Disturbed appear to have completed their anticipated eighth studio album and follow-up to 2018’s Evolution in an Instagram photo that lead singer David Draiman reportedly shared but subsequently deleted last week (April 9), according to ThePRP and Metal Injection.
The image purportedly showed a completed progress chart for the recording process of the effort, with 10 new songs all checked off alongside what were presumably the working titles for the tunes.
The Disturbed vocalist reportedly captioned the photo, “And that’s a wrap people.” See the song names near the bottom of this post.
Last year, Draiman told Loudwire Nights that the hard rock and heavy metal band’s forthcoming album evoked “old school Disturbed,” adding, “It’s somewhere between The Sickness and Ten Thousand Fists. It’s in that realm, and it was really, really nice going back there.”
Around the same time, he suggested the act considered splitting the “meat and potatoes”-sounding new material into separate releases, as opposed to issuing a “traditional full-length.”
This summer, Disturbed will hit the road for several music festival performances throughout North America. See the upcoming dates below and get tickets here.
Draiman Frequently Shares on Social Media
Elsewhere online last week, Draiman came to the defense of Lil Nas X on Twitter after conservative TV host Greg Kelly condemned the hip-hop artist on the platform.
In an April 4 tweet, Kelly, a Newsmax anchor, appeared to equate the openly gay rapper with perceived corruption in American culture, and he called the artist a fool “with zero talent.” It accompanied an image of Lil Nas X in an ornate half-shirt at April 3’s 64th Annual Grammy Awards.
Draiman responded April 5, “News flash @gregkellyusa, artists have been doing things like this for decades. Not sure why it bothers you when @LilNasX does it. Don’t like it? Don’t watch. You be you @LilNasX.”
The singer often uses Twitter and Instagram to address current issues in popular culture. The Disturbed rocker recently reinstated his Twitter after a sabbatical.
Disturbed Album Reported Working Song Titles
“Hey You”
“Divisive”
“Love to Hate”
“Part of Me”
“Won’t Back Down”
“Unstoppable”
“Take Back Your Life”
“Feeding the Fire”
“Bad Man”
“Don’t Tell Me”
Disturbed Summer 2022 U.S. Tour Dates
May 20 – Va. Beach, Va. @ Lunatic Luau
May 21 – Camden, N.J. @ MMRBQ
July 14 – Cadott, Wis. @ Rock Fest
July 16 – Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Upheaval
July 17 – Mansfield, Ohio @ Inkcarceration
Aug. 19 – Des Moines, Iowa @ State Fair *
Aug. 20 – Springfield, Ill. @ State Fair ^
Sept. 15 – Ocean City, Md. @ Bikefest
Sept. 24 – Detroit, Mich. @ Riff Fest
* With Chevelle
^ With Nita Strauss
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