Whereas Disturbed had a monumental 12 months celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of their 5x multi-platinum debut album “The Illness” on the street, the previous 12 months or so haven’t all been highs for the nü-metal/various metallic stars. Exterior of allegedly damaging some banners from the Chicago Bulls with their pyro, the band’s frontman David Draiman has turn into a magnet for controversy.
Draiman, who’s of Jewish heritage, has been unwaveringly vocal in expressing his political opinions on social media. Some nonetheless have taken situation together with his unwavering help for Israel within the Israel Gaza battle. There’s a really vocal contingent of people that felt Draiman took it a step too far in signing an artillery shell whereas visiting with the Israel Protection Power.
Whereas Draiman‘s discovered a justifiable share of help for his actions, that artillery shell signing, and his frequent expression of divisive political opinions on quite a lot of subjects on his social media proceed to gas his critics. The uproar surrounding Draiman has led to backlash for a band who collaborated with him, viewers members allegedly booing him on the ‘Again To The Starting‘ pageant, and even a canceled present in Brussels over safety considerations. There’s additionally been public beefs, starting from feuds with the likes of Kneecap and actor John Cusack, amongst others.
Which is all to say, that Disturbed‘s plans to take it straightforward in 2026 with some appreciable downtime definitely can’t damage issues in the intervening time. With the band having only in the near past concluded the European/UK leg of their aforementioned anniversary tour, it seems like they’ll lay dormant for a while.
The band’s guitarist Dan Donegan took to Instagram stay earlier as we speak, October thirty first, commenting of the band’s present outlook:
“We’re executed [playing shows for now]. We’re executed with ‘The Illness‘, executed with the anniversary tour. [We’ll be] residence for the remainder of the 12 months, and doubtless gonna take fairly a little bit of day off subsequent 12 months. So no discussions of doing anything. We simply really feel like we might use a break. It’s been a reasonably robust run earlier this 12 months. We began within the U.S. and a little bit bit into Canada and ending this European run, we simply really feel we might get pleasure from a while residence.
And [we’ve] bought loads of stuff happening in our private lives. [We’ve] bought holidays arising. Sadly, a handful of us had some kin go away whereas we had been in Europe. So I had an uncle go away final week. My guitar tech had his father and a cousin, per week aside from one another, each handed away. So these are the issues that occur once you stay life on tour and on the street. And it’s such a heartbreaking factor, to be away from residence and also you get that sort of cellphone name when someone near you or a member of the family passes away.”
[via Blabbermouth.net]