Asylum (Disturbed album)
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12 |
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52 min 46 s |
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Disturbed |
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Groovemaster Studios, Chicago |
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Asylum ( English for refuge or asylum is) the fifth studio album of American Metal - band Disturbed . It was released on August 26, 2010 via Reprise Records and reached number one on the US and New Zealand album charts.
Emergence
As in the run-up to the previous album Indestructible , singer David Draiman was hit by personal and business blows of fate. After he came home from the last tour his fiancée left him, his dog had died in the meantime and business partners had betrayed Draiman. In an interview, the singer described 2009 as a "really shitty year".
“My band is already making fun of me, according to the motto:“ Don't hold it against us, but we hope that this won't change anytime soon. Otherwise you would have nothing to write about. "I'm afraid you are right."
In September 2009, Disturbed began working on the new album, before recording began in February 2010. According to guitarist Dan Donegan, the band had written 15 to 18 songs. As with the previous albums, recordings took place in the Groovemaster Studios in Chicago . The band produced Asylum themselves. In addition to the songs for the new album, the band recorded a cover version of the Judas Priest song "Living After Midnight". The song appears on a tribute sampler published by the British magazine Metal Hammer to mark the 30th anniversary of the Judas Priest album British Steel . The band stayed in the studio for a total of seven weeks.
The mixing was in a studio in Los Angeles conducted by Neal Avron. The album cover was designed by Raymond Swanland. A music video was shot for the theme song, directed by Robert Schober .
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According to singer David Draiman, the album title Asylum describes a safe place where he is protected from everything. The lyrics on the album are about the chaos of human life.
In the theme song, the protagonist is tormented by memories of a past love. "The Infection" is about the post-relationship depression . In an interview, Draiman admitted that he himself occasionally suffered from depression without needing treatment. Music helps him overcome despondency. The first single "Another Way to Die" deals with the topic of global warming . The text is about the options for action that people need to be aware of. According to guitarist Dan Donegan , however, the band does not want to act as environmentalists. In "The Animal" is about the werewolf - myth . It's about a man who turns into a werewolf in the moonlight and enjoys becoming a beast, having more strength and spreading fear. For the intro of the song, Draiman worked with various effects devices.
The song "Never Again" is directed against Holocaust denial . The Jewish singer David Draiman stated in an interview that he feels obliged to cover this topic for personal reasons.
“The President of Iran , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , denies the Holocaust every day. He carts anti-Semitic professors from all over the world to confirm his statements. Unfortunately for God, he is only one of many who think the Holocaust is a myth and is in fact based on a film that was edited by the Jewish elite. "
Draiman stated in an interview that his maternal grandparents survived internment in concentration camps . His grandfather was in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and had to bring corpses to the crematorium . His grandmother was in Auschwitz concentration camp and stood three times in the lines that led to the gas chamber .
The song "Serpentine" is a swipe at a former friend of Draiman's. In an interview he stated that while she was a lousy slut , he couldn't resist her body. “My Child” describes an event in Draiman's life. His girlfriend at the time was pregnant . While Draiman was preparing for his future role as a father, his girlfriend lost the baby. The song "Innocence" deals with the judiciary in the USA. Draiman got his inspiration from watching a television report about corruption among lawyers .
Versions
In addition to the regular version, there is an iTunes deluxe version , which includes the twelve songs as a bonus, a cover version of the U2 song “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For”, the original composition “Leave it Alone” and live versions from "Down With the Sickness" and "Stricken". A limited CD version includes a DVD with the documentation Decade of Disturbed as a bonus .
reception
Asylum received various reviews. According to Peter Kubaschk from the online magazine Powermetal.de , Asylum will “ shake the throne of the best album by the band Ten Thousand Fists ” and particularly praised the song Warrior, which in his opinion contains the “best refrain of the year”. Kubaschk gave the album 9.5 out of ten points. James Zahn of the online magazine kikaxemusic.com wrote in his review that the album " bears the grandeur of the early Metallica albums" and that the musical influences of the band such as Faith No More and Iron Maiden were more clearly audible. Zahn awarded four out of five points. The reviewer Heiko from the online magazine metal.de was critical . He criticized the "excessive number of completely unimportant boring numbers", described Asylum as the "lowlight of the band's discography" and awarded five out of ten points.
The album reached number one in the US and New Zealand, number two in Australia, number three in Austria, number four in Germany, number seven in the British, number 14 in the Swiss, number 22 in the Dutch and number 51 in the Belgian album charts. Asylum is the fourth album in a row for Disturbed , with which they debuted at number one on the US album charts. Only two other rock bands had previously achieved this with Metallica and the Dave Matthews Band . Asylum sold 179,000 units in the United States in the first week .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Marcel Anders: The Metal Therapy . In: Metal Hammer , July 2010, page 22
- ↑ DISTURBED Getting Ready To Record Next Month. Blabbermouth.net , accessed April 3, 2018 .
- ↑ DISTURBED Covers JUDAS PRIEST Classic For 'British Steel' Tribute. Blabbermouth.net, accessed April 3, 2018 .
- ↑ billboard.com: Disturbed: Summer Album Preview 2010
- ↑ a b c Conny Schiffbauer: The moon has risen . In: Rock Hard , September 2010, page 32
- ↑ a b Conny Schiffbauer: Full throttle across the highway . In: Rock Hard, July 2010, page 73
- ↑ DISTURBED Interviewed In Berlin. Blabbermouth.net, accessed April 3, 2018 .
- ^ Powermetal.de: Disturbed / Asylum - Review
- ↑ kickaxemusic.com: Disturbed - Asylum (Review) ( Memento from August 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ metal.de: Disturbed - Asylum - CD review at metal.de
- ↑ billboard.com: Disturbed Nets Fourth No. 1 on Billboard 200 with 'Asylum'