STRICKEN,
AND I CAN'T LET YOU GO
WHEN THE HEART IS COLD
THERE'S NO HOPE
AND WE KNOW
THAT I'M CRIPPLED BY
ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE
INTO THE ABYSS WILL I RUN
Ten Thousand Fists
is the third
studio album
by American
Heavy metal band
It was released on
September 20, 2005,
by Reprise Records
and became
Disturbed's
second consecutive
number 1 debut
on the
Billboard 200
in the
United States,
shipping around
239,000 copies
in its opening week
It has been certified
3× platinum
by the RIAA
and
2× platinum
by Music Canada,
and was also
the band's
second
number 1 release
in New Zealand
was certified gold.
It is also the
first Disturbed album
to not have the
Parental Advisory label.
Ten Thousand Fists
marks the first album
with bassist
John Moyer
who replaced
Steve Kmak
following his
dismissal in 2003.
However,
Moyer was considered
a session musician
during the time
of recording,
and only became a
full-time member
during the tour
supporting the album.
It would be the band's
third and final collaboration
with mainstay producer
Johnny K.
In addition,
Ten Thousand Fists
is also the first album
to feature their
now-famous mascot
The Guy
on the cover;
he would
later appear
full-bodied
in the music video
for the band's
"Land of Confusion"
cover.
Ten Thousand Fists is,
as of 2010,
Disturbed's second
highest selling album
in the United States,
with sales of around
2 million copies.
The Sickness,
the band's debut CD,
has shifted sales of
almost
4.2 million copies
in the United States.
The album was
dedicated to
Dimebag Darrell,
who was murdered
the year before
the album's release.
Promotion
The album title
was announced via
Disturbed's website
on
June 16, 2005.
Later that month,
the track listing
was revealed.
The song
"Guarded"
was released to
radio stations
in late June 2005
as a teaser.
Vocalist
David Draiman said
the motive behind
releasing the song
was to promote the album.
He said, "[The song] was
put out there to
just to wet
everybody's appetite.
It's one of the more
aggressive tracks
on the record,
just to
remind everybody
where we came from
and who we are."
The first single,
"Stricken",
was released on
July 25, 2005.
On August 19, 2005,
the music video
"Stricken",
directed by
Nathan Cox,
was posted on
the Warner Bros. Records
website.
The music video was filmed in
an abandoned hospital,
in the same location
where some scenes from
the 1984 horror film
A Nightmare on Elm Street
were filmed.
In early August 2005,
viral marketing was used
to promote
Ten Thousand Fists.
A piece of software
was sent via e-mail to
certain recipients,
who passed it along
to other recipients.
When the software was
passed along to at least
250,000 recipients,
it unlocked the song
"Ten Thousand Fists".
In early July 2006,
the third single,
"Land of Confusion"
(originally written by Genesis),
was released,
alongside an
animated music video
directed by
Todd McFarlane
TRACKLIST
Ten Thousand Fists
Just Stop
Guarded
Deify
Stricken
I'm Alive
Sons Of Plunder
Overburdened
Decadence
Forgiven
Land Of Confusion
Sacred Lie
Pain Redefined
Avarice
Monster
Two Worlds
Hell
Sickened
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