Immortalized (Disturbed album)

Immortalized

Cover art by Raymond Swanland
Featuring The Guy
Studio album by Disturbed
Released August 21, 2015 (2015-08-21)
Recorded
Genre
Length
  • 53:27
  • 57:38 (double vinyl)
  • 1:06:13 (deluxe)
  • 1:09:41 (exclusive digital)
Label
Producer Kevin Churko
Disturbed chronology
The Lost Children
(2011)		 Immortalized
(2015)
Singles from Immortalized
  1. "The Vengeful One"
    Released: June 25, 2015
  2. "The Light"
    Released: October 5, 2015[1]
  3. "The Sound of Silence"
    Released: December 7, 2015

Immortalized is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Disturbed. The album was released on August 21, 2015 through Reprise Records, and is Disturbed's first studio album since Asylum (2010), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in their career. It is also Disturbed's first album since 2002's Believe to receive a Parental Advisory sticker, although studio albums released in the interim have contained some profanity.

The album, which sold 98,000 copies in its first week, is Disturbed's fifth consecutive number-one debut on the United States Billboard 200 chart. They are the third band in history to achieve this feat, the others being Metallica and Dave Matthews Band.[2]

Production and recording

In 2011, following the tour of their fifth studio album, Asylum, Disturbed announced that they would go on a hiatus.[3] During the hiatus, the band released a compilation album of previously recorded b-sides, The Lost Children (2011),[3] and a box set of their five studio albums, The Collection (2012).[4]

In January 2014, band members David Draiman (vocals), Dan Donegan (guitar), Mike Wengren (drums) met for dinner and began secretly writing material for Disturbed's sixth studio album. Bass player John Moyer was not present for the album's making, due to working with other bands and projects. The album was recorded at The Hideout Recording Studio in Las Vegas with record producer Kevin Churko.[5][6] Dan Donegan told The Pulse of Radio about working with a new producer: "I think we needed… we wanted that. We wanted, especially having this time off, and being off this long break, to come back with something that sounds a little bit more fresh. It's been five years between albums, so it was nice to have, kind of, a new production element to it and things that, kind of, pushed us and challenged us to raise the bar."[7] Draiman told Billboard.com regarding the songwriting process: "There's a lot of new and fresh in the mix. We had more input on each other's parts than we probably ever had previously. Everything was really put under the microscope and everybody had an opinion, and, believe me, everyone was voicing them loudly... We were very, very cooperative with one another, very professional the entire time — not that we haven't always been, but especially this time."[8]

Release

Immortalized was announced on June 25, 2015, alongside the release of lead single "The Vengeful One". The single released with an accompanying animated video directed by film-maker Phil Mucci.[5] The album's title track was released with an official lyrics video on July 24. Two additional songs, "Fire It Up" and "What Are You Waiting For" were released on July 31 and August 7, respectively. On August 14, the whole album was made available for streaming via iTunes First Play.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic55/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[10]
Consequence of SoundD[11]
Kerrang!
Sputnikmusic[12]
Ultimate-Guitar.com7.7/10[13]

Immortalized has received generally mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregate Metacritic gave the album a score of 55 out of 100 based on 5 professional reviews, citing "mixed or average reviews".[9] James Christopher Monger from Allmusic gave the album a three out of five stating, "A five-year break between albums should lend itself to a bit of growth, even for a band as everyman as Disturbed, but there's just not much here to keep the group's detractors from bringing out their pitchforks, and over time, staying the course may leave fewer and fewer townsfolk to protect them."[10] Irving Tan of Sputnikmusic gave the album the same score saying, "While the album also has its fair share of bona fide, looks-like-we-just-broke-the-bottom-of-the-barrel moments ("Fire It Up" instantly comes to mind here), Disturbed manage to do just enough to keep metal purists from dispensing with them completely."[12] Loudwire's Chad Bowar said "They have always known how to write hit singles, with a string of number ones over the years. They made the record label's job nearly impossible on the new record, because out of the 13 songs on the standard edition of the album, more than half could legitimately be rock radio hit singles." Bowar concluded his review saying "It won't change the minds of those who weren't fans before, but the album will hit the spot with the band's legions of worshipers."

Jon Hadusek from Consequence of Sound was highly critical of the album giving it a D rating and saying "In this way, Immortalized is a for-fans-only release. It openly and so earnestly feeds its target audience, as if to scoff at the very idea of Art vs. Product. Lamb of God found a balance between the two with their latest album, VII: Sturm und Drang, which shines as a recent example of how to move forward artistically and still appeal to one's core fans and sell records. With Immortalized, Disturbed don't even try."[11]

Commercial performance

The album, which sold 98,000 copies in its first week, is Disturbed's fifth consecutive number-one debut on the United States Billboard 200 chart.[14] By November 12, 2015, Immortalized had sold over 180,000 copies in the United States.[15] By March 23, Immortalized had sold over 300,000 copies in the United States.[16]

Accolades

Region Year Publication Accolade Rank
United States 2015 Loudwire 20 Best Rock Albums of 2015[17] 4
Revolver Top 20 Albums of 2015[18] 14

Loudwire Music Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2015 Immortalized Best Rock Album Nominated
2015 "The Vengeful One" Best Rock Song Nominated
2015 Best Rock Video Nominated

Track listing

All music composed and performed by Disturbed , except as indicated.

No. Title Length
1. "The Eye of the Storm" (Prelude) 1:20
2. "Immortalized"   4:17
3. "The Vengeful One"   4:12
4. "Open Your Eyes"   3:57
5. "The Light"   4:16
6. "What Are You Waiting For"   4:03
7. "You're Mine"   4:55
8. "Who"   4:46
9. "Save Our Last Goodbye"   4:59
10. "Fire It Up"   4:05
11. "The Sound of Silence" (Simon & Garfunkel cover, written by Paul Simon.) 4:08
12. "Never Wrong"   3:33
13. "Who Taught You How to Hate"   4:57
Total length:
 53:28

Personnel

Band

Other performers

Miscellaneous staff

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] 19
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[23] 1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[24] 11
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[25] 7
French Albums (SNEP)[26] 57
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 2
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[28] 23
Irish Albums (IRMA)[29] 24
Italian Albums (FIMI)[30] 45
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[31] 88
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[32] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[33] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[35] 8
US Billboard 200[36] 1
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[37] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[38] 1
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[39] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[40] 63
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[41] 48

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[42] Gold 35,000
Canada (Music Canada)[43] Gold 40,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6678673/disturbed-scores-fifth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart
  3. 1 2 "DISTURBED: Official End-Of-Hiatus Announcement, New Music Coming Tomorrow". Blabbermouth.net. June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ "DISTURBED To Release Vinyl Box-Set Collection". Blabbermouth.net. February 24, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "New DISTURBED Single 'The Vengeful One' Is Here; 'Immortalized' Album Due In August". Blabbermouth.net. June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Is DISTURBED Recording New Studio Album?". Blabbermouth.net. April 22, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Disturbed's David Draiman: Why Four Year Break Was Good For Fans". Blabbermouth.net. June 24, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/disturbeds-david-draiman-talks-to-artisan-news-about-hiatus-ending-immortalized-album-audio/
  9. 1 2 "Reviews for Immortalized by Disturbed". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  10. 1 2 James Christopher Monger (2015-08-20). "Disturbed - Immortalized". Allmusic. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  11. 1 2 Jon Hadusek (2015-08-20). "Album Review Disturbed Immortalized". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  12. 1 2 Irving Tan (2015-08-16). "Review: Disturbed - Immortalized". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  13. ↑ http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/disturbed/immortalized/index.html
  14. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (2015-08-30). "Disturbed Scores Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  15. ↑ Brown, Matt (November 12, 2015). "Metal By Numbers 11/11: The charts have gone Def". Metal Insider. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  16. ↑ Brown, Matt (March 23, 2016). "Metal By Numbers 3/23: A killer debut". Metal Insider. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
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  18. ↑ "Top 20 Albums of 2015". Revolver.
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  20. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Disturbed – Immortalized" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
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  39. ↑ "Disturbed – Chart history" Billboard Top Alternative Albums for Disturbed. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
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