Disturbed Frontman David Draiman Says New Album Includes the Band’s First Attempt at a Love Song

After nearly four years, Disturbed are back! They're new album Immortalized comes out August 21.

In a recent interview, lead singer and lyricist David Draiman says a song on the album is the band's first-ever attempt at a love song.

According to Blabbermouth, Draimain told WAAF,

"There's another song on this record called 'You're Mine' that I actually wrote for my wife, Lena. It's something that I had not done, really, on any record, and it's probably Disturbed's  first attempt at, dare I say, a pseudo, kind of, love song. It's lyrically not as dark as you've come to expect from us."

He also talked about how fatherhood has affected his song writing,

"There are definitely a number of moments on this record that specifically [relate to my new role as a father]. There's moments where I reflect my son… For instance, the closing track on the record is a track called 'Who Taught You How To Hate', and it was written with the idea in mind that a child is born into this world without hatred; that it is something that's taught, that there's always somebody who plants that seed."

 

He adds that the new album will contain material that the Disturbed fans expect, but also songs that go in a different direction, like the band's cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence":

"People are gonna be pretty shocked about it. It's not what you'd expect from us at all. It's very ethereal, ghostly, dark, laid back — not aggressive, not in your face. And I go to places, vocally, that I haven't gone to since [before Distubed]. So I'm very curious to see how people react."

Check out the first single from Immortalized, "The Vengeful One" below! Hear what other WGRD listeners think of the song and let us know your opinion here!