for the group tour with Slipknot, Mastodon and Dragonforce at Mayhem Festival 2008 and an appearance in Rock Band 3 songs: "Perfect Insanity", "Inside The Fire" and "Indestructible".

In 2010 "Asylum" was released with songs like "Another Way To Die" and "The Animal". The same year they recorded "Living After Midnight" by Judas Priest for the Metal Hammer tribute album "British Steel". "The Lost Children" 2011 is a compilation album of B-sides from the group.
From their website you can download the documentary "Decade of Disturbed".