Dormant US-bred metal old salts Disturbed have sent their fanbase into something of a euphoric frenzy after taking to social media early this morning (AEST) with a new teaser video, igniting rumours of a reunion to bring to a close the band's four-year-long indefinite hiatus.
The clip is frustratingly ambiguous, amounting to a full minute-and-a-half of stilted animation appearing to show the reawakening of long-time band mascot The Guy, who came to fame as the creepy face of the band's debut full-length, The Sickness — and not much else. Not even a confirmation that The Guy actually gets to properly wake up.
In fact, the new video — which comes alongside a cryptic new "all-black" profile pic and shmick new logo — follows a nearly five-minute-long version of the same thing, which Disturbed posted to their Page early Sunday morning (AEST) — but that, too, ends before we see any real indication of life flowing through The Guy's tattered meat-sack once more. It seems the band have chosen, instead, to leave their fans hanging just a little longer for a concrete call one way or the other on just what the heck they're up to.
Posted by Disturbed on Sunday, June 21, 2015
Somewhat incredibly, The Sickness turned 15 years old in March; this year also marks five years since the band last put out an album, with 2010's fifth studio LP Asylum standing as their most recent full-length to date. Disturbed have been on hiatus since July 2011, when they called it indefinite quits following a massive US tour and heightened conflict within the ranks.
