"I'd never seen a band with the same work ethic and hunger as Disturbed until I met Art of Dying," says Donegan. "These guys live music 24/7. They are non-stop, 100 percent committed to their music and their fans. They have a way of connecting and interacting with a crowd not only onstage but off as well. They are regular down-to-earth guys who love what they do and it shows."
Art of Dying released its self-titled debut in 2007 through iTunes. They are now hard at work on their debut for Intoxication/Reprise with producer Howard Benson in Los Angeles. "We are very excited to see how the songs will sound once they've been through the 'Howard Machine,'" Hetherington says.
Disturbed, which Draiman, Donegan, and drummer Mike Wengren formed in Chicago in 1996, have sold nearly 11 million albums worldwide. Their most recent release, 2008's self-produced platinum album Indestructible, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart and remained in the Top 10 for five weeks. It is the band's third consecutive No. 1 album, following the platinum-sellers Believe (2002) and Ten Thousand Fists (2005), making Disturbed one of only six rock bands in history to score three consecutive No. 1 debuts with studio albums. Disturbed's 2000 debut album, The Sickness, has been certified quadruple-platinum by the R.I.A.A.
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