| Product Summary | | UPC: 00093624943327 | | Release Date: 9/20/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 64005522 | | Item#: M2K624 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. 10,000 Fists ~ Disturbed |  | | 2. Just Stop ~ Disturbed | | | 3. Guarded ~ Disturbed | | | 4. Deify ~ Disturbed | | | 5. Stricken ~ Disturbed | | | 6. I'm Alive ~ Disturbed | | | 7. Sons Of Plunder ~ Disturbed | | | 8. Overburdened ~ Disturbed | | | 9. Decadence ~ Disturbed | | | 10. Forgiven ~ Disturbed | | | 11. Land Of Confusion ~ Disturbed | | | 12. Sacred Lie ~ Disturbed | | | 13. Pain Redefined ~ Disturbed | | | 14. Avarice ~ Disturbed | |
| After a triple-platinum debut and platinum follow-up, Disturbed fuses the brutality and darkness of 2000's The Sickness with the added melodic nature and complexity of 2002's Believe for album number three. Aggressive, relentless and intense-yet at the same time transcendent-Ten Thousand Fists is a rock sledgehammer.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Disturbed: David Draiman (vocals); Dan Donegan (guitars, keyboards); Mike Wengren (drums). | | Additional personnel: John Moyer (bass guitar). | | It started in 2000 with "Down with the Sickness." Disturbed's thick, rhythmic take on alt-metal was perfect music for stalking bloody zombies, and vocalist David Draiman's jaw-snapping Pavlovian grunts made the trigger fingers of first-person shooters itch. There were threads of other groups in the sound -- Pantera's wrenching power, Slipknot, the ill-lighted parlor games of Tool -- but Disturbed held their own from the start. If 2002's Believe downplayed Draiman's guttural responses a little, that tact's long gone for 2005's Ten Thousand Fists. From Todd McFarlane's evocative wronged misfits artwork -- Suicide Girls stand fists upraised next to ghoulish fiends and disenfranchised truckers -- to the rousing staccato of the title track and the "Sickness" rewrite "Stricken," Disturbed solidify their stance as the black knights of gaming-console rock. Creepy electronics slither behind Dan Donegan's guitar, and he mostly forsakes soloing to concentrate on the visceral groove. When he's not hacking like a chained-up pit bull, Draiman emotes from the valley of reverb (that's next to the valley of death), and his moments of epic roar make the songs' choppier parts more effective. Now, "Overburdened" takes the epic stuff a little too far. Draiman starts off the song in narration, muttering "Fate is so unkind" like a monster who's been given the power to feel. But even in its swirling pretentiousness, you can't deny his intensity. Luckily the majority of Fists sticks to mid-tempo punishers that pound back anger-gritted teeth and no anesthesia. (Remember, Disturbed's tours are underwritten by J?germeister, the black licorice firewater that punches Saturday night in the face.) "Deify" rails against blind devotion to political leaders and "Sons of Plunder" stalks at a faster, more aggressive faster heart rate, while "Decadence" and "Sacred Lie" drop into the rhythmic grip that by mid- to late album is almost comfortable in its gloomy thump. (Disturbed's ill-advised cover of Genesis' "Land of Confusion"? No comment.) Ten Thousand Fists does start to sound the same after a while. But those bloody zombies aren't going to stop pouring though the doorway, so it's a good thing it has at least 12 burly alt-metal rockers. Fire! ~ Johnny Loftus | | Five years after Disturbed's crushing debut, the Chicago nu-metal stalwarts offer their third full-length, TEN THOUSAND FISTS. Reunited with long-time producer Johnny K and new bassist John Moyer (Union Underground), Disturbed's return boasts a revitalized edge. TEN THOUSAND FISTS carries the metallic fire of THE SICKNESS, perfectly balanced with the melodic sensibility of 2002's BELIEVE. From the mosh pit-inspiring title track to the provocative and socially conscious lyrics of tracks such as "Deify" and "Sacred Lie," it is abundantly clear that Disturbed has further evolved their brutal-yet-refined approach. TEN THOUSAND FISTS also features striking booklet artwork by comic book legend Todd McFarlane. |
Producer: Johnny K; Disturbed |
| | Artist Overview | | While heavy metal band Disturbed displays all the expected aggression and angst of its peers, it has achieved a wildly successful, chart-busting popularity, bolstered by a melodic complexity and frontman Dave Draiman's persuasive swagger. Formed in Chicago in 1996, the band developed a passionate following in their hometown. Their first major label release in 2000 sold in the millions, and their 2002 follow-up BELIEVE topped the charts. Main-staging 2003's Ozzfest cemented their status as the reigning kings of nu-metal, so that their hotly anticipated 2005 release 10,000 FISTS debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/20/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 49433 | | Label : Reprise | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00093624943327 |
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