Indestructible : Disturbed : Review : Rolling Stone

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.

CHRISTIAN HOARD

(Posted: Jul 10, 2008)

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Review 1 of 14

3of 5 Stars

To start with, I feel 'Indestructible' is a good hard rock album. It doesn't have as long lasting impact as Ten Thousand Fists did but it deserves a bit more credit than the RS review gave it. It opens with two strong tracks, then 'Decevier' changes the mood (filler song), then 'The Night' show's a bit of diversity. Then the held back track from "The Sickness" song 'Perfect Insanity' is good. 'Haunted' is pretty good too! And then the worst song on the album in my opinion is 'Enough,' it has heavy verse and then when the chorus starts I was left asking what happened to the song...'The Curse' and 'Torn' follow but feel like filler tracks and then 'Criminal' is good and 'Divide and 'Facade' aren't bad either...and if you happen to have the special edition there's a bonus track 'Run' and its okay...
I saw Disturbed live only a week ago and played a bloody good show and they are still one of my favourite bands...I like 'Indestructible' but like most fans probably know its just not as good as previous work.

Sep 10, 2008 02:49:10

Review 2 of 14

3of 5 Stars

First off, I just want to say that Disturbed is my favorite band. After I heard the single "Inside the Fire" I was really amped up for the release of this album. I'm not going to say I was disappointed at what I found, but it's obvious that while there are some great songs on the album, the main portion of the album is lackluster. I really like what they did with "Perfect Insanity", taking it and removing the demonic voice thing from it. It's just when Disturbed moves into the stranger territory that "Divide" went to, the sound becomes "laughable" as noted by the original reviewer. All that being said, I haven't lost my respect for disturbed over this album. It's just not their best work.

Sep 1, 2008 00:09:43

Review 3 of 14

1of 5 Stars

This album sucked. Period.

I liked the first two tracks, and "Indestructible" was fair at best as it is.

I like the band, but they're almost certainly on the downside of their career.

Aug 30, 2008 15:34:44

Review 4 of 14

5of 5 Stars

Repetetive? Same old shit? I'm sorry, but the rs guy and the idiot below me know nothing. period. This album, while dark, while similar to disturbed's other material, is by no means unoriginal. The band incorporated addicting melodies (the rhythm of "The Night" has been stuck in my head for days), amazing guitar solos (more than on any other disturbed album), and still managed to keep Disturbed's signature sound. Rolling Stone needs to make sure that it doesn't assign someone with an obvious dislike of melodic metal to review a melodic metal album. BEST DISTURBED ALBUM YET!!!

Jul 7, 2008 16:04:25

Review 5 of 14

5of 5 Stars

Jul 7, 2008 16:04:25

Review 6 of 14

5of 5 Stars

Jul 7, 2008 16:04:25

Review 7 of 14

2of 5 Stars

Lets face it, after a while, Disturbed gets rather repetitive. They lose that flair you found at the beginning and become just another band. I personally believe that this band needs to start getting different lyrics and maybe just get a new sound all together. I mean, they're just so shallow, boring, and unoriginal.

Jun 29, 2008 16:13:34

Review 8 of 14

3of 5 Stars

rolling stone is a wide-ranging music publication, not just a strictly metal mag. so the music reviews and ratings are given in relation to the rest of the entire current music scene. this is what the angry metal fans fail to consider when responding to the seemingly disproportionate low ratings their favorite rock albums are receiving from rolling stone. they act like metal is the only genre that factors in a rolling stone review. at the same time, the reviewers approach metal from such a generic, cursory standpoint, that they don't satisfactorily review an album (the way a "die-hard" metal fan would). there are some stand-out tracks on indestructible, but the reviewer is correct in stating that this is still about the same old-same old in melodic metal. nevertheless, the album deserves more than just two crappy stars. expect all reviews of hard rock/metal albums from rolling stone to follow this same format: "they display good techique, but it's still old shit." go look at the seether and breaking benjamin reviews to see if i'm kidding.

Jun 29, 2008 12:50:45

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