Disturbed is working on their ninth album in the studio after 2022’s ‘Divisive.’
On July 3, Disturbed’s singer David Draiman shared photos of him, guitarist Dan Donegan, and drummer Mike Wengren in the studio with producer Drew Fulk. He added this caption:
“Epic sh*t alert. #ithasbegun.”
Disturbed’s Decision To Work With Drew Fulk
In February 2023, Donegan told Terrie Carr from 105.5 WDHA why Disturbed chose Fulk for their eighth album ‘Divisive.’ He said:
“It’s always challenging because… The early part of our career, we worked with Johnny K, who did the first three albums with us. He’s a hometown friend, out of Chicago. I knew him growing up, being a local guy, doing the demos for bands locally. And then we kind of self-produced throughout the years. Then we went to Kevin Churko in Las Vegas, who’s done Five Finger Death Punch [and] In This Moment — a lot of great bands — out of Vegas. So, at this point, we just felt like we needed new life, we needed another person in there.”
The rocker added:
“So to let somebody in from the outside, to kind of become that fifth member of the band, is always challenging. I’m a bit of a control freak when it comes to our music, and to let somebody in and to try to allow them to have an opinion and trust them and respect what they do and bring to the table… I think we’ve opened up a lot more over the years. The older we get, we’ve kind of opened up to say, ‘Hey, we can trust this person to throw ideas at us. It’s gonna challenge us and push us too.’”
Donegan chose producer Fulk for their eighth album because he admired Fulk’s work with other bands. After meeting in California, they hit it off, and Fulk’s contributions helped enhance the band’s signature sound. It looks like Disturbed will again work with Fulk in their upcoming album.
You can see the photos Draiman shared on IG below.
Photo Credit: David Draiman- Instagram