It is the band’s first new piece of material since 2022
Just days ahead of their highly anticipated tour celebrating their debut album, Disturbed have unleashed a brand new single. The all-new single “I Will Not Break” is the band’s first piece of recorded material to come out since their 2022 album Divisive. Stream the official audio below.
Next week, Disturbed are returning to the road to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their legendary debut album, The Sickness.
Each 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 guests Three Days Grace, featuring the return of original singer Adam Gontier, and Sevendust. The second half of the trek will feature special guests Daughtry and Nothing More.
Tickets and VIP Packages are on sale now.
Since The Sickness was released in 2000, the album was certified five times platinum by the RIAA, spent a total of 106 weeks on the US Billboard 200 chart.
Disturbed toured extensively in 2023 and 2024. Revisit our review and live photos from the band’s tour HERE.
Last May, Disturbed are headlining Sonic Temple alongside Misfits, Pantera, and Slipknot. The four-day jaunt also featured acts include Judas Priest, Sleep Token, Falling In Reverse, Limp Bizkit, 311, A Day to Remember, Clutch, Mr Bungle, Anthrax, Mudvayne, and many more. The 2024 installment marked the first time that Sonic Temple will featured a fourth stage, expanding the lineup for even more acts to play.
Disturbed’s eighth studio album Divisive arrived last November via Reprise Records. It was produced by Drew Faulk (Papa Roach, Highly Suspect, Motionless In White). The album performed well commercially, hitting No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock and Top Alternative Albums charts.
Last January, Disturbed premiered a brand new video for their single, “Don’t Tell Me.” The song features a very special guest appearance from Heart’s Ann Wilson. It is the first time Disturbed have featured a guest on one of their studio albums.
In an interview with Terrie Carr of WDHA-FM 105.5 FM, Disturbed drummer Mike Wengren said, “That was always supposed to be the ‘power ballad,’ per se. And as we were tracking it in the studio, David [Draiman, Disturbed frontman] 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.”
They [David and Ann] sort of struck up a bit of a friendship, a little bit of a rapport. When ‘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 interview with Detroit’s WRIF Meltdown, Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan, whose divorce inspired “Don’t Tell Me”, said, “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.’
