DISTURBED ANNOUNCE THE 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION RELEASE OF THEIR SEMINAL DEBUT ALBUM THE SICKNESS ON MARCH 7TH
ALBUM WILL BE AVAILABLE AS A DELUXE BOX SET, 2 CD DELUXE EDITION, VARIOUS VINYL EDITIONS, AND DIGITALLY
SHARE “GLASS SHATTERS” (NEW MIX)AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON DSPS
34-DATE THE SICKNESS 25TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR IN NORTH AMERICA BEGINS FEBRUARY 25th
BAND TO PERFORM TWO SETS EACH NIGHT, THE SICKNESS IN ITS ENTIRETY AND A SECOND SET OF GREATEST HITS
“Disturbed are undoubtedly one of the most popular metal bands of the 21st century.”
– Revolver
Today, multi-platinum rock band, Disturbed, announce the 25th anniversary edition release of The Sickness on March 7th, their seminal debut album which launched the band into public consciousness and is one of the most important and influential heavy metal albums of all time. To commemorate the anniversary, the band will reissue their five-times Platinum certified debut album on March 7th exactly 25 years to the date of their original release, in editions including:
- A Limited Edition 1-LP (silver vinyl) and 3-CD Box Set. It includes the original album, B-sides, unreleased demos, and an unreleased 14-track concert from The Palladium in LA from April 2001 as well as songs recorded at Chicago’s Metro in March 2000 and the London Astoria in February 2001. The box includes a poster, cloth patch, backstage pass, and a set of guitar picks. It also includes a book featuring rare photos and memorabilia, and an extensive essay with new interviews with the members of Disturbed, and producer Johnny K. An exclusive lithograph signed by the band is included with the limited-edition D2C format.
- A 2-CD Deluxe Edition that includes the original album, plus a disc of B-sides, unreleased demos, and rarities. The booklet features an essay with new interviews with the members of Disturbed and producer Johnny K.
- Vinyl editions including variants in limited edition green vinyl, limited edition orange vinyl (Germany/Central Europe exclusive), and limited edition milky clear vinyl (Spotify Fans First).
- Digitally, which includes all 40 tracks included in the limited-edition box set.
The Sickness 25th Anniversary edition is available to pre-order on all formats here. The deluxe box set will be available via the band’s website and digitally on March 7th, and via all retailers in North America on the 21st.
Today the band also shared a new mix of their song “Glass Shatters,” available for the first time ever on DSPs, and includes a Stone Cold Steve Austin intro. Listen to “Glass Shatters” here.
Disturbed has become one of the most celebrated and commercially successful metal acts of all time. To date, Disturbed has seen record-breaking success with sales of over 17 million units and 14 billion streams. It all began with The Sickness, which includes their songs “Down With The Sickness” (recently certified 8x platinum), "Stupify" (2x platinum), "Voices" (Gold), and "The Game" (Gold). The album peaked at #29 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and spent a total of 106 weeks on the chart. To date, The Sickness has been streamed 2.5B times worldwide. It was included as #24 on Loudwire’s “Top 25 Debut Hard Rock Albums” list, one of Metal Hammer’s “20 Best Albums of 2000,” and was highlighted in Revolver Magazine’s “20 Essential Nu Metal Albums” list. Billboard said of the title track upon release: “‘Down With The Sickness’ is, of course, the quintessential Disturbed song, harnessing all the band’s seethe and its now-famous tribal beat and guitar chug into three and a half minutes of alt-metal mayhem. It’s menacing, it’s rhythmic, it’s rebellious.”
Disturbed - The Sickness 25th Anniversary Edition
Deluxe Box Set
Original Album – LP & CD
1 Voices
2 The Game
3 Stupify
4 Down With The Sickness
5 Violence Fetish
6 Fear
1 Numb
2 Want
3 Conflict
4 Shout 2000
5 Droppin Plates
6 Meaning Of Life
CD 2 (Demos and Rarities)
1 The Game Demo (unreleased)
2 Stupify Demo (unreleased)
3 Down With The Sickness Demo (unreleased)
4 Want Demo (unreleased)
5 Shout Demo (unreleased)
6 Droppin' Plates Demo (unreleased)
7 Meaning of Life Demo (unreleased)
8 God Of The Mind Released on 10th anniversary CD/2LP version (The Lost Children)
9 A Welcome Burden Released on 10th anniversary CD/2LP version (The Lost Children)
10 Stupify The Forbidden "Fu" mix
11 Glass Shatters (New Mix) AKA "Stone Cold Theme". New Mix with Steve Austin intro (Unreleased Version)
CD 3 (Live- Recorded live at The Palladium, Los Angeles- April 18 2001)
1 Want (Live)
2 Fear (Live)
3 Droppin' Plates (Live)
4 Fetish (Live)
5 Stupify (Live)
6 Numb (Live)
7 God Of The Mind (Live)
8 Shout 2000 (Live)
9 Voices (Live)
10 Meaning Of Life (Live)
11 Conflict (live)
12 The Game (Live)
13 Walk (Live)
14 Down With The Sickness (Live)
15 Voices (Live) Recorded live at the Metro, Chicago (March 10 2000)
16 Stupify (Live) Recorded live at the London Astoria (February 25 2001)
ABOUT DISTURBED:
Emerging out of Chicago at the turn of the century with an insidious, infectious, and inimitable vision without comparison, Disturbed have quietly dominated hard rock on their own terms. They make the kind of music that pushes you to hold on tighter, fight harder, and persevere forever. It’s why they’ve claimed a place at the forefront of 21st century rock with record-breaking success, sales of over 17 million-plus units, nearly 8 billion streams, and sold out shows around the globe. The band have six RIAA album certifications, and singles from all eight albums have reached the top ten of the Mainstream Rock chart.
The two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated quartet have notched five consecutive #1 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 for Believe, Ten Thousand Fists, Indestructible, and Asylum, occupying rarified air alongside Metallica—the only other hard rock group to accomplish this feat. Since their influential 5x-platinum debut The Sickness in 2000, they have built a bulletproof catalog highlighted by a procession of smashes, including the platinum “Stupify,” “Inside The Fire,” and “Land of Confusion,” 2x-platinum “Stricken,” 6x-platinum “Down With The Sickness,” and 7x-platinum “The Sound of Silence,” to name a few. The latter notably received a GRAMMY® Award nomination in the category of “Best Rock Performance” as the band earned “Best Rock Artist” at the 2017 iHeartRadioMusic Awards. Still, Disturbed never stop, and their most recent 2022 album Divisive featured their 17th #1 at Rock Radio “Hey You,” “Unstoppable,” and more.