Asylum is the fifth
studio album by American
heavy metal band
Disturbed.
Asylum is meant to take a fresh direction in the band's music career, while remaining consistent with the band's previous albums. Most of the lyrical content was inspired by aspects of frontman
David Draiman's life prior to making the album. The album was released on August 31, 2010 in the United States through
Reprise Records. A tour in support of the album, titled the
Asylum Tour, started in late August 2010.
Asylum is also the third consecutive Disturbed album to not feature the
Parental Advisory label (although the deluxe version on
iTunes is marked explicit for live versions of their earlier material from
The Sickness).