Disturbed: Indestructible : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

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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 best to back up the drama. Wailing like a leather- and spike-clad tragic hero on cuts like "Inside the Fire," which is about his former girlfriend's heroin addiction, Draiman sings from the drug's perspective: "Give your life to me, give your soul to me." Problem is, much of Indestructible, banks on the same old angst-mongering that has fueled a zillion rock-radio hits in the past 10 years. And Draiman's Halloween-mask mien grows tiresome and sometimes chuckle-worthy: "You might just be the next contestant to feel the brutality," he barks on "The Curse." Uh, no thanks.