Editing Disturbed (band) (section)

==Artistry==
===Musical style===
Disturbed is mostly classified as [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]],<ref name="rollingstone1">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/disturbed/articles/story/7687833/disturbed_get_revenge|title=Disturbed Get Revenge|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|date=October 6, 2005|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220071000/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/disturbed/articles/story/7687833/disturbed_get_revenge|archive-date=February 20, 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=August 31, 2006}} <!--- ORIGINAL LINK IS DEAD: https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/disturbed/articles/story/7687833/disturbed_get_revenge ---></ref><ref name="IGN2">{{cite web |url=http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/654/654530p1.html |title=Ten Thousand Fists review by at IGN |access-date=January 6, 2009 |last=D. |first=Spence |date=September 28, 2005 |publisher=[[IGN Music]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902102627/http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/654/654530p1.html |archive-date=September 2, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="PM">{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/disturbed-indestructible |title=Disturbed: Indestructible &lt; Music |publisher=PopMatters |first=Andrew |last=Blackie |date=June 16, 2008 |access-date=March 6, 2009}}</ref><ref name="NME">{{cite news |url=https://www.nme.com/artists/disturbed |title=Disturbed Biography |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |access-date=March 6, 2009}}</ref><ref name="About.com">{{cite web|url = http://heavymetal.about.com/od/disturbed/p/disturbed.htm|title = Disturbed Biography|publisher = about.com|access-date = March 16, 2009|archive-date = February 29, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120229134225/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/disturbed/p/disturbed.htm|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2009/02/27/Concert_announcement_.html|title = Heavy metal tour heads to town|publisher = Columbus Dispatch|date = February 27, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121020232127/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2009/02/27/Concert_announcement_.html|archive-date = October 20, 2012|df = mdy-all}}</ref> [[hard rock]]<ref name="rollingstone1"/><ref name="IGN2"/><ref name="PM"/><ref name="NME"/><ref name="About.com"/><ref name="BerelianPage102">Berelian, Essi, "The Rough Guide To Heavy-Metal" (2005), p. 102</ref> and [[alternative metal]],<ref name="IGN1" /><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p415878|pure_url=yes}} |title=Disturbed Overview |access-date=February 4, 2009 |last=Loftus |first=Johnny |publisher=AllMusic.com}}</ref> while their early sound has been described as [[nu metal]].<ref name="rollingstone1"/><ref name="PM"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/disturbed/biography |title=Disturbed Biography from 2004's The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=March 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614022145/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/disturbed/biography |archive-date=June 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="IGN1">{{cite web |url=http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/879/879884p1.html |title=Indestructible review by at IGN |access-date=January 6, 2009 |last=Kaz |first=Jim |date=June 6, 2008 |publisher=IGN music |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004552/http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/879/879884p1.html |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2006, when asked about die-hard heavy metal fans not finding Disturbed heavy enough, Draiman stated:

{{blockquote|"We probably have too much melody going on or we're not quite as turbulent or caustic. While I really love that type of music, it's not what we try to do. If we have to place things in context, we're more hard rock than heavy metal these days.<ref name="ultimateguitar">{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/disturbed_see_themselves_as_being_a_three-decade_spanning_band.html |title=Disturbed See Themselves 'As Being A Three-Decade Spanning Band', which is a big thing to say |access-date=December 29, 2006 |last=Magner |first=Howie |date=November 24, 2006 |publisher=UltimateGuitar.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204221005/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/disturbed_see_themselves_as_being_a_three-decade_spanning_band.html |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>}}
{{blockquote|The secret is that we were never really part of any particular trend, although we definitely benefited from the popularity of what was called nu metal at the time&nbsp;... We never had the stereotypical attributes that those bands had. We don't rap; there's no turntable involved; no fusion in that respect. We play, in my opinion, classic metal. [[Black Sabbath|Sabbath]], [[Iron Maiden|Maiden]], [[Judas Priest|Priest]], [[Metallica]], [[Pantera]]: these are the bands that made us want to play."<ref name="Orlando Sentinel">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_music_blog/2009/04/disturbed-indestructible-more-than-an-album-title.html |title=Disturbed: Indestructible more than an album title |access-date=April 9, 2009 |last=Abbott |first=Jim |date=April 9, 2009 |work=Orlando Sentinel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112121038/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_music_blog/2009/04/disturbed-indestructible-more-than-an-album-title.html |archive-date=November 12, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>}}
Allmusic reviewer Bradley Torreano described the album ''[[Believe (Disturbed album)|Believe]]'' as "taking the sort of jump that their heroes in [[Soundgarden]] and Pantera made after their respective breakthrough records".<ref name="allmusicreview">{{cite web |title=Overview Believe Disturbed |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r607468|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=April 27, 2010}}</ref> He also described the title track as moving "from a brutal chug to a sweeping chorus that suddenly stops in its tracks and turns into a winding [[riff]] that recalls the work of vintage [[James Hetfield]]".
''Believe'' is also considered by several critics to be a step away from the [[nu metal]] sound featured on ''[[The Sickness]]'', moving towards a more [[hard rock]] and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] sound that was continued in their following albums.<ref name="411mania.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.411mania.com/music/album_reviews/822/Disturbed-%E2%80%93-Ten-Thousand-Fists-Review.htm |title=Disturbed – Ten Thousand Fists Review |first=Brandon |last=Ratliff |publisher=411 Mania |access-date=April 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025061035/http://www.411mania.com/music/album_reviews/822/Disturbed-%E2%80%93-Ten-Thousand-Fists-Review.htm |archive-date=October 25, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="blender.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50905/believe.html |title=Review Disturbed Believe |first=Ben |last=Mitchell |publisher=Blender |access-date=April 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025050947/http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50905/believe.html |archive-date=October 25, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="ew.com">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,350620,00.html |title=Music Review Believe (2002) Disturbed |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=Josh |last=Tyrangiel |date=September 20, 2002 |access-date=April 27, 2010 |archive-date=August 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803092443/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,350620,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1382607|pure_url=yes}} |title=Indestructible – Disturbed |author=James Christopher Monger |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=April 27, 2010}}</ref>

Guitarist Dan Donegan uses [[guitar tunings]] [[Drop C tuning|drop C]], drop C#, and drop B (also occasionally E♭ standard), which are lower tunings than regular E standard.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} These lower tunings allow for a heavier sound and quicker [[chord changes]] in Donegan's riffs.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} Donegan also uses subtle electronic effects, which the rest of the band refers to as "The Danny Donegan Orchestra".<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 2008|title=Dan Donegan interview: A Real Trooper|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/dan-donegan-interview-real-trooper|access-date=2021-05-19|website=[[Guitar World]]}}</ref>
=== Lyrics ===
According to frontman David Draiman on the band home documentary ''[[M.O.L.]]'', the lyrics that he writes are inspired by actual experiences of his own, and he stated that he likes to present his ideas with cryptic lyrics.<ref name="M.O.L. DVD" />
These lyrical themes range from the [[Judeo-Christian]] concept of [[Heaven]] and [[Hell]], [[domestic abuse]], [[suicide]], [[insanity]], [[Interpersonal relationship|relationships]], war, to more fantastical themes, such as [[vampire|vampirism]], [[werewolf|werewolves]] and [[demon]]s. Many of the band's post-hiatus releases have featured political lyrics.

=== Influences ===
They have often cited their influences as [[Black Sabbath]], [[Judas Priest]], [[Metallica]], [[Pantera]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Queensrÿche]], and [[Soundgarden]].<ref name="Brinn">{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Music/The-hazan-who-became-Disturbed|title=The hazan who became disturbed|first=Davd|last=Brinn|date=January 2, 2011|work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> Draiman's main influences came from funk-infused bands such as [[Faith No More]], and he expresses much admiration for Faith No More singer [[Mike Patton]].<ref name=anniversary/><ref>{{cite web|access-date=January 30, 2021|url=http://newfaithnomore.com/2009/05/22/bands-love-faith-no-more/|title=David Draiman interview|publisher=Fangoria Online |date=2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007180133/http://newfaithnomore.com/2009/05/22/bands-love-faith-no-more/|archive-date=October 7, 2010}}<!-- Original dead link: http://fangoriaonline.com/musick/musick-news/2554-exclusive-talking-horror-with-david-draiman-of-disturbed.html --></ref>

=== Mascot ===
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[[file:The Guy live.jpg|thumb|upright|The Guy]]
Disturbed's mascot, named "The Guy", was originally a drawing of a face with a large grin, as seen on the back of the album ''[[The Sickness]]''. The original drawing of The Guy was then edited using a digital distorting program. After the original image had been distorted three times, The Guy became the band's official mascot. Later, he would be drawn as a full figure by artist [[David Finch (comics)|David Finch]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2024|reason=Unreferenced subsection/paragraph}}