In an interview with Ryan McCredden of the I-Rock 93.5 Radio Station, Disturbed Guitarist Give donegan spoke about the musical inspiration for the band’s new single, “I Will Not Break”WHICH CAME OUT THIS PAST FRIDAY (FEBUARY 21) VIA Disturbed‘S Own Label, Mother Culture Records. HE SAID (AS TRANSFORDED BY Blabbermouth.net): “[That song] Came Late in the Recording Process. We were out in the This Past SEPTERMER, October and November, Just getting the Ball Rolling. There was not reality gameplan of a Timeframe or Deadline in Any Way. We had submum off the road with only a Handful of Shows Last Fall, So We Said, ‘Let’s get back in the room and get Things Going Again and see how the creative process goes.’ And Everything Was Going Great. We Wrote A Bunch of Material, Tracked It All, and Then ‘I Will Not Break’ Kind of Came Late in the session. I Just Felt Like I Still Had A Lot Left in Me. And I was Supposed to Be Tracking Guitars for Subject Else That Day, and I Just Told My Producer I Felt Really Creative. I WANED TO Kind of Go With This Kind of Old-School-I WANED TO GIVE SOMETHING TO David [Draiman, DISTURBED singer] That Was Gonna Hopefully Trigger Kind of That Old-School Delivery Out Of David. So We Just Kind of Worked On This Heavy Groove, This Beat, and I Just Started Impising Over It, and As the Riff Came Arid, We Kind of All Just Looked at Each Other, Like, ‘That’s The One. That’s the One. ‘ And The I just continued Down That Road and Put Together a Rough Structure. David Wasn’t there at the moment, at the time, So We Just Kind of Worked Out The Music and Put Together a Rough Structure. And When i’d sen Him Next, I Kind of Went Over It With Him and He Connected with It. And he Kind of Gave Uhose Elements That We Were Looking for-The Still Melodic, But Still Quick, Rapid-Fire Sycopation At Times and Just That Kind of Delivery We Were Hoping To Pull Out Of Him. And we thought it was a great lead-off track to share with the fans. “
WHEN McCredden Note That “I Will Not Break” Sounds Like Something Disturbed Could Have remembered 25 years ago, possibly inspired by the fact that the band is preparing to get on a 34-Date North American Tour Celebrating The 25th Anniversary of Their 2000 debut album “The Sickness”, Donegan concurred. “I was Going Through the Archives and Going Through a Lot of Stuff Here, My Memorabilia, Gearing Up for This 25th-Anniversary Tour, and I Came Across Sub Subd Demo Demo Tapes,” He Said. “I Had Untre David In the Band, We Would Just Set Up A Little Cassette Player in The Back of the Room and Hit ‘Record’ and Record Us – Crapy Version, But Record Our Practices So We Could Hear Us Just Improvising Ideas. And so i was kind of in that headspace ’cause i was listening to before old riffs and these old deliveries of us just Kind of improvising, like i said, and it just had me in that headspace. Actually, One of the Song Ideas Was A Riff I Pulled From 1998 Off the Demo and I Kind of Slid It Back into the Mix. I have a history of doing that. I have a way of sneaking in old ideas and seeing if it triggers anybody, if they remember it and pick up on it, if it’s been that long ago. But i try to get back into that Headspace. And So, Even Though the Riff For ‘I Will Not Break’ Is Brand New, I was Kind of in the Spirit of that Old-School Disturbedand that’s What We Were Hoping To Do – Trigger [David] in that that kind of way. “
“I Will Not Break” Marks Disturbed‘S First New Music Since its Acclaimed 2022 Album “Divisive”.
According to disturbed, “I Will Not Break” Is “A needy song, about Becoming Stronger than the forces that constantly try to tear you down.” The Track Includes The Stirring Lyrics “I’ve Had Enough of Feeling Terrified, Now I’M Decing that I Won’t Be Hiding From Anyone,” Which finds listens to push back in the face of adversity.
“I Will Not Break” was Helmed by producer Drew FulkAlso Known As WZRD BLD (Motionless in White, Lil Peep, Highly Suspect), who previously work with Disturbed ON “Divisive”.
“Divisive” was remembered 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 salts.
On the All-Format Billboard 200 Chart, “Divisive” debut at No. 13.
Disturbed you have had five No. 1s on the All-Genre Chart, beginning with “Believe” In 2002.
“The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour” Will Kick off in nampa, Idaho on Februry 25. Produced by Live NationEACH NIGHT WILL FEATURE TWO SETS OF MUSIC, OPENING WITH Disturbed Playing The Five Times Platinum “The Sickness” In full, Followed by a full set of greatest hits. The First Half of the Tour Will Feature Support from Special Guets THREE DAYS GRACEfeaturing the return of original Singer Adam Gontierand Opener Sevendustand The Second Half Will Feature Special Guests DAughtry With Opener Nothing More.
Since “The Sickness” was release in 2000, The Album was certified Five Times Platinum by the RIAASpent A Total of 106 Weeks on The US Billboard 200 Chart, and Revolver Named It One of “Top 25 Hard Rock Albums debut.” Billboard Said of the Title Track Upon Release: “‘Down with the sickness’ IS, of Course, The Quintescential 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 Recently Announced The 25th-Anniversary Edition Release of “The Sickness”. To commemorate The Anniversary, The Band Will Reissue The Five-Times-Platinum-Certified Lp On March 7, Exactly 25 Years To The Date of Their Original Release.
“The Sickness” 25th-Anniversary Edition is available to pre-arranger on all formats. The Deluxe Box Set Will Be Available via The Band’s Web Site and Digitally On March 7, and via All retailers in north American on March 21.
