Music As A Weapon II (w/ Bonus DVD) (Live) (Explicit Version) (2004) (Disturbed/Taproot/Unloco/)

Product Summary Label: Elektra/asylum Records UPC: 00093624825623 Release Date: 2/24/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60619655 Item#: MKFY7H Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Loading The Weapon - Disturbed ~ Various Artists 2. Bound - Disturbed ~ Various Artists 3. Myself - Taproot ~ Various Artists 4. Dehumanized - Disturbed ~ Various Artists 5. Forfeit - Chevelle ~ Various Artists 6. Fade To Black - Disturbed ~ Various Artists 7. Empty - Unloco ~ Various Artists 8. Sumtimes - Taproot ~ Various Artists 9. Darkness - Disturbed ~ Various Artists 10. Bruises - Unloco ~ Various Artists 11. Prayer - Disturbed ~ Various Artists 12. Red, The - Chevelle ~ Various Artists 13. Poem - Taproot ~ Various Artists 14. Stupify - Disturbed/Pete Loeffler/Joey Duenas ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info This release includes a bonus DVD featuring a music video for Disturbed's "Liberate." Recorded live at The Aragon, Chicago, Illinois in 2003. Anyone curious about the state of nu-metal in 2004 need look no further than MUSIC AS A WEAPON II, named after the second successful tour led by headliners Disturbed. Along for the ride on this compilation of live performances are Chevelle, Taproot, and Unloco. On stage, as in the studio, Chevelle's Loeffler brothers proudly wear the odd-tuning and off-kilter-tempo influence of Tool on their sleeves by way of "Forfeit" and "The Red," brandishing an intriguing maelstrom of riffs. Taproot equally stakes its ground by punctuating loud-soft dynamics with Stephen Richards's sporadic death metal yowl on "Myself" and "Poem." But of all the bands on this bill, Disturbed is the most adept at breaking away from the screaming aesthetic that defines so much of nu-metal. Frontman David Draiman is a quietly intense vocalist whose glowering presence on an acoustic version of "Darkness" and the previously unreleased "Dehumanized" make for a far more powerful effect than any amount of amped-up distortion or howling can achieve. The piece de resistance is Disturbed's take on Metallica's "Fade to Black," a reading that perfectly captures the power and nuance of the original.   Technical Info Release Date : 02/24/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 48256 Label : Reprise Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Live Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00093624825623    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray