god damn old topics! I just have so much to say about this, being a disturbed fan. I know I'm bumping, but this conversation pretty much was "remember disturbed?" "yeah." "ok." maybe my insight will spark somethign up again.

the first album, being their first try, is very rough cut. sons like "conflict" show this, where the sogn is repetitive cries of "ENEMY" and dog barks. it was mostly acclaimed because it wasn't the same as every band before it. tehy came out at a time when generic nu metal bands were being pumped out of the factory faster than nameless WWE jobbers without gimmicks.

after doing "forsaken" on the queen of the dammned soundtrack, dramain discovered taht he could actually sing, and experimented alot more with this in "believe." the album confused people, as there were the die hard fans who loved the woof woofing of the first album, yet there were also people who never gave it a cahnce because tehy were expecting more woof woofing. Still being somethign new to the band, alot of songs weren't very memorable, as tehy were still experimenting. there were still some of the old styled songs, such as "rise" which weren't very complex, but they were overshadowed by songs like "mistress," which were too much in one direction. there were very few songs like "prayer" that had the right mix.

ten thousand fists comes around. the band has had time to hone their craft, and it really shows (radio overplay of stricken aside) songs like "ten thousand fists," "I'm alive" and my favorite, "pain redefined" have melodic sounds mixed with heavier instruments, and tehy don't jump around as much and change time as tehy did on the prior two albums. There are also thigns like guitar solos, which a fan like me would never ahve expected from this band. love it or hate it, I would suggest at least sitting down and listening to the whole CD at least once, if only to see how they have progressed.

the album was "the sickness"

I also enjoyd the richard cheese version... sometimens moree than the actual song...