Asylum (Disturbed album)

Asylum
The cover art of Asylum featuring Disturbed's mascot, The Guy
Studio album by
Disturbed
ReleasedAugust 31, 2010 (2010-08-31)
RecordedFebruary 8 – April 20, 2010
StudioGroovemaster Studios in Chicago, Illinois
Genre
Length52:54
LabelReprise
Producer
Disturbed chronology
Live & Indestructible
(2008) 		Asylum
(2010) 		The Lost Children
(2011)
Singles from Asylum
  1. "Another Way to Die"
    Released: June 14, 2010
  2. "Asylum"
    Released: July 19, 2010 (radio)
  3. "The Animal"
    Released: October 4, 2010
  4. "Warrior"
    Released: March 3, 2011

Asylum is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Disturbed. It was released on August 31, 2010, in the United States through Reprise Records.[1] The album is meant to take a fresh direction in the band's music career, while remaining consistent with the band's previous albums. Most of the lyrical content was inspired by aspects of frontman David Draiman's life prior to making the album. Asylum is also the third consecutive Disturbed album to not feature the Parental Advisory label (although the deluxe version on iTunes is marked explicit for live versions of their earlier material from The Sickness). A tour in support of the album, titled the Asylum Tour, started in late August 2010.

Asylum debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with sales of approximately 179,000 according to Nielsen Soundscan. This is the fourth consecutive number one album in the U.S. for Disturbed. The other two bands ever to accomplish this feat in the Soundscan era are metal band Metallica and folk rock/jam band Dave Matthews Band.[2][3] On March 31, 2011, Asylum was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[4]

  1. ^ "Disturbed Reveal Asylum Artwork". Metal Hammer. June 29, 2010. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  2. ^ "Katy Perry's reign at No. 1 on Billboard 200 ends". Newman, Melinda. September 5, 2010. Archived from the original on September 9, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  3. ^ "Disturbed Nets Fourth No. 1 on Billboard 200 with 'Asylum'". Caulfield, Keith. September 8, 2010. Archived from the original on September 8, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).