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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jan-07-2018 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2010 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........13 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.disturbed1.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Disturbed Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Asylum-(9362-49664-8) Label : Reprise ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ ÆSolidÆ is the name of the game for both Asylum ║ │
│║ and Disturbed as a whole. Since 2002Æs Believe, ║ │
│║ the band has been putting out good records back ║ │
│║ to back. While keeping the core of their sound ║ │
│║ the same, Disturbed have gradually been working ║ │
│║ on the little details and have improved with ║ │
│║ each record, with AsylumÆs predecessor ║ │
│║ Indestructible being their greatest work so far. ║ │
│║ Taking into account the band's constant ║ │
│║ improvement in the past, Asylum could have ║ │
│║ turned out as the bandÆs best work to date. ║ │
│║ Well, let me tell you right now that it isnÆt. ║ │
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│║ Asylum is the first Disturbed album that visibly ║ │
│║ has no new features (except the two and a half ║ │
│║ minute instrumental at the start of the disc). ║ │
│║ Donegan's guitar work is very reminiscent of ║ │
│║ Indestructible (good rhythmic riffs and ║ │
│║ excellent solos), the lyrics are in typical ║ │
│║ Disturbed fashion, being akin to Believe and ║ │
│║ Indestructible, and the overall feel of Asylum ║ │
│║ is very much alike to its predecessor, too. Not ║ │
│║ much has changed for Disturbed during the last ║ │
│║ two years. So what does this lack of progression ║ │
│║ result in" Nothing new really, just another good ║ │
│║ Disturbed album. ║ │
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│║ Even though the general reception for Asylum has ║ │
│║ been fairly positive so far, IÆve already read ║ │
│║ some reviews that are criticizing Disturbed for ║ │
│║ the lack of said progression, and are labeling ║ │
│║ Asylum as "watered down" and "recycled". In all ║ │
│║ honesty, I can't see this being neither. Even ║ │
│║ though the core sound of Disturbed, as mentioned ║ │
│║ above, has remained the same since Believe, the ║ │
│║ band has never stopped progressing (until now); ║ │
│║ never have the members taken the back seat and ║ │
│║ stopped working on the little things. ║ │
│║ Songwriting, DoneganÆs guitar work, Wengren's ║ │
│║ drumming, Draiman's vocals - they have all ║ │
│║ improved with each album. With that in mind, my ║ │
│║ guess is that since Indestructible turned out so ║ │
│║ well, and the band was so content with the ║ │
│║ result, the members thought theyÆll have another ║ │
│║ crack at that same formula. Does that ║ │
│║ necessarily make them lazy and unmotivated" No, ║ │
│║ that just means they wanted to make an album as ║ │
│║ good as the previous one. ║ │
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│║ You canÆt really bag a band for trying to ║ │
│║ reproduce their best work - in this case ║ │
│║ Indestructible û in order to achieve a result as ║ │
│║ good. Yes, Asylum is mainly Indestructible vol. ║ │
│║ 2 and yes, it is inferior, but to call it ║ │
│║ watered down or just plain bad doesnÆt make a ║ │
│║ whole lot of sense if you liked the bandÆs last ║ │
│║ outing (and it also makes no sense to do the ║ │
│║ exact opposite). Asylum features most of the ║ │
│║ qualities that made Indestructible so good: ║ │
│║ catchy, rhythmic guitar work, Donegan's constant ║ │
│║ efforts to spice up the guitar section by adding ║ │
│║ more prominent leads and solos, DraimanÆs ║ │
│║ commanding vocals and presence, a somewhat dark ║ │
│║ undercurrent etc. All this brings us to the ║ │
│║ conclusion that Asylum is nothing more than an ║ │
│║ album for the bandÆs fans. Those who liked ║ │
│║ Disturbed before will also like this, and those ║ │
│║ who disliked them before are going to hate this. ║ │
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│║ If we look into the band members' individual ║ │
│║ performance on Asylum, we will find that there ║ │
│║ arenÆt any big differences compared to their ║ │
│║ last release. The only big aberrance that ║ │
│║ catches the ear, or more appropriately, doesnÆt, ║ │
│║ is WengrenÆs drumming, which to this point had ║ │
│║ become more and more commanding with each new ║ │
│║ album Disturbed put out. Even though he does a ║ │
│║ good enough job on keeping the pace and adding ║ │
│║ decent fills on Asylum, it all sounds a bit safe ║ │
│║ by his standards and you don't notice him nearly ║ │
│║ as much as on Indestructible. This is where the ║ │
│║ bad thankfully ends though. Draiman is as good ║ │
│║ as ever, displaying some of the best melodic ║ │
│║ singing he has ever done, Donegan is at exactly ║ │
│║ the same good level he was on Indestructible, ║ │
│║ belting out enjoyable guitar lines in almost ║ │
│║ every song, and Moyer does a good job of being ║ │
│║ exactly as unremarkable as always. HeÆs not bad, ║ │
│║ just nothing special either, but hey, at least ║ │
│║ heÆs good at being consistent. ║ │
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│║ The songs themselves on Asylum are divided ║ │
│║ between great and decent but nothing special ║ │
│║ (like on every other Disturbed record). ║ │
│║ Thankfully the tracklist is pretty cleverly ║ │
│║ done, so the more run of the mill cuts, like ║ │
│║ "Never Again", "Sacrifice" and "My Child", donÆt ║ │
│║ bring the overall quality down too much. The ║ │
│║ tracklisting is also good in the sense that both ║ │
│║ the first and the second half of the album have ║ │
│║ an almost equal amount of good tracks, meaning ║ │
│║ that despite a few weaker cuts, Asylum should be ║ │
│║ able to hold the listener's attention throughout ║ │
│║ its runtime. ║ │
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│║ With the great tracks bringing us catchy, ║ │
│║ rhythmic metal tunes with good vox, and the ║ │
│║ weaker ones being decently played, if somewhat ║ │
│║ underwhelming cuts, there isnÆt a whole lot more ║ │
│║ to say about Asylum then I already have. ║ │
│║ Disturbed are still Disturbed û youÆll either ║ │
│║ love them or completely hate them, like it ║ │
│║ always has been, like it always will be. Fact is ║ │
│║ Asylum is a Disturbed record through and ║ │
│║ through; it has its enjoyable parts, it has its ║ │
│║ boring parts, but as a whole, it is another ║ │
│║ solid outing from a rare commercial metal band ║ │
│║ that is actually good. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Remnants [02:44] │
│ 02 - Asylum [04:36] │
│ 03 - The Infection [04:09] │
│ 04 - Warrior [03:25] │
│ 05 - Another Way To Die [04:13] │
│ 06 - Never Again [03:34] │
│ 07 - The Animal [04:14] │
│ 08 - Crucified [04:37] │
│ 09 - Serpentine [04:10] │
│ 10 - My Child [03:18] │
│ 11 - Sacrifice [04:00] │
│ 12 - Innocence [04:31] │
│ 13 - Ishfwilf [05:26] │
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