The Sickness - Music (Disturbed)

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Customer Reviews of The Sickness

TRUE METAL
Ireland(sadly)
16th June 2008

Stunning, Raw heavy debut by disturbed.
Before this i had a few songs by disturbed so i decided to buy this because it had Down With The Sickness and the album was brilliant every track is raw and heavy and loud. In My opinion i dont consider Disturbed Nu-Metal because they are much more than that they have anger, power, aggressiveness and passion about the music they make. Their is something for every metalhead on this album, this album doesnt contain solos but its still raw and heavy. A must buy awesome debut by disturbed. DISTURBED ROCK!!!!!

SideShowBob
UK
24th May 2008

Disturbed's outstanding debut was unique in every way
Let's get one thing straight: THIS IS NOT NU-METAL! Disturbed do not have turn tables, and they dont rap. This is just pure heavy metal at its best. Disturbed bring something comepletely different to the music scene. David Dremain's vocals are brillaint. His voice is different to anything else out there and that's just one of the reasons why Disturbed are the best band in the world in my opinion. Tracks:

'Voices': Brilliant album opener that makes you want to head bang like youve never headbanged before. Great vocals and great riffs. What more do you want? 5/5

'The Game': First couple of listens and you think 'hmmm' but then it really grows on you and shows what an animal of a track this is. 5/5

'Stupify': One of Disturbed's best songs ever. Great riff and lyrics you can sing along to. David Dremain shows his vocal skills in this track really well. 5/5

'Down With The Sickness': This is the track that launched Disturbed into stardom. This is so heavy and makes you want to scream out. The chorus is mind blowing and this song has to be blasted out at full volume. 5/5

'Violence Fetish': In my opinion this is the best track of the album. Like 'Down With The Sickness', its very heavy and has to be put on full blast. Dremain really puts effort and emotion into the chorus, screaming it brilliantly. Not one of Disturbed's best known songs, but one of their best. 5/5

'Fear': A grower of a song. At first I didn't think much of it but then the more I played it the better it got. Give this track a chance before you judge it. 4/5

'Numb': At first I got this and 'Fear' mixed up, but since then its got its very own unique sound. 4/5

'Want': Great opening line in this song when Dremains screams out 'She Want me!' at the top of his lungs. This then goes into a great riff that will stay in your head for ages. 5/5

'Conflict': The album isn't slwong down at all. Another wonderful song with a great riff and great lyrics that will be sung along to in no time. 5/5

'Shout': The only 'meh' song on the album, and it wasn't even written by them! It's an ok cover but doesn't do too much for me.

'Droppin' Plates': An anger-fuelled song that really gets the blood pumping and the adrenaline flowing. You can hear the anger in every Disturbed song but this one espicially. Dremain really puts emotion in his words, and once again the riffs are brilliant.

'Meaning of Life': Very good track yet again and just shows how good this album is. 4/5

I didn't purchase this from Amazon so I dont hve the rest of the tracks but I'm sure they are just as brilliant as the rest of the album.

This is a perfect debut from Disturbed. Its mind blowingly heavy and there isn't a bad song on it. If you are new to Disturbed and want to purchase one of their albums, to be honest they are all brillaint, but their debut would be a good place to start. If you love heavy metal, then this is for you.

K. P. Francis

3rd May 2008

Flippin Amazing
I know some people say this album isn't as good as their new stuff, but seriously this is classic. The first four tracks are amazing and then there are a selection of three others that are very good including the incredible "Fear". It doesnt matter that Draimans vocals aren't as good live because your not paing an more for thelive tracks. One reviewer said this CD doesn't work on MP3 players but don't worr, i put this on my ipod and it works fine.

This album has elements of Nu-Metal in it but any twit who lets that stop them listening to it should be shot. It's incredible and well worth the money. And it's also got the best song in the world on it.

J. Bartholomew
England
26th November 2007

Warning, Copy Protected CD
Good album. What Amazon does not say is that the disk is copy protected and will not playback on a computer CD-ROM or some car CD players. If you want to extract audio from disk to put on your new mp3 player, forget it!!

Rear cover of CD features the "Compact Disk" logo even though this CD clearly does not comply with Philips Red Book standards and should not be classed as a "Compact Disk".

If I wanted copy protection DRM, I would have downloaded my tracks from Itunes. Not impressed.

People should refuse to buy these "corrupted" none standard CDs and demand a refund if they have purchased them. Maybe then the record companies will learn that DRM is not the way forward.

Some Bloke
UK
5th May 2006

They seemed to love making it
Rap and rock in equal high doses get thrown into the pot and this is the result.

Good points are that the vocals and guitars complement each other extremely well, and they've written some really infectious tracks. It's done with enthusiasm and is a good, fun album. There's a cover of 80's Tears For Fears 'Shout' which really works, and the opener 'Voices' is great, especially at high volume.

On the downside it seems to be quite a narrow formula, and I felt they were short of ideas after a while. It wears thin fairly quickly.

If you're a big fan of the rock-rap crossover, you'll probably love it, if you're not, you'll have found a few favourite tracks and might get a bit bored by the rest.