Original Article: blabbermouth.net

DISTURBED garnered its 19th No. 1 on the Active Rock radio chart with “Don’t Tell Me”, the band’s latest single, which features a guest appearance by Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and HEART co-founder Ann Wilson. The song is DISTURBED’s fourth No. 1 off the band’s acclaimed album “Divisive”, out now via Reprise Records.

This is the second time DISTURBED has earned four No. 1s on a single record, having previously accomplished the same feat on 2015’s “Immortalized”. Only nine rock albums since 1992 have been able to secure four No. 1 songs on the Mediabase Rock charts and two of them have been DISTURBED’s.

TheMatt Mahurin-directed music video for “Don’t Tell Me” can be seen below. The song marks the first time DISTURBED has included a guest feature on an LP.

DISTURBED vocalist David Draiman commented: “I have tremendous respect for Ann. In my humble opinion, she’s the greatest female rock voice of all time. I think she’s untouchable. I feel like we were very gifted to have her be a part of this.”

Wilson added: “I was honored when I got the call from David Draiman. DISTURBED did a version of ‘The Sound Of Silence’ that my husband and I both really dug. And so when the opportunity came to sing a duet with him on a song that meant so much to David emotionally, I jumped at the chance. And then the video turned out great, which is yet another cherry on top. Hopefully we’ll find a time to perform ‘Don’t Tell Me’ live together at some point. If they call, I’m there.”

Last November, DISTURBED shared behind-the-scenes photos from the set of the “Don’t Tell Me” video shoot in California and captioned them: “On set for our video shoot for our next single ‘Don’t Tell Me’ featuring @annwilson from @heartofficial”.

Regarding how the collaboration with Wilson came about, DISTURBED drummer Mike Wengren told Terrie Carr of WDHA-FM 105.5 FM: “That was always supposed to be the ‘power ballad,’ per se. And as we were tracking it in the studio, David just threw out the idea, ‘Hey, let’s do a duet on this song.’ We’ve tossed around the idea before, but there wasn’t ever either the right material or the right time. So in this particular case, we kind of said, ‘Well, who you’ve got in mind?’ And he didn’t even have a list; he just had one person, and that was Ann. It was a no-brainer. ‘Hey, let’s hit up Ann. Let’s see if she’d be into it.’ And she was on board right away; we didn’t have to convince her.”

Mike continued: “[David and Ann] sort of struck up a bit of a friendship, a little bit of a rapport. When [DISTURBED cover version of] ‘The Sound Of Silence’ came out years back and had its success, she was one of many artists and celebrities that took it up themselves to go on Twitter and praise the song and praise our version of it, which we couldn’t have been more honored. Iconic, legendary Ann Wilson thinks that we did a great job with a SIMON & GARFUNKEL cover. That’s pretty incredible, a pretty great honor. So when we reached out to her, she was more than willing to jump on board. And she came in and she killed it… And she’s super cool and down to earth too, and just incredibly talented. It’s such an honor to have her be on our record. And to me, the blending of her voice and David’s voice, they really, really work so well together. I’m so proud of David and just so honored to have her a part of our record.”

In September 2022, DISTURBED guitarist Dan Donegan, whose divorce inspired “Don’t Tell Me”, told Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station about the band’s collaboration with Wilson: “Early in our career, we wanted to really establish ourselves without having any guests. We didn’t really talk about it much, but just [felt], ‘This is the band.’ Not that we were ever against it, but this far along in our career… We’re always pushing ourselves, trying to do stuff that’s different musically. And there’s so much talent out there and so many people we would love to do collaborations with now or later in our career.

“Ann Wilson had mentioned before — she tweeted about us before,” he continued. “A few years back, somebody asked her in an interview or whatever if there’s anything new out there, or newer, musically that she’s heard that she’s fan of, and she mentioned she really loved our version of ‘The Sound Of Silence’. And that kind of opened the door to a social media friendship between her and David a bit. And then when we wrote this song, it just seemed like it would lend itself to Ann’s voice and then trying to see that merge between her and David’s voices together. She jumped on the opportunity. Immediately she responded, and we were, like, ‘Holy shit. She just said yes to this.'”

Asked by Meltdown if “Don’t Tell Me” is a more mellow track than the standard DISTURBED fare, Dan said: “I can’t give it away, but their voices, it’s like Fergie and Jesus — a little ‘Step Brothers’ [2008 movie] quote there… It was a pretty magical moment to be in the room and to hear the two of them harmonize together.

“We tracked David’s vocals in Nashville, and we wanted to make it easy and convenient for her, ’cause we were, like, she said yes, she’s gonna do it,” Donegan continued. “Let’s make it as easy as possible on her.’ We flew out to California to meet with her. We went into a studio out there for just a couple of hours, and she sang against David’s tracks. And he was there kind of going over the harmonies with her and stuff too. So it was kind of a really magical moment to see the two of them working on those harmonies together. It was pretty impressive. And she’s such a pro, and she’s so damn good. She’s a legend. So it was pretty exciting. And it’s not like she sits there and jumps on people’s albums either, so we take that as a badge of honor to think that there’s not many times where somebody as big a legend as she is that she would jump on any album. She doesn’t have to, and she chose to be on this one. And she loves the track. And it just came together great.”

Released in November 2022, “Divisive” was recorded earlier that year with producer Drew Fulk (MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, LIL PEEP, HIGHLY SUSPECT) in Nashville, Tennessee.

According to Billboard, “Divisive” sold 26,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release, with 22,000 units via album sales.

On the all-format Billboard 200 chart, “Divisive” debuted at No. 13.

DISTURBED has had five No. 1s on the all-genre chart, beginning with “Believe” in 2002.

Original Article: planetradio.co.uk

Country singer and rock music aficionado Carrie Underwood has accepted David Draiman’s open invitation to sing on stage with Disturbed – however, it won’t be at the band’s upcoming Nashville show.

Earlier this week, David Draiman took to social media to invite Carrie Underwood to sing Ann Wilson’s parts on ‘Don’t Tell Me’ at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Saturday 17th February 2024.

Draiman wrote: ‘Who’d like to see @carrieunderwood perform #DontTellMe with @Disturbed in #Nashville 🤘🏻??!! I know I sure as hell would! What do you say? Carrie? Shall we rock? #CarrieUnderwood #Disturbed #DontTellMe.’

Last night, Carrie Underwood responded to Draiman’s plea, and wrote: “Ahhhhh!!! Why am I not in town when you guys are playing here?”

Confirming that she’s up for a Disturbed collaboration, she added: “Our time will come…”

Ahhhhh!!! Why am I not in town when you guys are playing here? 😫 Our time will come… https://t.co/4T7o2RtcY0

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) February 1, 2024

The emotionally charged ‘Don’t Tell Me’ featuring Heart’s Ann Wilson first appeared on Disturbed’s 2022 album ‘Divisive’, and it marked the first time a guest featured on a studio record by the Chicago band.

A keen rock music fan, Carrie Underwood supported Guns N’ Roses on three dates of their North American tour in August 2023, and she duly injected rock anthems into her setlist.

Alongside rockier versions of her own repertoire, Underwood belted out Motörhead’s seminal song ‘Ace of Spades’, Heart’s ‘Alone’, The Rolling Stones’ ‘Wild Horses’ and Joan Jett’s ‘Bad Reputation.’

Earlier in the summer, she also covered Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Mama, I’m Coming Home’, which features lyrics penned by Motörhead’s Lemmy, during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show.

Carrie Underwood is good friends with Axl Rose, and she was joined on stage by the Guns N’ Roses rocker at Stagecoach Country Music Festival in April 2022 for renditions of ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ and ‘Paradise City.’

Underwood also united with Guns N’ Roses at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to duet on ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’, and in March 2023 Rose joined Underwood on stage again at the Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena for ‘Welcome to the Jungle.’

Original Article: loudersound.com

If you know only two Disturbed songs, you know Down With The Sickness and you know their cover of The Sound Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel. The video for that cover version has been viewed over 400 million times on YouTube, and to be fair, it is a stunning reworking of a classic. So stunning, in fact, that they’ve just repeated the trick with their equally dramatic take on former Police frontman Sting’s If I Ever Lose My Faith In You.

But did you know that David Draiman and co. have covered quite a few songs in their time? Some of which are better than others. Here we count down the band’s seven different covers in order from worst to best.

8. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (originally by U2)

Disturbed turn U2’s earnest, gospel-inflected ballad into a chugging, rock-radio song. The riffs from the second verse onwards sound weirdly out of place, as does the mid-song solo. Plus, there’s only one monkey noise in it.

7. Fade To Black (originally by Metallica)

A live version on the Music As A Weapon II compilation showed Disturbed could do pretty good Metallica karaoke, David even doing a throaty, Hetfield rasp. They added nothing new to The Four Horsemen’s song, though.

6. Living After Midnight (originally by Judas Priest)

This song featured on a covermount CD that came with this very magazine. Again, it remains largely faithful to the original version, Disturbed paying tribute to some of the legends that inspired them.