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asylum by disturbed(Rating: 5)
If you enjoy classic disturbed then this album is a must buy, many of the songs being written by david draiman about his past such as the song my child which is about the child that he lost.
The stand out songs have to be the title track, asylum and the song, another way to die. however, all the songs have a great story behind them that makes you just want to here more, so as a message to all true disturbed fans, BUY THIS ALBUM NOW!!!!
Also, on the back of the CD it says there are 12 songs but there are in fact, 13 songs, so if you listen to the 13th song at about 1 minute 35 of the way in you will hear a version of the song: I still havn't found what i'm looking for by U2

Nothing new, but it's still brilliant(Rating: 5)
I first heard Disturbed with their debut album, when i was a young teen. I soon grew out of that scene, and forgot all about them.
Last year, i heard a newer song by them and quite liked it. They seem to have matured and moved away from their original sound which is great.

Aslyum is on a similar lines to their previous couple of albums...only continuing that trend of making slight changes (improvements to me). Becoming more along the lines of a traditional Heavy metal band with a catchy chorus, great riffs, some solos and mroe clean vocals.
This album has these elements in abundance, yet it is still very much Disturbed.

The vocals stand out as usual, although again i think they have improved a bit more on this release.

Some of my favorite tracks are: Warrior and The Animal, but every song has it's place and i can't pick out a weak moment.


As someone who has not been an avid follower of this band over the years, but who does own all their albums...this album will not dissapoint. I can't see how fans of their last 2 albums would dislike this.

If you're not a fan, and just want some good, solid heavy rock music with good lyrics, vocals, riffs and melodies ..yet sitll being rather heavy then this should be a good buy too.

A solid, rock-out and essentially disturbed album...(Rating: 4)
There isn't much here that would sway non-Disturbed fans. In fact I encourage all Disturbed haters to chew over their own favourite bands and keep their nosey noses out of this one. This album is Disturbed as you know them. Sure, there are a few tweaks, perhaps even enhancements if you will, to the formula, but this is an album that you buy when you know what you're going to get. Very much like Ronseal - it does exactly what it says on the tin.

And I love them for it.

On to the tweaks: Draiman remains front man, but there is very noticeable harmonising going on. The other band members who can sing have been encouraged to do so and it has a pleasing, full sound. Disturbed has always been aurally rich and this adds another layer, which is very welcome. The intros have had some due care. One thing you don't get with Disturbed is acoustic or balad work that other bands inevitably fall into. The intros go some way into that but remain essentially Disturbed and again provide another layer. This is largely subjective so others may wonder what the heck I'm on about, but there you go.

Onto the songs: I'll go over each of them, but I won't bore you for too long with that, just know that yes, thematically they remain dark and personal and also retain the Disturbed formula, both in structure and vocally. How they manage to have it sound fresh and exciting really is beyond me, most bands die by sticking to the formula. I guess it just works.

1. Remnants - This serves as the album intro. There's no vocals (instrumental) but some excellent guitar work including that due care I was on about earlier.

2. Asylum - Follows on from Remnants, kicks into a cool baseline then it's Disturbed with some balls out riffs. Quick song even at 4 mins +

3. The Infection - If I had a complaint about this song is that is sounds too much like a couple of songs they've already done. Nice to hear, but yeah - overbearing originality issues.

4. Warrior - Nice riff.

5. Another Way to Die - You should know this one and you may be pleased to know that it isn't the best song on the album. Okay, again subjective, but it really isn't. Honest.

6. Never Again - One I was tempted to skip actually. Not necessarily a weak song, it just didn't grip.

7. The Animal - Oooh they missed a step with this one. The intro is a killer, the potential for a real stomper here but was lost in both the verse and chorus. Very enjoyable, but yeah, could have been the best track. Ouch.

8. Crucified - Can't say much about this one. It's Disturbed. But then that's all you need to know about this one.

9. Serpentine - One of their 'tracklist previews.' Draiman talked about this one along with others. Nothing particularly wow about it, but it has a good hook, some excellent lyrics and a nice piece before the changeup midway. But then I could be talking about any Disturbed song.

10. My Child - I'm sure this will get talked about more than the others. It's about Draiman's lost child (no more details please.) It starts with a baby crying. Which in my opinion, in relation to the subject matter is either crazy brave or disgusting. When I put this on my mp3 player I will be cutting that bit entirely. Really not cool. The rest of the song is good though, and Draiman appears to address his critics over the subject matter. Yeah, fine Davey but the baby crying at the beginning is better left out. Ok?

11. Sacrifice - Nice heavy riff that basically plays itself out.

12. Innocence - Balls out drum work and where I noticed the harmonising the strongest. Good song.

From here on out it's iffy - because I don't know what version you're getting.

13. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Beign a fan of U2 I played this track first - caught me off guard it did. Not so much a cover but a re-work. Musically it's disturbed. Anthem and lyrics wise - it's U2. Weird but cool all the same.

14. Leave It Alone - Yeah, I didn't get this one. Not on my version. Weird.

15 & 16. - Live versions of songs you already have, of which you probably have liver versions of anyway. My suggestion is that if you get the regular copy buy track 13 and 14 from itunes individually. These two songs aren't worth the money buying again.

Well, that's it. May seem like a mixed review but it only has one real low note. I applaud the creativity of Disturbed and am already looking forward to the next one.