Evolution (Disturbed album)

Evolution is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Disturbed. It
was released on October 19, 2018, by Reprise Records. The album's first single, "Are
You Ready", was released before the album in August 2018, while the second single,
"A Reason to Fight", was released a month later.

The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200, making it Disturbed's sixth
straight top 5 album. It is the band's first album since The Sickness to not reach
number one, thus ending the band's streak of number one albums at five.

Background and recording[edit]

The band announced in January 2018 that they had begun recording their seventh
studio album.[5] Recording finished in June with just mixing and mastering needing to
be done.[6] It will be the band's first album in over three years and the band's first
album in over eight years to involve bass guitarist John Moyer.[7] Frontman David
Draiman stated that the writing and recording of the album was influenced by classic
rock that members have listened to in their youth.[8] Guitarist Dan Donegan stated
that the album's title was representative of their goal on the album, to challenge
themselves to evolve their sound.[9] He also revealed that there will be no new cover
songs from this album's cycle. Draiman stated that Evolution is the band's "Black
Album".[10] He also said that the album covers topics in today's society such as
government, death, war, addiction, and technology.[11]

The album is be a tribute to deceased heavy metal musicians such as Chester

Bennington of Linkin Park[12] and Vinnie Paul of Pantera,[13] with whom Disturbed were
friends and toured with over the years.