After a long hiatus, Chicago metal band Disturbed secretly recorded their latest album, Immortalized, which came out towards the end of last month. It was well worth the several year wait. While it isn’t really progressive (well, the song about weed could be considered “progressive,” but that would be a different connotation of the word), the band experiments in a couple new directions. They retain their awesome, heavy sound, while dropping in some keyboard sounds that add to the overall layering.

What struck me most about the album, however, was their cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence.” This cover is more of a David Draiman (lead singer of Disturbed) cover than a Disturbed cover, because there are no metal elements at all. It is just him singing with symphonic music, with a little bit of acoustic guitar. He demonstrates his fantastic vocal abilities, in a way unlike any other Disturbed song he has made, and he brings just enough of his signature grit to the song without overdoing it. I like this version more than the original! I’ll admit, it gave me chills. Check it out.