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80
What really sets Disturbed apart from other 21st century metal acts is their ability to consistently repackage and resell their sound in a way that avoids redundancy.
11y
70
If Ten Thousand Fists is the large tiger of Disturbed’s discography, oversized with more muscle than necessary, and Indestructible is the lean jaguar, fine-cut to just the foundation and essentials, then Asylum is the lion, king of the jungle, perfectly balanced in both core strength and added power to create the purest musical engine for emotional expression.
11y
67
Global warming! Nazis! Werewolves! Disturbed pack their fifth disc Asylum with so much scary stuff it should come with a night-light.
10y
65
The bottom line about "Asylum" is this, if you were a Disturbed fan yesterday, you'll be one tomorrow. If not, then don't hold your breath in the hopes that this release will finally sell you on them.
4y
60
Here we have madness, death, betrayal, grief, war and global warming all spewed forth to a churning, battering riff-fest that is impressive in its focus and ferocity ... All of which would be fine in a downbeat and, ahem, mature kind of way were it not for the distinct lack of truly memorable tunes.
5y
30
Disturbed have ... done something here with Asylum that they have never done before: They have made the first album of their discography that can be truly called bad - not good, not average, just wholly bad.
2y
Oh please no more U2.
Although that last track is NOT needed at all (it wasn't even terrible tbh) this was a "decent" album. At least for this band. I didn't really have any favorites, but as much as I heard that this band was awful, I've yet to come across an actually BAD one (besides their debut haha)
Maybe I was just in a better mood but honestly I think this is a significant improvement over Indestructible. The production felt a lot punchier to me and the general songwriting actually isn't half bad. Seems like they actually tried with some of the rifts and choruses on here, and there were a few guitar solos which were nice. But, that doesn't change the fact that this is still Disturbed, meaning the vocals aren't great and the songs are extremely repetitive and blend into ... read more
Maybe I was just in a better mood but honestly I think this is a significant improvement over Indestructible. The production felt a lot punchier to me and the general songwriting actually isn't half bad. Seems like they actually tried with some of the rifts and choruses on here, and there were a few guitar solos which were nice. But, that doesn't change the fact that this is still Disturbed, meaning the vocals aren't great and the songs are extremely repetitive and blend into ... read more
Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive hi.
Now that i have your attention that this album surely did not have, let’s talk about Disturbed’s 2010 record Asylum. This felt SO uninspired to me, it genuinely had the potential to be on the same level as Ten Thousand Fists but nope they had to just record the same fucking song 13 times. Fuck you Davis.
It ... read more
This is where Disturbed starts getting very same-same with their albums. Some of their worst songs are found on this album, as well as some pretty good ones. Overall it's very good.
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Track List
| 1 | Remnants (Prelude) 2:43 | 50 |
| 2 | Asylum 4:36 | 72 |
| 3 | The Infection 4:08 | 65 |
| 4 | Warrior 3:24 | 60 |
| 5 | Another Way to Die 4:13 | 60 |
| 6 | Never Again 3:33 | 55 |
| 7 | The Animal 4:13 | 61 |
| 8 | Crucified 4:37 | 54 |
| 9 | Serpentine 4:09 | 61 |
| 10 | My Child 3:18 | 49 |
| 11 | Sacrifice 4:00 | 55 |
| 12 | Innocence 4:31 | 55 |
| 13 | ISHFWILF 5:26 Hidden Track | 34 |
Total Length: 52 minutes
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10mo
I used to absolutely love Disturbed but everytime I hear them now I just get kinda underwhelmed. I cannot for the life of me rekindle my undying love for this band that I used to have.
