Divisive

Divisive is the eighth album, on which Disturbed ties weighty riffs and emotional singing to themes conscious of social division. As the title suggests, a perspective looking at a present swirling with conflict and discord runs throughout. Keeping the range widened on the previous album, it returns to a more aggressive, direct energy here. Firm guitar and Draiman's powerful singing build tense songs. The lead single "Hey You" became a signature song with its robust riff and chorus, and "Bad Man" and "Unstoppable" carry sharp hooks too. "Don't Tell Me," featuring Heart's Ann Wilson as a guest, stands out as a dramatic duet. Balancing aggression and lyricism, the band powerfully sounds its response to an age of division. A powerful record showing the current standing of a matured Disturbed.