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Disturbed - The Sickness



7.4 | 419 votes |
Release date: 2000
Style: Alternative metal, Nu metal

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01. Voices
02. The Game
03. Stupify
04. Down With The Sickness
05. Violence Fetish
06. Fear
07. Numb
08. Want
09. Conflict
10. Shout 2000 [Tears For Fears cover]
11. Droppin' Plates
12. Meaning Of Life
13. God Of The Mind [2002 Reissue bonus]
14. Stupify [live] [2002 Reissue bonus]
15. The Game [live] [2002 Reissue bonus]
16. Voices [live] [2002 Reissue bonus]
17. Down With The Sickness [live] [2002 Reissue bonus]
+ Stupify [video] [European bonus]

[10th Anniversary Edition bonus tracks]
18. God Of The Mind
19. A Welcome Burden
20. Stupify [live]
21. The Game [live]
22. Voices [live]
23. Down With The Sickness [live]

Additional info
Dan Donegan - guitar
David Draiman - vocals
Mike Wengren - drums, programming
Fuzz - bass

Ted Jensen remastered the album for the 10th Anniversary Edition.

Guest review by
Axe Argonian
Rating:
6.7
Considered by some die-hard fans to be the best work that Disturbed has ever recorded, The Sickness, the band's very first record, truly is not as impressive as its hype and success have pretentiously made it appear to be. Despite the fact that every man and his dog have heard successful songs like "Down with the Sickness" and "Stupify," The Sickness shows a lack of brain matter in songwriting and the unprofessional inclination to employ repetitive, mind-numbing guitar riffs. Yet, the sheer mindlessness is what makes The Sickness somewhat of a fun listen. So is this album actually worth a listen? That depends on how much one can stomach the nonsense.

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published 13.11.2010 | Comments (22)

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20.01.2012 - 10:13
Rating: 7
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
This was more or less the beginning of my metal journey... and in my opinion it receives a lot of unwarranted negative attention due to Disturbed being unfairly wedged into the nu metal scene. I still listen to a few songs for nostalgic purposes (same goes for Believe), and definitely enjoy singing along to a lot of the songs.

Perhaps it's fitting this comment reflects the end of my journey at Metal Storm.
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20.01.2012 - 12:37
3rdWorld
China was a neat
Y U NO SAY GOODBYE TROY?!

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20.01.2012 - 22:15
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Written by Troy Killjoy on 20.01.2012 at 10:13
Perhaps it's fitting this comment reflects the end of my journey at Metal Storm.


Goddammit Troy....
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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31.07.2012 - 18:47
musicalkaratekid

I know Disturbed are a successful and everything...

...but this album is just plain bad. Only 'Voices' and 'Down with the Sickness' stop it from being the worst album I've ever heard.
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16.02.2013 - 10:36
Jaeryd
Nihil's Maw
I'm with Troy, I would rate this album lower, but this was part of how I got into metal, and the nostalgia factor keeps me from viewing this objectively. Stupify and Meaning of Life are still fun songs; at least it's better than a lot of other shitty alternative metal out there.

This doesn't deserve as high as a 7 rating, but I can't help it. It's decent enough to earn the C grade.
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24.10.2013 - 06:35
Lião
Account deleted
First four songs are catchy, also the TFF cover.

Well, most time it was a common, copycat nu metal, but at least I found a enjoyable New Wave Band here
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11.02.2018 - 17:16
Rating: 8
Cobalto

Great album \m/
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06.03.2020 - 14:51
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
DISTURBED frontman David Draiman has confirmed that the band won't perform its 2000 debut album "The Sickness" in its entirety on "The Sickness 20th Anniversary Tour

Tour:
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/disturbed-wont-perform-entire-the-sickness-album-on-20th-anniversary-tour/
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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31.07.2022 - 08:30
Rating: 6
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Nothing memorable about this debut it's pretty average tbh, the vocals are good but the music and songwriting is very generic.

I thought "Shout 2000" was a fairly decent song, nothing special though, and the rest was average.
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12.01.2023 - 17:03
Rating: 8
metalbrat

'Down with the Sickness' is one among my all time favorite songs
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In the beginning I was made of clay. Then I bit the apple and they changed me to metal 🤘
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