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Asylum (Limited Edition)(CD/DVD) | 
| Artist: Disturbed
Label: Reprise
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 129
Format: Limited Edition, Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.6
UPC: 093624964179
EAN: 0093624964179
ASIN: B003U6YEE4
Release Date: August 31, 2010 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Tracks:
| • | Remnants | | • | Asylum | | • | The Infection | | • | Warrior | | • | Another Way To Die | | • | Never Again | | • | The Animal | | • | Crucified | | • | Serpentine | | • | My Child | | • | Sacrifice | | • | Innocence | | • | Ishfwilf | | • | Down With The Sickness (Live) [Explicit] | | • | Stricken (Live) |
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Product Description
Disturbed began building 'Asylum' as soon as they got off the road in the summer of 2009. Officially entering Groovemaster Studios in February 2010, the band set about self-producing the album, as they did with 'Indestructible.'
David Draiman (vocals) declares, 'This record shows a certain degree of maturation and enhanced complexity. 'Asylum' is still identifiably Disturbed, but the evolution is clear. It preserves the elements of what we do but at a more advanced level.'
Limited Edition Details:
-Expanded packaging in digi-pak with 16-page booklet
-CD: Standard album track listing plus 2 bonus live tracks 'Down With The Sickness' & 'Stricken'
-DVD: 'Decade Of Disturbed' (documentary) and Disturbed 'Dissected' (band showing/teaching fans to play tracks):
-Dan - Intro to the Asylum, Asylum, Another Way To Die, The Animal
-Dan/John - Stricken, Indestructible, Inside The Fire, The Night, Haunted
Each CD includes a card to access exclusive download or stream of the documentary 'Decade of Disturbed' that recalls ten years of history in the most candid of ways. It takes you through years of countless tours, dedication and sacrifice stripping away all the gloss and letting the real story be told... the documentary is about the fans and their brotherhood that has been formed with the band.
Album Description
Deluxe CD/DVD edition includes bonus DVD that contains a documentary and music lessons from the band. 2010 album from the Chicago-based Alt-Metal band. A decade after the release of their groundbreaking debut, The Sickness, Disturbed have become one of the most passionate and well-respected bands in the Hard Rock universe, a dependable source not only of pummeling riffs and jackhammer beats, but of personal and political insights into our troubled times. The band began building Asylum as soon as they got off the road in the summer of 2009. Officially entering Groovemaster Studios in February 2010, the band set about self-producing the album, as they did with Indestructible.
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 Long time fan, simple and honest review! September 10, 2010
KANE (VEGAS)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Listen I love Disturbed, have all albums and frankly they are probably my favorite band of the last ten years. However, I got the limited edition and have listened to it many times now and I am ready to give you a honest review. There is no need for me to pull numbers from my behind. Let me make it very simple.
THE FOLLOWING SONGS ARE A++++
Asylum
The Animal
THE FOLLOWING SONGS ARE DECENT AND WORTH PLAYING
The Infection
Another Way to Die
I COULD GO EITHER WAY ON THE FOLLOWING SONGS SO YOU MAY OR MAY NOT LIKE THEM
Sacrifice
Innocence
Serpentine (maybe barely)
THE FOLLOWING SONGS SIMPLY ARE NOT THAT GREAT
Remnants
Warrior
Never Again (especially this one)
Crucified
My Child
ISHFWILF or w/e it is called. (Spoiler free note: I did like the "track they did like this" a couple albums back. This one doesn't do it for me though)
For those desiring more of a narrative here it is: Half the album is quite unmemorable. I hate to say it "sucks" but vs. Disturbed's other work, that might be fair to say. Let me sum it up this way, I will have to listen more but this album will definitely be competing with Believe for the honor of Least Good Disturbed Album in my mind.
Let's end on a high note though, while I only find two songs to be particularly good, they are VERY good. So, if you are on the fence I suggest you save some money and just download Asylum and The Animal. If those don't do it for you nothing on here probably will. If you are a true and longtime fan the whole thing is worth getting since there are those two tracks and frankly The Infection and Another Way to Die are also pretty good. If you are new to Disturbed but just HAVE to buy one of their CDs, get something else. 10,000 Fists perhaps or even their last release. (Note, when I first heard Inside the Fire I just KNEW Disturbed still had it so maybe check that out). First release is also awesome of course.
Finally I did get the LE and that's what this review is for. So I'd give just the CD maybe a 2.5 or 3, but the LE I'm going to round down only because much of what is on the DVD is already available for free online. That said if you are a big fan and going to buy the disc anyway, then I'd say go for the LE. It is nice to have a DVD with the stuff and you can load it on a "mobile device" and watch it when you might otherwise just be listening to Disturbed. But for casual fans or new fans, consider just watching the stuff online and/or getting the regular edition.
So in conclusion, I am disappointed overall. Though a couple tracks are very strong, the overall release is not. I hope this is just a blip and the next one will be better but a lot of bands head downhill after so many releases so I am concerned.
 Disturbingly Disturbed September 9, 2010
Sky (New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Asylum is a typical Disturbed release. It's a disk of hard rocking, melodic music with terrific vocals by David Draiman that can be understood all the way through. And once again Dan Donegan (guitar) and Mike Wengren (drums) work together in a way that keeps every song rocking along with head bobbin, foot stompin precision (this as opposed to music where the drums and bass merely keep time in the background). But unfortunately, Asylum might be Disturbed's least impressive recording to date.
Now that said, I still think that Disturbed is the best Hard Rock band to come around in the last decade, and there would probably be more than Ten Thousand Fists in the air in agreement on that that. But where Asylum failed to impress me is with the lack of anything that sounds new; it sounds like a collection of everything they left on the cutting room floor from the Ten Thousand Fists and Indestrucible sessions. The songs on Asylum just sound very...familiar.
I suppose what's Disturbing me most is that unlike their previous records, especially the first two, on Asylum there's just not that absolute uniqueness to each song where there is no confusion as to whether the track has changed. I think a lot of this has to do with Mike Wengren; I've never heard more songs on any Disturbed album where he just plays 16th notes, you know like the sound of a low flying chopper going overhead, to keep time to the music. Wengren is usually so unique and precise. Not to say he doesn't show his raw talent as one of the best rock drummers on Asylum...he does. But the chopper effect started to blend a lot of the songs on Asylum together.
On the bright side, Dan Donegan has come completely out of his guitar solo shell. Donegan is clearly one of the more talented guitarists on the Hard Rock scene today. But when Nu Metal became popular, for some stupid reason it became taboo for a band to include guitar solos, and Hard Rock bands like Disturbed were guitar solo-silenced. Dan Donegan is clearly here to say that isn't the way it is or has to be anymore. He lays down some of his most blistering solos on Asylum...especially on the track Never Again. (Ironically, Disturbed's sololess The Sickness still stands as their best record ever.)
There are many bands trying to be hard these days. Disturbed do not have to try. Clearly their music is what comes naturally to them. And while I think Asylum is just an average release for Disturbed, it's a classic compared to the awful cookie cutter Pop Rock like Nickelback. Asylum is still straight-up Hard Rock, and I don't recommend that true fans pass on it. I do recommend that before Disturbed release their next record that they take a long break from each other and come back eager to impress themselves and their fans with something Sick.
As for the DVD that came with the Limited Edition...it was excellent. But I'm at a loss to explain why they call it exclusive to the Limited Edition CD/DVD package when it's available for all to download or stream on their web site. The DVD looks at the last ten years of Disturbed and is aptly named A Decade of Disturbed. If you're a hardened Disturbed One, you've probably seen some or a lot of this DVD on their web site or on their first DVD M.O.L., but watching this compilation was super entertaining and gives another look inside the band. Disappointingly, unlike M.O.L., there is no concert or full performances or videos on the DVD.
Overall, for Disturbed while Asylum isn't their best, it's good. Is it better than most of the garbage you hear on the radio?...You better believe it!
 Awesome! September 8, 2010
Ke (Florida)
Every song on this album is absolutely awesome. It has some of the best chorus music I have heard in a while. The lyrics are definately dark and erie.
Big fan of this ablum.
A disturbed 2 and 1/2 stars September 6, 2010
NightShade (USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first Disturbed album I ever bought was believe. After purchasing that album many years ago, I thought Disturbed were going to be one of the bands to watch out for over the years. I was pleased that someone had come onto the hard rock scene who had talent, and knew their craft well.. But sadly, over the years, it seemed Disturbed got weaker and weaker with each new release. They seemed to be one of those bands who threw memorable melodies and skilled playing out the window.. They replaced solid song writing with harder edged music filled with nothing but speedy riffs and power chords. I held hope for this album when I heard a band member say that the new disc was going to be a bit more musically complex than some of their other efforts. But the truth is, all disturbed did here was slow down some of the zippy playing and added a hint of melody to the music. In short, this album is a watered down version of their last CD, (which the title escapes me because I was so disappointed in the release.) In closing, all I can say is that Disturbed was not the musical messiah of modern heavy metal that I thought they would be. They have show us that they have talent, but refuse to let it shine as they continue to release new material. As the years go by, this band seems to be sinking into the obscurity of a zillion other groups that rely on speed rather than ability and originality.
A decent album, but doesn't live up to expectations September 5, 2010
quillaja (USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been a Disturbed fan for a pretty long time now, and I was really excited about the new album and looking forward to it. It seemed like it would be a promising album, but now that it's here, I can't say that it has lived up to my expectations. On my first listen, I didn't particularly like any of the songs, though none of them were too bad. After listening through a few more times, most of the songs grew on me a little more, and makes me say this is a "decent" album. Solid, but nothing really exciting.
My major complaints are 1) that quite a few of the tracks have (what I would consider) too much "electronic" sounds, like spacey sounds, beeps, and such. 2) Too many "sentimental" songs about environmental problems, the holocaust, etc. 3) Many of the songs just sound kind of similar and many have somewhat clichéd lyrics.
In a nutshell, I've felt for a little while that Disturbed has just lost the "disturbed" quality that made its music so kickass in The Sickness. That raw edge is pretty much absent from Asylum. There aren't any songs that I really love listening to on Asylum. Despite that, the album is overall "decent" and a worthwhile purchase for Disturbed fans. It just didn't live up to my expectations.
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