Disturbed “have a lot of stuff recorded” for next album, reveals Dan Donegan

Disturbed have revealed that they already “have a lot of stuff recorded” for their next album, and given fans an insight into what inspired the material.

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The band have been hinting at new music for a while now, and dropped the lead single ‘I Will Not Break’ via their own Mother Culture record label at the end of last month. It marked their first new music since they shared their 2022 studio album ‘Divisive’.

Now, in a new interview as part of The Mistress Carrie Podcast, guitarist Dan Donegan has shared an update on when fans can expect to see a full album. He said that while they have lots of new material at hand, their sights are set on their upcoming tour instead of a new record.

“Our main focus has been this 25th-anniversary tour [celebrating debut album ‘The Sickness’]. We do have a lot of stuff recorded, obviously, with the first single out. There hasn’t really been much talk about the release yet, just because we’re so focused on these tours,” he said.

“It’s hard to think about it when we’re selling out the Garden and all these other places. We’re just riding this wave and we’re on a high right now that there hasn’t been any deep discussion just yet of if it’s coming out this year or next year. We’ve still gotta strategise that.”

When asked about the source of inspiration for the new music, Donegan said that they have been rapidly writing lots of new ideas and have been inspired by their early work. This, he explained, came as he revisited a number of their demos from the ‘90s, and wanted to reconnect with the energy that they had in that period.

“One day I was in the studio, and I was already digging back into old demos that I had at home, old cassette tapes that we had in the ’90s, as we’re going through the vault of things,” the guitarist said.

“I wanted to go back and just kind of get back in that headspace. I wanted to hear some of those improvised tapes and get in that headspace of where we were back then,” he added. “And even though ‘I Will Not Break’ is a brand new riff, it kind of just had that vibe.”

He also added that they have written so much new material as a band that frontman David Draiman is “trying to play catch-up, because he’s gotta write all these lyrics to these songs.”

Later this year, the band are set to play 17 shows across the UK and Europe, as part of the aforementioned celebration of their iconic debut album turning 25.

These include shows in Birmingham, Dublin, Manchester, London and Glasgow, and see support coming from thrash metal pioneers Megadeth. Visit here for any remaining tickets.

Later this summer, Draiman will also be heading to the UK to take part in Black Sabbath’s final-ever live show, which will take place in Birmingham with support from Metallica, Slayer, Pantera and more.

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