Today, multi-platinum rock band, Disturbed, announce the 25th anniversary edition release of The Sickness on March 7th, their seminal debut album which launched the band into public consciousness and is one of the most important and influential heavy metal albums of all time. To commemorate the anniversary, the band will reissue their five-times Platinum certified debut album on March 7th exactly 25 years to the date of their original release, in editions including:
- A Limited Edition 1-LP (silver vinyl) and 3-CD Box Set. It includes the original album, B-sides, unreleased demos, and an unreleased 14-track concert from The Palladium in LA from April 2001 as well as songs recorded at Chicago’s Metro in March 2000 and the London Astoria in February 2001. The box includes a poster, cloth patch, backstage pass, and a set of guitar picks. It also includes a book featuring rare photos and memorabilia, and an extensive essay with new interviews with the members of Disturbed, and producer Johnny K. An exclusive lithograph signed by the band is included with the limited-edition D2C format.
- A 2-CD Deluxe Edition that includes the original album, plus a disc of B-sides, unreleased demos, and rarities. The booklet features an essay with new interviews with the members of Disturbed and producer Johnny K.
- Vinyl editions including variants in limited edition green vinyl, limited edition orange vinyl (Germany/Central Europe exclusive), and limited edition milky clear vinyl (Spotify Fans First).
- Digitally, which includes all 40 tracks included in the limited-edition box set.
The Sickness 25th Anniversary edition is available to pre-order on all formats here. The deluxe box set will be available via the band’s website and digitally on March 7th, and via all retailers in North American on the 21st.
Today the band also shared a new mix of their song “Glass Shatters,” available for the first time ever on DSPs, and includes a Stone Cold Steve Austin intro. Listen to “Glass Shatters” here.
Disturbed has become one of the most celebrated and commercially successful metal acts of all time. To date, Disturbed has seen record-breaking success with sales of over 17 million units and 14 billion streams. It all began with The Sickness, which includes their songs “Down With The Sickness” (recently certified 8x platinum), “Stupify” (2x platinum), “Voices” (Gold), and “The Game” (Gold). The album peaked at #29 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and spent a total of 106 weeks on the chart. To date, The Sickness has been streamed 2.5B times worldwide. It was included as #24 on Loudwire’s “Top 25 Debut Hard Rock Albums” list, one of Metal Hammer’s “20 Best Albums of 2000,” and was highlighted in Revolver Magazine’s “20 Essential Nu Metal Albums” list. Billboard said of the title track upon release: “‘Down With The Sickness’ is, of course, the quintessential Disturbed song, harnessing all the band’s seethe and its now-famous tribal beat and guitar chug into three and a half minutes of alt-metal mayhem. It’s menacing, it’s rhythmic, it’s rebellious.”
The band recently announced their 34-date The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour which will kick off in Nampa, ID on February 25th (full dates below) and is produced by Live Nation. 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 opener Sevendust, and the second half will feature special guests Daughtry with opener Nothing More. Tickets and VIP options are available now here disturbed1.com/tour.
Disturbed – The Sickness 25th Anniversary Edition
Deluxe Box Set
Original Album – LP & CD
1 Voices
2 The Game
3 Stupify
4 Down With The Sickness
5 Violence Fetish
6 Fear
1 Numb
2 Want
3 Conflict
4 Shout 2000
5 Droppin Plates
6 Meaning Of Life
CD 2 (Demos and Rarities)
1 The Game Demo (unreleased)
2 Stupify Demo (unreleased)
3 Down With The Sickness Demo (unreleased)
4 Want Demo (unreleased)
5 Shout Demo (unreleased)
6 Droppin’ Plates Demo (unreleased)
7 Meaning of Life Demo (unreleased)
8 God Of The Mind Released on 10th anniversary CD/2LP version (The Lost Children)
9 A Welcome Burden Released on 10th anniversary CD/2LP version (The Lost Children)
10 Stupify The Forbidden “Fu” mix
11 Glass Shatters (New Mix) AKA “Stone Cold Theme”. New Mix with Steve Austin intro (Unreleased Version)
CD 3 (Live- Recorded live at The Palladium, Los Angeles- April 18 2001)
1 Want (Live)
2 Fear (Live)
3 Droppin’ Plates (Live)
4 Fetish (Live)
5 Stupify (Live)
6 Numb (Live)
7 God Of The Mind (Live)
8 Shout 2000 (Live)
9 Voices (Live)
10 Meaning Of Life (Live)
11 Conflict (live)
12 The Game (Live)
13 Walk (Live)
14 Down With The Sickness (Live)
15 Voices (Live) Recorded live at the Metro, Chicago (March 10 2000)
16 Stupify (Live) Recorded live at the London Astoria (February 25 2001)
Disturbed The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour
Feb 25 Nampa, ID Ford Idaho Center Arena*
Feb 27 Denver, CO Ball Arena*
Mar 02 Saint Louis, MO Enterprise Center*
Mar 04 Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum*
Mar 06 Minneapolis, MN Target Center*
Mar 08 Chicago, IL United Center*
Mar 10 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena*
Mar 12 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center*
Mar 14 Boston, MA TD Garden*
Mar 17 Washington, DC Capital One Arena*
Mar 19 Montreal, QC Centre Bell*
Mar 21 New York, NY Madison Square Garden*
Mar 29 Cincinnati, OH Heritage Bank Center^
Mar 31 Cleveland, OH Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse^
Apr 02 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center^
Apr 04 Buffalo, NY KeyBank Center^
Apr 05 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena^
Apr 07 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena^
Apr 09 Indianapolis, IN Gainbridge Fieldhouse^
Apr 12 Charlotte, NC Spectrum Center^
Apr 14 Raleigh, NC Lenovo Center^
Apr 16 Birmingham, AL Legacy Arena at The BJCC^
Apr 18 Sunrise, FL Amerant Bank Arena^
Apr 23 Duluth, GA Gas South Arena^
Apr 25 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center^
Apr 26 Fort Worth, TX Dickies Arena^
Apr 28 Oklahoma City, OK Paycom Center^
May 05 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena^
May 07 Portland, OR Moda Center^
May 09 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center^
May 10 San Francisco, CA Chase Center^
May 13 Inglewood, CA Kia Forum^
May 15 Phoenix, AZ Footprint Center^
May 17 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena^
*with special guests Three Days Grace and opener Sevendust
^with special guests Daughtry and opener Nothing More
