ASYLUM, the fifth studio album from US hard rock titans Disturbed, is a record that offers less mobility than a straight jacket.Disturbed have made a fortune sticking to the formula of David Draiman's ear-shredding vocals over thundering guitar riffs but it's all very much the same here.
Instrumental album opener Remnants maintains a steady pace before Asylum explodes into life with Mike Wengren's machine gun-esque foot drum beat and a thick, rumbling bass line.
But this has to be the album's only high-point as it sinks into a murky pool of mediocrity.
The gruesomely named The Infection starts promisingly with its breathtaking introduction but crumbles away without a whimper and the same can be said for Never Again, despite Draiman's thought-provoking lyrics on the holocaust.
The album's song titles are particularly morbid, such as Sacrifice, Crucified and Another Way To Die, but it all fits in perfectly with the suffocating, gloomy atmosphere the record conjures.
Heavy metal fans should love it but there's very little here for the easier listener to get excited about.
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